demographic2015

Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)

Name: Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: demographic, % (share) of population, rural, population, living, areas, 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

2.8% (share) of population

Median: 0.8% (share) of population

Countries Covered

215

with available data

Highest

Greenland

43.5% (share) of population

Lowest

Botswana

0.0% (share) of population

Top 5 Countries

1Greenland43.5% (share) of population

2Tuvalu39.3% (share) of population

3Marshall Islands31.7% (share) of population

4Maldives31.0% (share) of population

5Guyana26.5% (share) of population

By Region

Other3.8% (share) of population(135 countries)

Europe1.4% (share) of population(32 countries)

Asia1.3% (share) of population(26 countries)

Oceania1.0% (share) of population(2 countries)

Africa0.6% (share) of population(9 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 population)High (43.5% (share) of population)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 2.8% (share) of population)

Other (135)

Europe (32)

Asia (26)

Oceania (2)

Africa (9)

South America (7)

North America (4)

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	Greenland	43.5% (share) of population
2	Tuvalu	39.3% (share) of population
3	Marshall Islands	31.7% (share) of population
4	Maldives	31.0% (share) of population
5	Guyana	26.5% (share) of population
6	Kiribati	20.2% (share) of population
7	Micronesia, Federated States of	19.9% (share) of population
8	Suriname	17.8% (share) of population
9	Solomon Islands	16.1% (share) of population
10	Seychelles	15.2% (share) of population
11	Fiji	14.8% (share) of population
12	Turks and Caicos Islands	14.7% (share) of population
13	French Polynesia	11.1% (share) of population
14	Netherlands	9.9% (share) of population
15	Palau	9.5% (share) of population
16	Nauru	9.1% (share) of population
17	Bahamas	8.8% (share) of population
18	Virgin Islands, British	8.4% (share) of population
19	Vanuatu	8.3% (share) of population
20	Antigua and Barbuda	8.2% (share) of population
21	Samoa	7.4% (share) of population
22	Vietnam	7.2% (share) of population
23	Brunei Darussalam	6.9% (share) of population
24	Cayman Islands	6.5% (share) of population
25	Tonga	6.1% (share) of population
26	Dominica	5.9% (share) of population
27	New Caledonia	5.5% (share) of population
28	Cape Verde	5.4% (share) of population
29	Belize	5.4% (share) of population
30	Iceland	5.0% (share) of population
31	Philippines	4.6% (share) of population
32	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.5% (share) of population
33	Norway	4.3% (share) of population
34	American Samoa	4.1% (share) of population
35	Denmark	3.9% (share) of population
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.8% (share) of population
37	Malaysia	3.6% (share) of population
38	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.6% (share) of population
39	Myanmar	3.5% (share) of population
40	Guinea-Bissau	3.3% (share) of population
41	Saint Martin (French part)	3.1% (share) of population
42	Northern Mariana Islands	3.0% (share) of population
43	Thailand	2.8% (share) of population
44	Papua New Guinea	2.8% (share) of population
45	Albania	2.8% (share) of population
46	Panama	2.7% (share) of population
47	Faroe Islands	2.7% (share) of population
48	Virgin Islands, U.S.	2.6% (share) of population
49	Egypt	2.6% (share) of population
50	Djibouti	2.5% (share) of population
51	Indonesia	2.4% (share) of population
52	Republic of The Gambia	2.4% (share) of population
53	Isle of Man	2.4% (share) of population
54	Sierra Leone	2.3% (share) of population
55	Bangladesh	2.3% (share) of population
56	Bermuda	2.3% (share) of population
57	Latvia	2.3% (share) of population
58	Greece	2.2% (share) of population
59	Liberia	2.2% (share) of population
60	Senegal	2.2% (share) of population
61	Madagascar	2.2% (share) of population
62	Timor-Leste	1.9% (share) of population
63	Croatia	1.9% (share) of population
64	Jamaica	1.8% (share) of population
65	Oman	1.8% (share) of population
66	Grenada	1.7% (share) of population
67	Sweden	1.7% (share) of population
68	Guam	1.7% (share) of population
69	Finland	1.7% (share) of population
70	Gabon	1.6% (share) of population
71	Montenegro	1.6% (share) of population
72	North Korea	1.5% (share) of population
73	Mozambique	1.5% (share) of population
74	Cyprus	1.5% (share) of population
75	Mauritania	1.5% (share) of population
76	Sri Lanka	1.5% (share) of population
77	Cambodia	1.3% (share) of population
78	Estonia	1.3% (share) of population
79	Saint Lucia	1.3% (share) of population
80	Benin	1.3% (share) of population
81	Belgium	1.3% (share) of population
82	Honduras	1.2% (share) of population
83	United Arab Emirates	1.2% (share) of population
84	Ireland	1.2% (share) of population
85	Haiti	1.1% (share) of population
86	Italy	1.1% (share) of population
87	Iraq	1.1% (share) of population
88	Comoros	1.1% (share) of population
89	Puerto Rico	1.1% (share) of population
90	New Zealand	1.1% (share) of population
91	Trinidad and Tobago	1.1% (share) of population
92	Gibraltar	1.1% (share) of population
93	Libya	1.0% (share) of population
94	Costa Rica	1.0% (share) of population
95	Bahrain	1.0% (share) of population
96	Tunisia	1.0% (share) of population
97	Cuba	1.0% (share) of population
