124 countries, 2024. Unit: % of population.
Across 124 countries worldwide, the highest value is in South Sudan (62.9 %) and the lowest in Brazil (0.6 %).
The median country is at 4.9 %: half are above, half below.
For the world as a whole, the value rose from 7.5 % in 2015 to 9.8 % in 2024.
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| Africa | 16.8 % |
| Asia | 3.4 % |
| Europe | 1.9 % |
| North America | 6.9 % |
| South America | 4.9 % |
| Oceania | 4.8 % |
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.
