134 countries, 2024. Unit: % of population.
Across 134 countries worldwide, the highest value is in South Sudan (88.8 %) and the lowest in Belarus (1.0 %).
The median country is at 21.9 %: half are above, half below.
For the world as a whole, the value rose from 21.6 % in 2015 to 26.8 % in 2024.
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| Africa | 56.7 % |
| Asia | 12.4 % |
| Europe | 7.9 % |
| North America | 27.6 % |
| South America | 26.9 % |
| Oceania | 18.2 % |
Tick a country in the table to add it to the chart above, up to six at a time. The ranking uses the latest year for which at least half of the countries have a value; countries without a value that year are not listed.
