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Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data101 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
49.0%
Median: 48.0%
Countries Covered
101
with available data
Highest
United Kingdom
76.7%
Lowest
Egypt
16.0%
Top 5 Countries
1United Kingdom76.7%
2France74.5%
3Canada73.0%
4Spain72.9%
5Switzerland72.2%
By Region
Oceania70.6%(2 countries)
North America61.2%(3 countries)
Europe56.6%(27 countries)
South America49.9%(7 countries)
Other48.6%(37 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (16.0%)High (76.7%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 49.0%)

Oceania (2)
North America (3)
Europe (27)
South America (7)
Other (37)
Asia (18)
Africa (7)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1United Kingdom76.7%
2France74.5%
3Canada73.0%
4Spain72.9%
5Switzerland72.2%
6Australia71.4%
7Croatia70.8%
8Mali70.0%
9New Zealand69.7%
10Poland68.5%
11Lao People's Democratic Republic68.3%
12Portugal67.7%
13United States of America67.1%
14Guinea65.8%
15Belgium64.1%
16El Salvador63.7%
17Germany63.5%
18Ireland63.3%
19Bosnia and Herzegovina62.9%
20Finland62.7%
21Italy62.1%
22Chile61.5%
23Estonia61.3%
24Malta61.2%
25Uzbekistan61.1%
26Kazakhstan59.5%
27Sweden59.3%
28Benin59.2%
29Nicaragua58.9%
30Uruguay58.5%
31Austria57.6%
32Senegal57.3%
33India56.8%
34Georgia56.8%
35Peru54.4%
36Czech Republic54.4%
37Kenya54.1%
38Moldova, Republic of53.4%
39Denmark52.8%
40Cameroon52.7%
41The Republic of North Macedonia52.6%
42Burkina Faso52.2%
43Ecuador51.6%
44Slovakia51.6%
45Hong Kong49.4%
46Kyrgyzstan49.4%
47Netherlands49.2%
48Thailand48.8%
49Türkiye48.6%
50Republic of the Congo48.3%
51South Africa48.0%
52Vietnam47.5%
53Myanmar46.7%
54South Korea46.2%
55Indonesia45.8%
56Islamic Republic of Iran45.5%
57Hungary45.4%
58Norway45.3%
59Cote d'Ivoire45.2%
60Sri Lanka45.0%
61Brazil44.7%
62Gabon44.7%
63United Republic of Tanzania44.1%
64Mexico43.4%
65Nigeria43.3%
66Latvia42.9%
67Romania42.8%
68Costa Rica42.2%
69Paraguay42.0%
70Zimbabwe41.9%
71Bulgaria41.8%
72Philippines41.7%
73Greece41.5%
74Russian Federation41.1%
75Bolivia41.0%
76Albania40.9%
77Colombia40.6%
78Uganda39.8%
79Dominican Republic39.4%
80Argentina37.7%
81Nepal37.2%
82Mauritius37.0%
83Venezuela36.1%
84Zambia35.8%
85Mongolia35.5%
86Bahrain35.1%
87Ukraine34.7%
88People's Republic of China32.7%
89Iraq32.6%
90Morocco30.5%
91Tunisia30.0%
92United Arab Emirates29.4%
93Lebanon29.0%
94Cyprus28.8%
95Ethiopia28.8%
96Jordan28.5%
97Malaysia27.1%
98Ghana27.0%
99Bangladesh18.9%
100Saudi Arabia16.6%
101Egypt16.0%
Showing 101 of 101 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).

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