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

Name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: social, % (share) of land area, land, area, where, elevation, below, meters, total

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•215 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

6.9% (share) of land area

Median: 1.5% (share) of land area

Countries Covered

215

with available data

Highest

Marshall Islands

81.7% (share) of land area

Lowest

Botswana

0.0% (share) of land area

Top 5 Countries

1Marshall Islands81.7% (share) of land area

2Maldives80.5% (share) of land area

3Bahamas69.7% (share) of land area

4Tuvalu68.0% (share) of land area

5Kiribati67.6% (share) of land area

By Region

Other9.2% (share) of land area(135 countries)

Asia4.7% (share) of land area(26 countries)

Europe3.4% (share) of land area(32 countries)

Oceania2.7% (share) of land area(2 countries)

North America1.4% (share) of land area(4 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 (81.7% (share) of land area)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 6.9% (share) of land area)

Other (135)

Asia (26)

Europe (32)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Africa (9)

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

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Marshall Islands	81.7% (share) of land area
2	Maldives	80.5% (share) of land area
3	Bahamas	69.7% (share) of land area
4	Tuvalu	68.0% (share) of land area
5	Kiribati	67.6% (share) of land area
6	Turks and Caicos Islands	63.3% (share) of land area
7	Cayman Islands	53.4% (share) of land area
8	Netherlands	52.0% (share) of land area
9	Gibraltar	47.7% (share) of land area
10	Macao	46.9% (share) of land area
11	Virgin Islands, British	41.9% (share) of land area
12	Bermuda	36.0% (share) of land area
13	Bahrain	33.8% (share) of land area
14	French Polynesia	30.0% (share) of land area
15	Saint Martin (French part)	26.9% (share) of land area
16	Seychelles	26.1% (share) of land area
17	Monaco	21.1% (share) of land area
18	Micronesia, Federated States of	20.3% (share) of land area
19	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	19.2% (share) of land area
20	Republic of The Gambia	18.9% (share) of land area
21	American Samoa	18.1% (share) of land area
22	Tonga	17.5% (share) of land area
23	Antigua and Barbuda	17.2% (share) of land area
24	Guinea-Bissau	16.0% (share) of land area
25	Palau	16.0% (share) of land area
26	Vietnam	15.9% (share) of land area
27	Bangladesh	15.9% (share) of land area
28	Cuba	14.9% (share) of land area
29	Virgin Islands, U.S.	14.6% (share) of land area
30	Nauru	13.5% (share) of land area
31	Denmark	13.4% (share) of land area
32	Hong Kong	13.3% (share) of land area
33	Northern Mariana Islands	12.9% (share) of land area
34	Belize	12.5% (share) of land area
35	Qatar	11.6% (share) of land area
36	Aruba	10.4% (share) of land area
37	Singapore	9.8% (share) of land area
38	Kuwait	8.6% (share) of land area
39	Fiji	8.3% (share) of land area
40	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.1% (share) of land area
41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.8% (share) of land area
42	Grenada	7.8% (share) of land area
43	Indonesia	7.7% (share) of land area
44	Trinidad and Tobago	7.3% (share) of land area
45	Solomon Islands	7.3% (share) of land area
46	Curaçao	7.3% (share) of land area
47	Malta	7.1% (share) of land area
48	Malaysia	6.9% (share) of land area
49	Puerto Rico	6.8% (share) of land area
50	Suriname	6.4% (share) of land area
51	Nicaragua	5.9% (share) of land area
52	Brunei Darussalam	5.5% (share) of land area
53	Cape Verde	5.4% (share) of land area
54	New Caledonia	5.4% (share) of land area
55	Belgium	5.4% (share) of land area
56	Sierra Leone	5.3% (share) of land area
57	Guyana	5.2% (share) of land area
58	Greenland	5.1% (share) of land area
59	Guam	4.9% (share) of land area
60	Jamaica	4.8% (share) of land area
61	Philippines	4.6% (share) of land area
62	New Zealand	4.6% (share) of land area
63	Saint Lucia	4.6% (share) of land area
64	Myanmar	4.5% (share) of land area
65	Honduras	4.5% (share) of land area
66	Panama	4.5% (share) of land area
67	Senegal	4.3% (share) of land area
68	Thailand	4.2% (share) of land area
69	Vanuatu	4.2% (share) of land area
70	United Arab Emirates	4.1% (share) of land area
71	United Kingdom	4.1% (share) of land area
72	Comoros	4.0% (share) of land area
73	Papua New Guinea	3.8% (share) of land area
74	Isle of Man	3.8% (share) of land area
75	Albania	3.8% (share) of land area
76	El Salvador	3.6% (share) of land area
77	Mauritius	3.5% (share) of land area
78	Sri Lanka	3.5% (share) of land area
79	Estonia	3.4% (share) of land area
80	Greece	3.4% (share) of land area
81	Sao Tome and Principe	3.4% (share) of land area
82	Germany	3.3% (share) of land area
83	Italy	3.3% (share) of land area
84	Japan	3.3% (share) of land area
85	Barbados	3.2% (share) of land area
86	Dominica	3.0% (share) of land area
87	South Korea	3.0% (share) of land area
88	Costa Rica	2.9% (share) of land area
89	Iraq	2.9% (share) of land area
90	Faroe Islands	2.8% (share) of land area
91	Mexico	2.7% (share) of land area
92	Dominican Republic	2.4% (share) of land area
93	Haiti	2.3% (share) of land area
94	Cyprus	2.1% (share) of land area
