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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 2023; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data82 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
65.7%
Median: 70.3%
Countries Covered
82
with available data
Highest
Bulgaria
100.0%
Lowest
Belgium
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Bulgaria100.0%
2Burundi100.0%
3Croatia100.0%
4Benin100.0%
5Dominican Republic100.0%
By Region
Other80.5%(36 countries)
Asia60.0%(10 countries)
Africa59.6%(5 countries)
South America57.5%(3 countries)
North America51.3%(2 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: 65.7%)

Other (36)
Asia (10)
Africa (5)
South America (3)
North America (2)
Europe (25)
Oceania (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 2023; 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
1Bulgaria100.0%
2Burundi100.0%
3Croatia100.0%
4Benin100.0%
5Dominican Republic100.0%
6Fiji100.0%
7Gabon100.0%
8Iceland100.0%
9Jordan100.0%
10Lesotho100.0%
11Liberia100.0%
12Malawi100.0%
13Montenegro100.0%
14Norway100.0%
15Marshall Islands100.0%
16Panama100.0%
17Russian Federation100.0%
18Rwanda100.0%
19Singapore100.0%
20South Sudan100.0%
21Togo100.0%
22United Arab Emirates100.0%
23Uganda100.0%
24The Republic of North Macedonia100.0%
25United Republic of Tanzania100.0%
26Samoa100.0%
27Bosnia and Herzegovina100.0%
28Botswana100.0%
29Belarus95.0%
30Madagascar94.6%
31South Korea92.5%
32Finland91.5%
33Austria90.3%
34Cyprus87.5%
35Morocco85.9%
36Cote d'Ivoire85.7%
37Lao People's Democratic Republic80.0%
38Uruguay78.5%
39People's Republic of China73.8%
40Türkiye71.0%
41Brazil70.6%
42Sudan70.0%
43Ireland69.0%
44Latvia68.0%
45Greece66.7%
46Paraguay66.7%
47France66.2%
48Turkmenistan66.0%
49Nigeria65.1%
50Poland63.3%
51Namibia60.0%
52Mexico56.9%
53Moldova, Republic of56.0%
54Azerbaijan53.3%
55Sweden53.0%
56Ethiopia50.0%
57Japan50.0%
58Kenya50.0%
59New Zealand49.6%
60South Africa47.0%
61United States of America45.6%
62Hungary41.0%
63Kazakhstan38.7%
64Italy36.9%
65United Kingdom32.0%
66Slovenia30.0%
67Lithuania28.2%
68Denmark25.0%
69Thailand25.0%
70Peru23.5%
71Lebanon20.0%
72Netherlands11.7%
73Estonia4.6%
74Spain3.7%
75Israel0.0%
76Mali0.0%
77Romania0.0%
78Serbia0.0%
79Burkina Faso0.0%
80Zambia0.0%
81Antigua and Barbuda0.0%
82Belgium0.0%
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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

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