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Urban usage

% · higher is better · 184 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024
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  1. 1Malta100%
  2. 1Romania100%
  3. 1West Bank and Gaza100%
  4. 1Paraguay100%
  5. 1Singapore100%
  6. 1Panama100%
  7. 1Oman100%
  8. 1New Zealand100%
  9. 1Norway100%
  10. 1Netherlands100%
  11. 1El Salvador100%
  12. 1San Marino100%
  13. 1Mauritius100%
  14. 1Montenegro100%
  15. 1Sao Tome and Principe100%
  16. 1Mexico100%
  17. 1Monaco100%
  18. 1Slovak Republic100%
  19. 1Macao SAR, China100%
  20. 1Luxembourg100%
  21. 1Lithuania100%
  22. 1Lao PDR100%
  23. 1Kuwait100%
  24. 1Kyrgyz Republic100%
  25. 1Kazakhstan100%
  26. 1Israel100%
  27. 1Iceland100%
  28. 1Iraq100%
  29. 1Hungary100%
  30. 1Thailand100%
  31. 1Honduras100%
  32. 1Hong Kong SAR, China100%
  33. 1Greece100%
  34. 1Timor-Leste100%
  35. 1Gibraltar100%
  36. 1Ghana100%
  37. 1United Kingdom100%
  38. 1France100%
  39. 1Finland100%
  40. 1Estonia100%
  41. 1Ecuador100%
  42. 1Denmark100%
  43. 1Germany100%
  44. 1Costa Rica100%
  45. 1Cabo Verde100%
  46. 1Colombia100%
  47. 1Uruguay100%
  48. 1Switzerland100%
  49. 1Brazil100%
  50. 1Bermuda100%
  51. 1Belize100%
  52. 1Samoa100%
  53. 1Belgium100%
  54. 1Azerbaijan100%
  55. 1Austria100%
  56. 1United Arab Emirates100%
  57. 1Andorra100%
  58. 1Afghanistan100%
  59. 2Portugal100%
  60. 3United States100%
  61. 4Turks and Caicos Islands100%
  62. 5Australia100%
  63. 6Croatia99.9%
  64. 7Czechia99.9%
  65. 8Georgia99.9%
  66. 9St. Martin (French part)99.9%
  67. 10Iran, Islamic Rep.99.9%
  68. 11Tonga99.9%
  69. 12Spain99.9%
  70. 13Bosnia and Herzegovina99.9%
  71. 14Belarus99.9%
  72. 15Armenia99.9%
  73. 16Latvia99.9%
  74. 17Turkmenistan99.9%
  75. 18North Macedonia99.9%
  76. 19Morocco99.9%
  77. 20Bhutan99.8%
  78. 21Djibouti99.8%
  79. 22Syrian Arab Republic99.8%
  80. 23Chile99.8%
  81. 24Argentina99.8%
  82. 25Philippines99.8%
  83. 26Mongolia99.8%
  84. 27Sweden99.8%
  85. 28Serbia99.8%
  86. 29Saudi Arabia99.7%
  87. 30Cyprus99.7%
  88. 31Bangladesh99.7%
  89. 32South Africa99.7%
  90. 33Bulgaria99.7%
  91. 34Uzbekistan99.7%
  92. 35St. Lucia99.7%
  93. 36Palau99.6%
  94. 37Trinidad and Tobago99.6%
  95. 38Maldives99.5%
  96. 39Suriname99.5%
  97. 40Jordan99.5%
  98. 41Comoros99.5%
  99. 42Guyana99.4%
  100. 43Moldova99.4%
  101. 44Cambodia99.4%
  102. 45Vanuatu99.4%
  103. 46Russian Federation99.3%
  104. 47Bolivia99.3%
  105. 48Burundi99.3%
  106. 49Tunisia99.3%
  107. 50Sudan99.2%
  108. 51Viet Nam99.2%
  109. 52Turkiye99.1%
  110. 53Mauritania99.1%
  111. 54Fiji99.1%
  112. 55Indonesia99%
  113. 56Malaysia99%
  114. 57Eswatini99%
  115. 58Ukraine99%
  116. 59Jamaica98.9%
  117. 60Egypt, Arab Rep.98.8%
  118. 61Tuvalu98.8%
  119. 62Namibia98.7%
  120. 63Guinea98.7%
  121. 64Antigua and Barbuda98.7%
  122. 65Marshall Islands98.7%
  123. 66Yemen, Rep.98.5%
  124. 67Niger98.5%
  125. 68Naoero98.4%
  126. 69Algeria98.4%
  127. 70India98.3%
  128. 71Dominican Republic98.3%
  129. 72Mali98.3%
  130. 73Peru98.3%
  131. 74Canada98.3%
  132. 75Cuba98.1%
  133. 76Sri Lanka97.9%
  134. 77Zimbabwe97.8%
  135. 78Gabon97.7%
  136. 79China97.6%
  137. 80Pakistan97.5%
  138. 81Guatemala97.5%
  139. 82Nigeria97.4%
  140. 83Albania97.3%
  141. 84Tanzania97.2%
  142. 85Botswana97.2%
  143. 86Dominica97.1%
  144. 87Ethiopia96.9%
  145. 88Lesotho96.7%
  146. 89Rwanda96.7%
  147. 90Ireland96.6%
  148. 91Liberia96.6%
  149. 92Senegal96.3%
  150. 93Kiribati96.1%
  151. 94Myanmar96%
  152. 95Malawi96%
  153. 96Tajikistan95.8%
  154. 97Poland95.6%
  155. 98Cayman Islands95.5%
  156. 99Burkina Faso95.1%
  157. 100Nepal95%
  158. 101Solomon Islands94.8%
  159. 102Cameroon94.5%
  160. 103Gambia, The93.9%
  161. 104Zambia93.9%
  162. 105Mozambique93.8%
  163. 106Haiti92.8%
  164. 107Uganda92.7%
  165. 108Cote d'Ivoire92.5%
  166. 109Sierra Leone92.3%
  167. 110Kenya92.2%
  168. 111Angola92%
  169. 112Togo91.7%
  170. 113Chad91.3%
  171. 114Guinea-Bissau91.1%
  172. 115Somalia, Fed. Rep.90.2%
  173. 116Congo, Dem. Rep.89.7%
  174. 117Papua New Guinea89.4%
  175. 118South Sudan87.4%
  176. 119Madagascar86.5%
  177. 120Central African Republic83.7%
  178. 121Benin81.4%

Urban usage