demographic2015

Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2015. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

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Key Insights

Global Average
1.2% (share) of land area
Median: 0.1% (share) of land area
Countries Covered
215
with available data
Highest
Gibraltar
47.1% (share) of land area
Lowest
Botswana
0.0% (share) of land area
Top 5 Countries
1Gibraltar47.1% (share) of land area
2Macao32.8% (share) of land area
3Monaco19.8% (share) of land area
4Bermuda17.9% (share) of land area
5Bahrain16.2% (share) of land area
By Region
Other1.5% (share) of land area(135 countries)
Asia1.0% (share) of land area(26 countries)
Europe0.5% (share) of land area(32 countries)
Africa0.1% (share) of land area(9 countries)
Oceania0.0% (share) of land area(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% (share) of land area)High (47.1% (share) of land area)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1.2% (share) of land area)

Other (135)
Asia (26)
Europe (32)
Africa (9)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
South America (7)

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 World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2015. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Gibraltar47.1% (share) of land area
2Macao32.8% (share) of land area
3Monaco19.8% (share) of land area
4Bermuda17.9% (share) of land area
5Bahrain16.2% (share) of land area
6Saint Martin (French part)12.7% (share) of land area
7Netherlands12.3% (share) of land area
8Sint Maarten (Dutch part)11.2% (share) of land area
9Hong Kong6.5% (share) of land area
10Nauru5.9% (share) of land area
11Bangladesh5.2% (share) of land area
12Aruba4.1% (share) of land area
13Cayman Islands4.0% (share) of land area
14Maldives3.9% (share) of land area
15Vietnam3.7% (share) of land area
16Singapore3.2% (share) of land area
17Marshall Islands2.3% (share) of land area
18Virgin Islands, U.S.2.1% (share) of land area
19Malta2.0% (share) of land area
20Grenada2.0% (share) of land area
21Puerto Rico2.0% (share) of land area
22Japan1.8% (share) of land area
23Belgium1.7% (share) of land area
24Barbados1.4% (share) of land area
25Virgin Islands, British1.3% (share) of land area
26Saint Lucia1.1% (share) of land area
27Jamaica1.1% (share) of land area
28Trinidad and Tobago1.0% (share) of land area
29Seychelles1.0% (share) of land area
30Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.9% (share) of land area
31Qatar0.9% (share) of land area
32Mauritius0.9% (share) of land area
33Curaçao0.9% (share) of land area
34Tonga0.8% (share) of land area
35Denmark0.8% (share) of land area
36Thailand0.8% (share) of land area
37Antigua and Barbuda0.8% (share) of land area
38American Samoa0.7% (share) of land area
39United Arab Emirates0.7% (share) of land area
40Comoros0.6% (share) of land area
41Saint Kitts and Nevis0.6% (share) of land area
42Brunei Darussalam0.6% (share) of land area
43Malaysia0.5% (share) of land area
44Philippines0.5% (share) of land area
45Egypt0.5% (share) of land area
46Kuwait0.5% (share) of land area
47South Korea0.4% (share) of land area
48Turks and Caicos Islands0.4% (share) of land area
49Sri Lanka0.4% (share) of land area
50Kiribati0.4% (share) of land area
51Dominica0.4% (share) of land area
52Lebanon0.4% (share) of land area
53Isle of Man0.4% (share) of land area
54Italy0.4% (share) of land area
55Palau0.4% (share) of land area
56People's Republic of China0.4% (share) of land area
57Guam0.3% (share) of land area
58United Kingdom0.3% (share) of land area
59Cyprus0.3% (share) of land area
60Israel0.3% (share) of land area
61Micronesia, Federated States of0.3% (share) of land area
62Northern Mariana Islands0.3% (share) of land area
63French Polynesia0.3% (share) of land area
64Indonesia0.3% (share) of land area
65Germany0.2% (share) of land area
66Haiti0.2% (share) of land area
67Albania0.2% (share) of land area
68Republic of The Gambia0.2% (share) of land area
69India0.2% (share) of land area
70Benin0.2% (share) of land area
71Tunisia0.2% (share) of land area
72Bahamas0.2% (share) of land area
73Belize0.2% (share) of land area
74Spain0.2% (share) of land area
75Greece0.2% (share) of land area
76Dominican Republic0.1% (share) of land area
77Latvia0.1% (share) of land area
78Suriname0.1% (share) of land area
79North Korea0.1% (share) of land area
80France0.1% (share) of land area
81Portugal0.1% (share) of land area
82Liberia0.1% (share) of land area
83State of Palestine0.1% (share) of land area
84Ghana0.1% (share) of land area
85Samoa0.1% (share) of land area
86Croatia0.1% (share) of land area
87Fiji0.1% (share) of land area
88Cape Verde0.1% (share) of land area
89Sao Tome and Principe0.1% (share) of land area
90Montenegro0.1% (share) of land area
91Nigeria0.1% (share) of land area
92Cuba0.1% (share) of land area
93Senegal0.1% (share) of land area