98	Australia	0.9% (share) of population
99	Qatar	0.9% (share) of population
100	Guinea	0.9% (share) of population
101	Japan	0.9% (share) of population
102	Ecuador	0.9% (share) of population
103	Nicaragua	0.9% (share) of population
104	Kuwait	0.8% (share) of population
105	Somalia	0.8% (share) of population
106	Venezuela	0.8% (share) of population
107	France	0.8% (share) of population
108	Georgia	0.8% (share) of population
109	Germany	0.8% (share) of population
110	Nigeria	0.8% (share) of population
111	Macao	0.8% (share) of population
112	Equatorial Guinea	0.8% (share) of population
113	Ghana	0.7% (share) of population
114	Saudi Arabia	0.7% (share) of population
115	United Kingdom	0.7% (share) of population
116	Spain	0.6% (share) of population
117	El Salvador	0.6% (share) of population
118	Monaco	0.6% (share) of population
119	Eritrea	0.6% (share) of population
120	Yemen	0.6% (share) of population
121	South Korea	0.6% (share) of population
122	Colombia	0.6% (share) of population
123	Hong Kong	0.6% (share) of population
124	Canada	0.5% (share) of population
125	Cote d'Ivoire	0.5% (share) of population
126	Malta	0.5% (share) of population
127	Türkiye	0.5% (share) of population
128	Poland	0.5% (share) of population
129	People's Republic of China	0.5% (share) of population
130	Mauritius	0.5% (share) of population
131	United States of America	0.5% (share) of population
132	Brazil	0.5% (share) of population
133	Portugal	0.5% (share) of population
134	Sao Tome and Principe	0.5% (share) of population
135	Dominican Republic	0.5% (share) of population
136	India	0.4% (share) of population
137	Mexico	0.4% (share) of population
138	Lithuania	0.4% (share) of population
139	Aruba	0.4% (share) of population
140	Cameroon	0.4% (share) of population
141	Barbados	0.4% (share) of population
142	Ukraine	0.3% (share) of population
143	Curaçao	0.3% (share) of population
144	Angola	0.3% (share) of population
145	Uruguay	0.3% (share) of population
146	Chile	0.3% (share) of population
147	Morocco	0.3% (share) of population
148	Peru	0.3% (share) of population
149	United Republic of Tanzania	0.3% (share) of population
150	Russian Federation	0.3% (share) of population
151	Pakistan	0.2% (share) of population
152	Republic of the Congo	0.2% (share) of population
153	Kenya	0.2% (share) of population
154	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.2% (share) of population
155	Lebanon	0.2% (share) of population
156	Bulgaria	0.2% (share) of population
157	Togo	0.2% (share) of population
158	Argentina	0.1% (share) of population
159	Algeria	0.1% (share) of population
160	Slovenia	0.1% (share) of population
161	Israel	0.1% (share) of population
162	Sudan	0.1% (share) of population
163	South Africa	0.1% (share) of population
164	Guatemala	0.1% (share) of population
165	Syrian Arab Republic	0.1% (share) of population
166	Romania	0.1% (share) of population
167	Namibia	0.1% (share) of population
168	Jordan	0.0% (share) of population
169	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0% (share) of population
170	State of Palestine	0.0% (share) of population
171	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.0% (share) of population
172	Singapore	0.0% (share) of population
173	Burundi	0.0% (share) of population
174	Belarus	0.0% (share) of population
175	Central African Republic	0.0% (share) of population
176	Chad	0.0% (share) of population
177	Czech Republic	0.0% (share) of population
178	Ethiopia	0.0% (share) of population
179	Hungary	0.0% (share) of population
180	Kazakhstan	0.0% (share) of population
181	Kyrgyzstan	0.0% (share) of population
182	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.0% (share) of population
183	Lesotho	0.0% (share) of population
184	Liechtenstein	0.0% (share) of population
185	Luxembourg	0.0% (share) of population
186	Malawi	0.0% (share) of population
187	Mali	0.0% (share) of population
188	Mongolia	0.0% (share) of population
189	Moldova, Republic of	0.0% (share) of population
190	Nepal	0.0% (share) of population
191	Niger	0.0% (share) of population
192	Paraguay	0.0% (share) of population
193	Rwanda	0.0% (share) of population
194	San Marino	0.0% (share) of population
195	Serbia	0.0% (share) of population
196	Slovakia	0.0% (share) of population
197	Zimbabwe	0.0% (share) of population
198	South Sudan	0.0% (share) of population
199	Eswatini	0.0% (share) of population
200	Switzerland	0.0% (share) of population
201	Tajikistan	0.0% (share) of population
202	Turkmenistan	0.0% (share) of population
203	Uganda	0.0% (share) of population
204	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.0% (share) of population
205	Burkina Faso	0.0% (share) of population
206	Uzbekistan	0.0% (share) of population
207	Zambia	0.0% (share) of population
208	Afghanistan	0.0% (share) of population
209	Andorra	0.0% (share) of population
210	Azerbaijan	0.0% (share) of population
211	Austria	0.0% (share) of population
212	Armenia	0.0% (share) of population
213	Bhutan	0.0% (share) of population
214	Bolivia	0.0% (share) of population
215	Botswana	0.0% (share) of population

Showing 215 of 215 countries

Topics

#demographic #% (share) of population #rural #population #living #areas #where #elevation #below #meters #total

Data Source

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

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