demographic2024

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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 Data124 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
57.1%
Median: 53.7%
Countries Covered
124
with available data
Highest
Monaco
100.0%
Lowest
Armenia
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Monaco100.0%
2Singapore100.0%
3Andorra100.0%
4Kuwait100.0%
5Austria100.0%
By Region
Europe89.7%(21 countries)
North America81.3%(3 countries)
Asia69.5%(18 countries)
South America52.1%(6 countries)
Other44.7%(68 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 (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 57.1%)

Europe (21)
North America (3)
Asia (18)
South America (6)
Other (68)
Africa (8)

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
1Monaco100.0%
2Singapore100.0%
3Andorra100.0%
4Kuwait100.0%
5Austria100.0%
6Switzerland99.8%
7Chile99.2%
8United Kingdom99.0%
9United Arab Emirates98.4%
10Germany98.3%
11Lithuania97.9%
12Estonia97.8%
13Greece97.7%
14Netherlands97.5%
15Israel97.4%
16United States of America97.2%
17Luxembourg96.9%
18Portugal96.5%
19Sweden95.8%
20Hong Kong94.8%
21Czech Republic94.5%
22Hungary93.2%
23Ukraine92.4%
24Kyrgyzstan89.6%
25Slovakia89.5%
26Tunisia89.2%
27Ireland86.8%
28Cyprus86.2%
29Saudi Arabia86.2%
30State of Palestine85.1%
31Croatia85.1%
32People's Republic of China85.1%
33Jordan82.5%
34Canada81.2%
35Belarus81.1%
36Macao80.0%
37Bulgaria79.6%
38Italy78.6%
39Türkiye78.1%
40Mongolia77.8%
41Moldova, Republic of77.2%
42Kazakhstan75.9%
43Islamic Republic of Iran75.3%
44South Africa74.8%
45Mauritius72.2%
46Georgia71.1%
47Lao People's Democratic Republic69.3%
48Egypt69.0%
49Azerbaijan67.6%
50Yemen65.6%
51Mexico65.4%
52Russian Federation64.9%
53Algeria64.6%
54Albania63.3%
55Jamaica63.2%
56Uzbekistan63.1%
57Peru60.1%
58Bosnia and Herzegovina58.1%
59Brazil56.6%
60India55.8%
61Montenegro55.4%
62Philippines54.1%
63Mozambique53.3%
64Cambodia52.8%
65Myanmar52.7%
66Iraq52.2%
67Paraguay51.3%
68Panama50.3%
69Trinidad and Tobago46.4%
70Comoros46.1%
71Nepal46.0%
72Argentina45.6%
73Djibouti44.8%
74Bhutan44.4%
75Ecuador44.0%
76Samoa43.5%
77Fiji42.5%
78Dominican Republic42.2%
79Cuba41.9%
80Malawi41.2%
81Vietnam41.0%
82Eswatini40.9%
83Morocco40.8%
84United Republic of Tanzania39.5%
85Tuvalu37.4%
86Nigeria36.8%
87Sao Tome and Principe35.5%
88Lesotho34.7%
89Guyana34.1%
90Turks and Caicos Islands33.3%
91Nauru33.2%
92Cote d'Ivoire32.2%
93Chad32.0%
94Burkina Faso31.4%
95Republic of The Gambia31.0%
96Papua New Guinea31.0%
97Bangladesh30.7%
98Thailand30.7%
99Guinea-Bissau30.4%
100El Salvador28.9%
101Kenya27.9%
102Senegal27.5%
103Kiribati25.3%
104Afghanistan24.9%
105Uganda24.6%
106Niger24.4%
107Costa Rica24.3%
108Sierra Leone24.3%
109Central African Republic23.4%
110Tonga22.2%
111Benin21.8%
112Suriname20.7%
113Serbia19.9%
114Ethiopia18.9%
115Ghana17.6%
116Somalia17.3%
117Madagascar16.7%
118Democratic Republic of the Congo15.2%
119Togo15.0%
120Zimbabwe10.3%
121Mali9.8%
122The Republic of North Macedonia8.2%
123Colombia7.2%
124Armenia0.0%
Showing 124 of 124 countries

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Data Source

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

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