94Türkiye0.1% (share) of land area
95Ireland0.1% (share) of land area
96Georgia0.1% (share) of land area
97Guinea-Bissau0.1% (share) of land area
98El Salvador0.1% (share) of land area
99Poland0.1% (share) of land area
100Guyana0.1% (share) of land area
101Panama0.1% (share) of land area
102Sweden0.1% (share) of land area
103New Caledonia0.1% (share) of land area
104Togo0.1% (share) of land area
105Equatorial Guinea0.1% (share) of land area
106Slovenia0.1% (share) of land area
107Ecuador0.1% (share) of land area
108Iraq0.1% (share) of land area
109United States of America0.1% (share) of land area
110Myanmar0.1% (share) of land area
111Sierra Leone0.1% (share) of land area
112Costa Rica0.1% (share) of land area
113Estonia0.0% (share) of land area
114Oman0.0% (share) of land area
115New Zealand0.0% (share) of land area
116Timor-Leste0.0% (share) of land area
117Norway0.0% (share) of land area
118Finland0.0% (share) of land area
119Djibouti0.0% (share) of land area
120Ukraine0.0% (share) of land area
121Morocco0.0% (share) of land area
122Vanuatu0.0% (share) of land area
123Venezuela0.0% (share) of land area
124Honduras0.0% (share) of land area
125Guinea0.0% (share) of land area
126Cote d'Ivoire0.0% (share) of land area
127Bulgaria0.0% (share) of land area
128Uruguay0.0% (share) of land area
129Lithuania0.0% (share) of land area
130Solomon Islands0.0% (share) of land area
131Mexico0.0% (share) of land area
132Saudi Arabia0.0% (share) of land area
133Cambodia0.0% (share) of land area
134Madagascar0.0% (share) of land area
135Brazil0.0% (share) of land area
136Mozambique0.0% (share) of land area
137Islamic Republic of Iran0.0% (share) of land area
138Libya0.0% (share) of land area
139Syrian Arab Republic0.0% (share) of land area
140Gabon0.0% (share) of land area
141Iceland0.0% (share) of land area
142Guatemala0.0% (share) of land area
143Nicaragua0.0% (share) of land area
144Yemen0.0% (share) of land area
145Colombia0.0% (share) of land area
146Romania0.0% (share) of land area
147Mauritania0.0% (share) of land area
148Cameroon0.0% (share) of land area
149Papua New Guinea0.0% (share) of land area
150Australia0.0% (share) of land area
151Chile0.0% (share) of land area
152Argentina0.0% (share) of land area
153South Africa0.0% (share) of land area
154Pakistan0.0% (share) of land area
155Angola0.0% (share) of land area
156Algeria0.0% (share) of land area
157Eritrea0.0% (share) of land area
158Kenya0.0% (share) of land area
159Peru0.0% (share) of land area
160Somalia0.0% (share) of land area
161United Republic of Tanzania0.0% (share) of land area
162Russian Federation0.0% (share) of land area
163Canada0.0% (share) of land area
164Republic of the Congo0.0% (share) of land area
165Jordan0.0% (share) of land area
166Sudan0.0% (share) of land area
167Greenland0.0% (share) of land area
168Namibia0.0% (share) of land area
169Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0% (share) of land area
170Burundi0.0% (share) of land area
171Belarus0.0% (share) of land area
172Central African Republic0.0% (share) of land area
173Chad0.0% (share) of land area
174Czech Republic0.0% (share) of land area
175Ethiopia0.0% (share) of land area
176Faroe Islands0.0% (share) of land area
177Hungary0.0% (share) of land area
178Kazakhstan0.0% (share) of land area
179Kyrgyzstan0.0% (share) of land area
180Lao People's Democratic Republic0.0% (share) of land area
181Lesotho0.0% (share) of land area
182Liechtenstein0.0% (share) of land area
183Luxembourg0.0% (share) of land area
184Malawi0.0% (share) of land area
185Mali0.0% (share) of land area
186Mongolia0.0% (share) of land area
187Moldova, Republic of0.0% (share) of land area
188Nepal0.0% (share) of land area
189Niger0.0% (share) of land area
190Paraguay0.0% (share) of land area
191Rwanda0.0% (share) of land area
192San Marino0.0% (share) of land area
193Serbia0.0% (share) of land area
194Slovakia0.0% (share) of land area
195Zimbabwe0.0% (share) of land area
196South Sudan0.0% (share) of land area
197Eswatini0.0% (share) of land area
198Switzerland0.0% (share) of land area
199Tajikistan0.0% (share) of land area
200Turkmenistan0.0% (share) of land area
201Tuvalu0.0% (share) of land area
202Uganda0.0% (share) of land area
203The Republic of North Macedonia0.0% (share) of land area
204Burkina Faso0.0% (share) of land area
205Uzbekistan0.0% (share) of land area
206Zambia0.0% (share) of land area
207Afghanistan0.0% (share) of land area
208Andorra0.0% (share) of land area
209Azerbaijan0.0% (share) of land area
210Austria0.0% (share) of land area
211Armenia0.0% (share) of land area
212Bhutan0.0% (share) of land area
213Bolivia0.0% (share) of land area
214Bosnia and Herzegovina0.0% (share) of land area
215Botswana0.0% (share) of land area
Showing 215 of 215 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2015).

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