95	Samoa	2.1% (share) of land area
96	Nigeria	2.1% (share) of land area
97	Mozambique	2.1% (share) of land area
98	Ireland	2.1% (share) of land area
99	Latvia	1.9% (share) of land area
100	Iceland	1.9% (share) of land area
101	Cambodia	1.7% (share) of land area
102	Portugal	1.7% (share) of land area
103	North Korea	1.7% (share) of land area
104	Croatia	1.6% (share) of land area
105	Norway	1.6% (share) of land area
106	Venezuela	1.6% (share) of land area
107	Timor-Leste	1.6% (share) of land area
108	Chile	1.5% (share) of land area
109	Egypt	1.5% (share) of land area
110	France	1.5% (share) of land area
111	Tunisia	1.5% (share) of land area
112	United States of America	1.5% (share) of land area
113	Gabon	1.4% (share) of land area
114	Georgia	1.4% (share) of land area
115	Romania	1.4% (share) of land area
116	Guinea	1.4% (share) of land area
117	Pakistan	1.3% (share) of land area
118	Ecuador	1.3% (share) of land area
119	Eritrea	1.3% (share) of land area
120	Madagascar	1.3% (share) of land area
121	India	1.3% (share) of land area
122	Finland	1.2% (share) of land area
123	Benin	1.1% (share) of land area
124	Colombia	1.1% (share) of land area
125	Liberia	1.1% (share) of land area
126	Mauritania	1.1% (share) of land area
127	Poland	1.1% (share) of land area
128	Sweden	1.0% (share) of land area
129	Brazil	0.9% (share) of land area
130	Ukraine	0.8% (share) of land area
131	People's Republic of China	0.8% (share) of land area
132	Equatorial Guinea	0.8% (share) of land area
133	Spain	0.8% (share) of land area
134	Oman	0.8% (share) of land area
135	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.8% (share) of land area
136	Djibouti	0.7% (share) of land area
137	Guatemala	0.7% (share) of land area
138	Australia	0.7% (share) of land area
139	Ghana	0.7% (share) of land area
140	Montenegro	0.7% (share) of land area
141	Lithuania	0.7% (share) of land area
142	Russian Federation	0.7% (share) of land area
143	Canada	0.6% (share) of land area
144	Lebanon	0.6% (share) of land area
145	Argentina	0.6% (share) of land area
146	Uruguay	0.6% (share) of land area
147	Türkiye	0.6% (share) of land area
148	Cote d'Ivoire	0.5% (share) of land area
149	Israel	0.5% (share) of land area
150	Libya	0.5% (share) of land area
151	Cameroon	0.5% (share) of land area
152	Togo	0.4% (share) of land area
153	Yemen	0.4% (share) of land area
154	Saudi Arabia	0.4% (share) of land area
155	Peru	0.3% (share) of land area
156	Kenya	0.3% (share) of land area
157	Somalia	0.2% (share) of land area
158	Republic of the Congo	0.2% (share) of land area
159	Morocco	0.2% (share) of land area
160	Namibia	0.2% (share) of land area
161	United Republic of Tanzania	0.2% (share) of land area
162	Angola	0.2% (share) of land area
163	State of Palestine	0.1% (share) of land area
164	Bulgaria	0.1% (share) of land area
165	South Africa	0.1% (share) of land area
166	Slovenia	0.1% (share) of land area
167	Sudan	0.1% (share) of land area
168	Syrian Arab Republic	0.0% (share) of land area
169	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.0% (share) of land area
170	Algeria	0.0% (share) of land area
171	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0% (share) of land area
172	Jordan	0.0% (share) of land area
173	Burundi	0.0% (share) of land area
174	Belarus	0.0% (share) of land area
175	Central African Republic	0.0% (share) of land area
176	Chad	0.0% (share) of land area
177	Czech Republic	0.0% (share) of land area
178	Ethiopia	0.0% (share) of land area
179	Hungary	0.0% (share) of land area
180	Kazakhstan	0.0% (share) of land area
181	Kyrgyzstan	0.0% (share) of land area
182	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.0% (share) of land area
183	Lesotho	0.0% (share) of land area
184	Liechtenstein	0.0% (share) of land area
185	Luxembourg	0.0% (share) of land area
186	Malawi	0.0% (share) of land area
187	Mali	0.0% (share) of land area
188	Mongolia	0.0% (share) of land area
189	Moldova, Republic of	0.0% (share) of land area
190	Nepal	0.0% (share) of land area
191	Niger	0.0% (share) of land area
192	Paraguay	0.0% (share) of land area
193	Rwanda	0.0% (share) of land area
194	San Marino	0.0% (share) of land area
195	Serbia	0.0% (share) of land area
196	Slovakia	0.0% (share) of land area
197	Zimbabwe	0.0% (share) of land area
198	South Sudan	0.0% (share) of land area
199	Eswatini	0.0% (share) of land area
200	Switzerland	0.0% (share) of land area
201	Tajikistan	0.0% (share) of land area
202	Turkmenistan	0.0% (share) of land area
203	Uganda	0.0% (share) of land area
204	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.0% (share) of land area
205	Burkina Faso	0.0% (share) of land area
206	Uzbekistan	0.0% (share) of land area
207	Zambia	0.0% (share) of land area
208	Afghanistan	0.0% (share) of land area
209	Andorra	0.0% (share) of land area
210	Azerbaijan	0.0% (share) of land area
211	Austria	0.0% (share) of land area
212	Armenia	0.0% (share) of land area
213	Bhutan	0.0% (share) of land area
214	Bolivia	0.0% (share) of land area
215	Botswana	0.0% (share) of land area

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Topics

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Data Source

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

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