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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 2021; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data180 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
9.5%
Median: 9.0%
Countries Covered
180
with available data
Highest
Latvia
22.1%
Lowest
Brunei Darussalam
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Latvia22.1%
2Guadeloupe21.2%
3Saint Martin (French part)21.1%
4Martinique20.8%
5French Guiana20.0%
By Region
South America11.5%(7 countries)
North America10.2%(4 countries)
Other10.0%(109 countries)
Africa10.0%(9 countries)
Europe9.4%(28 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (22.1%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 9.5%)

South America (7)
North America (4)
Other (109)
Africa (9)
Europe (28)
Oceania (2)
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 2021; 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
1Latvia22.1%
2Guadeloupe21.2%
3Saint Martin (French part)21.1%
4Martinique20.8%
5French Guiana20.0%
6Mayotte19.0%
7Reunion18.9%
8Bolivia16.7%
9Barbados16.3%
10Puerto Rico16.3%
11Jamaica16.2%
12Sint Maarten (Dutch part)16.1%
13Sao Tome and Principe15.7%
14Costa Rica15.7%
15Mauritania15.3%
16Saint Lucia15.0%
17Dominican Republic15.0%
18Burundi14.8%
19South Sudan14.7%
20Malawi14.7%
21Rwanda14.5%
22Belarus14.1%
23Somalia13.9%
24Democratic Republic of the Congo13.9%
25Turks and Caicos Islands13.8%
26Peru13.7%
27Ghana13.5%
28Argentina13.4%
29Angola13.4%
30Trinidad and Tobago13.3%
31Slovenia13.2%
32Honduras13.1%
33Zimbabwe13.0%
34Eswatini12.9%
35Bahamas12.9%
36Colombia12.7%
37Haiti12.7%
38Belize12.6%
39Guatemala12.6%
40Kenya12.4%
41Estonia12.1%
42Guyana11.9%
43Hong Kong11.9%
44Togo11.8%
45Cuba11.7%
46El Salvador11.7%
47Mozambique11.6%
48South Africa11.6%
49Aruba11.5%
50Russian Federation11.5%
51Panama11.5%
52Poland11.4%
53Suriname11.4%
54Uganda11.4%
55Nepal11.3%
56Chile11.1%
57Hungary11.1%
58Lesotho11.0%
59United Kingdom10.7%
60Benin10.7%
61Chad10.6%
62Slovakia10.5%
63Venezuela10.5%
64Brazil10.5%
65Moldova, Republic of10.4%
66Bermuda10.4%
67Czech Republic10.3%
68Mexico10.2%
69Croatia10.0%
70Ukraine10.0%
71Liberia9.9%
72Nicaragua9.9%
73Australia9.9%
74Italy9.9%
75Ireland9.7%
76South Korea9.7%
77Zambia9.6%
78Kazakhstan9.6%
79Madagascar9.5%
80Uruguay9.5%
81Ecuador9.4%
82Spain9.4%
83Paraguay9.3%
84Nigeria9.3%
85Malta9.3%
86Belgium9.2%
87Republic of the Congo9.2%
88United States of America9.1%
89Ethiopia9.1%
90Maldives9.0%
91Central African Republic9.0%
92Portugal9.0%
93Macao9.0%
94Comoros8.9%
95Japan8.9%
96Canada8.9%
97Georgia8.9%
98Austria8.8%
99Cameroon8.7%
100Gabon8.6%
101France8.6%
102Myanmar8.5%
103Tunisia8.5%
104Niger8.5%
105Israel8.5%
106Namibia8.4%
107Azerbaijan8.4%
108Norway8.4%
109Romania8.4%
110Montenegro8.4%
111Kyrgyzstan8.3%
112Mali8.2%
113New Zealand8.2%
114Timor-Leste8.2%
115Papua New Guinea8.2%
116Greece8.2%
117Serbia8.2%
118Djibouti8.1%
119Saint Pierre and Miquelon8.1%
120Mongolia8.0%
121Luxembourg8.0%
122Philippines7.9%
123Sudan7.7%
124Jordan7.6%
125Liechtenstein7.6%
126Turkmenistan7.6%
127French Polynesia7.5%
128Armenia7.4%
129Germany7.3%
130United Republic of Tanzania7.3%
131Morocco7.3%
132Vietnam7.3%
133India7.2%
134Sierra Leone7.2%
135Thailand7.1%
136Egypt7.1%
137The Republic of North Macedonia7.0%
138Tonga7.0%
139Bulgaria7.0%
140Finland6.7%
141Algeria6.7%
142Albania6.5%
143Pakistan6.4%
144Tajikistan6.4%
145Bosnia and Herzegovina6.3%
146Cyprus6.2%
147Senegal6.1%
148Cote d'Ivoire6.1%
149Cambodia6.0%
150Bangladesh6.0%
151Fiji5.8%
152Uzbekistan5.7%
153State of Palestine5.6%
154Indonesia5.6%
155Syrian Arab Republic5.6%
156Switzerland5.4%
157People's Republic of China5.4%
158Saint Barthélemy5.4%
159Lao People's Democratic Republic5.1%
160Republic of The Gambia5.0%
161Bhutan4.9%
162Guinea-Bissau4.8%
163Türkiye4.6%
164Kiribati4.6%
165Samoa4.6%
166Lithuania4.5%
167Guinea4.4%
168Iraq4.3%
169Tuvalu4.3%
170Yemen4.3%
171Burkina Faso4.3%
172Vanuatu3.6%
173Malaysia3.2%
174Qatar1.5%
175Afghanistan1.0%
176Islamic Republic of Iran0.0%
177Monaco0.0%
178Singapore0.0%
179Botswana0.0%
180Brunei Darussalam0.0%
Showing 180 of 180 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2021).

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