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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 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data125 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
16.4%
Median: 6.5%
Countries Covered
125
with available data
Highest
Togo
73.5%
Lowest
Belize
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Togo73.5%
2Sierra Leone73.5%
3Liberia72.8%
4Somalia69.1%
5Micronesia, Federated States of68.8%
By Region
Africa24.1%(8 countries)
Other18.3%(98 countries)
South America13.8%(2 countries)
North America2.8%(2 countries)
Asia2.4%(14 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 (73.5%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 16.4%)

Africa (8)
Other (98)
South America (2)
North America (2)
Asia (14)
Europe (1)

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 2024; 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
1Togo73.5%
2Sierra Leone73.5%
3Liberia72.8%
4Somalia69.1%
5Micronesia, Federated States of68.8%
6Guinea-Bissau66.3%
7Benin63.3%
8Central African Republic61.1%
9Bolivia60.1%
10Zambia58.4%
11Angola57.8%
12Sudan57.6%
13Equatorial Guinea53.5%
14Lesotho46.7%
15Uganda43.4%
16Chad42.5%
17Ethiopia42.4%
18Democratic Republic of the Congo42.3%
19Burkina Faso40.9%
20Papua New Guinea40.1%
21Rwanda38.7%
22Nigeria38.1%
23Dominican Republic37.3%
24Cote d'Ivoire33.0%
25Senegal33.0%
26Comoros31.9%
27Mali30.1%
28Zimbabwe29.1%
29Guinea28.3%
30Solomon Islands27.9%
31Djibouti27.0%
32Kenya25.8%
33Vanuatu25.7%
34Colombia25.6%
35Niger25.5%
36Eswatini25.1%
37Sao Tome and Principe24.7%
38Malawi23.2%
39Mauritania20.6%
40Cameroon20.1%
41Mozambique19.5%
42Uzbekistan18.3%
43Republic of the Congo17.9%
44Madagascar17.2%
45Kiribati13.7%
46South Africa12.3%
47Namibia12.0%
48Bangladesh11.6%
49Suriname11.1%
50South Sudan10.5%
51Ghana9.7%
52American Samoa9.3%
53Barbados9.2%
54Republic of The Gambia8.7%
55Haiti8.6%
56Gabon7.7%
57Niue7.5%
58Trinidad and Tobago7.3%
59Timor-Leste7.2%
60Sri Lanka7.2%
61Cape Verde7.1%
62Yemen6.7%
63Moldova, Republic of6.5%
64Guyana6.3%
65Saint Lucia5.2%
66Myanmar5.2%
67Syrian Arab Republic5.0%
68Armenia4.9%
69Cambodia4.7%
70Costa Rica4.6%
71Saint Helena4.5%
72Lao People's Democratic Republic4.3%
73Algeria4.2%
74Northern Mariana Islands3.7%
75Tajikistan3.5%
76El Salvador3.2%
77Mexico2.9%
78Guatemala2.6%
79Egypt2.6%
80Fiji2.4%
81Marshall Islands2.3%
82Maldives2.3%
83Paraguay2.3%
84Afghanistan2.1%
85Ecuador2.0%
86Jamaica1.9%
87Tonga1.9%
88Vietnam1.7%
89Guam1.7%
90Nauru1.7%
91Serbia1.5%
92India1.4%
93Georgia1.4%
94Tunisia1.3%
95Bosnia and Herzegovina1.2%
96Pakistan0.9%
97Thailand0.8%
98Nepal0.8%
99Puerto Rico0.7%
100Tuvalu0.7%
101Philippines0.7%
102State of Palestine0.6%
103Azerbaijan0.5%
104Turks and Caicos Islands0.5%
105Cuba0.4%
106Honduras0.4%
107Montenegro0.3%
108Kazakhstan0.2%
109Aruba0.2%
110The Republic of North Macedonia0.2%
111Iraq0.1%
112Bhutan0.1%
113People's Republic of China0.1%
114Kyrgyzstan0.0%
115Samoa0.0%
116Mongolia0.0%
117United Republic of Tanzania0.0%
118Burundi0.0%
119Indonesia0.0%
120Japan0.0%
121North Korea0.0%
122Turkmenistan0.0%
123Bahrain0.0%
124Bermuda0.0%
125Belize0.0%
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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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