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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 Data112 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
40.0%
Median: 38.7%
Countries Covered
112
with available data
Highest
Peru
67.5%
Lowest
Thailand
19.3%
Top 5 Countries
1Peru67.5%
2Brazil66.0%
3Canada63.3%
4Chile62.0%
5Norway59.9%
By Region
South America59.9%(7 countries)
Oceania53.4%(2 countries)
North America53.1%(3 countries)
Europe45.1%(30 countries)
Other37.8%(41 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (19.3%)High (67.5%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 40.0%)

South America (7)
Oceania (2)
North America (3)
Europe (30)
Other (41)
Africa (8)
Asia (21)

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
1Peru67.5%
2Brazil66.0%
3Canada63.3%
4Chile62.0%
5Norway59.9%
6Ecuador59.4%
7Zambia58.6%
8Sweden58.2%
9Denmark58.0%
10France57.9%
11Australia57.3%
12Greece57.0%
13Spain56.6%
14Argentina55.7%
15Ireland55.6%
16Venezuela55.4%
17Uruguay55.2%
18Portugal54.7%
19Tunisia54.6%
20Costa Rica53.6%
21Cameroon53.5%
22Colombia53.4%
23Germany53.0%
24United Kingdom52.9%
25Gabon52.8%
26Dominican Republic51.8%
27Bolivia51.5%
28United States of America51.0%
29Netherlands50.9%
30Kenya50.4%
31El Salvador49.9%
32Finland49.6%
33New Zealand49.5%
34Bulgaria49.4%
35Iraq49.4%
36Bahrain48.4%
37Mauritius47.5%
38Nicaragua46.6%
39Belgium45.6%
40Zimbabwe45.4%
41Mexico45.0%
42Islamic Republic of Iran44.8%
43Cyprus44.7%
44Malta44.4%
45Austria44.3%
46Croatia43.7%
47Poland43.4%
48Estonia42.4%
49Latvia41.7%
50United Arab Emirates40.6%
51Hungary39.8%
52Burkina Faso39.6%
53Russian Federation39.6%
54Morocco39.5%
55Jordan39.4%
56Switzerland38.8%
57Ukraine38.5%
58Vietnam37.8%
59Senegal37.2%
60Slovakia37.1%
61Tajikistan37.1%
62Egypt36.7%
63Paraguay36.6%
64Czech Republic35.9%
65Republic of the Congo35.8%
66Ghana35.7%
67Myanmar35.1%
68Guinea35.1%
69Japan34.6%
70Cote d'Ivoire34.6%
71South Africa33.8%
72The Republic of North Macedonia33.4%
73Romania33.0%
74Namibia33.0%
75Uzbekistan32.7%
76Italy31.3%
77Georgia31.2%
78Taiwan, Province of China30.9%
79Serbia30.9%
80Kyrgyzstan30.7%
81Bosnia and Herzegovina30.3%
82Malaysia30.2%
83Moldova, Republic of29.6%
84Uganda29.5%
85Montenegro29.2%
86Saudi Arabia29.0%
87Türkiye28.4%
88Slovenia28.1%
89Lebanon28.0%
90Mali27.8%
91Albania27.2%
92Kazakhstan27.0%
93Nigeria26.9%
94Indonesia26.9%
95Hong Kong26.8%
96Mongolia26.3%
97South Korea25.9%
98Ethiopia25.1%
99Israel25.0%
100United Republic of Tanzania24.9%
101Nepal24.9%
102India24.3%
103Benin24.2%
104Cambodia21.9%
105Philippines21.9%
106Lao People's Democratic Republic21.7%
107Sri Lanka21.7%
108Bangladesh21.5%
109People's Republic of China21.4%
110Lithuania21.1%
111Algeria19.6%
112Thailand19.3%
Showing 112 of 112 countries

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Data Source

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

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