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Countries that have national urban policies or regional development plans that respond to population dynamics; ensure balanced territorial development; and increase local fiscal space (1 = YES; 0 = NO)

number · higher is better · 214 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2023

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214 shown
  1. 1Bhutan1
  2. 1Afghanistan1
  3. 1Angola1
  4. 1United Arab Emirates1
  5. 1Argentina1
  6. 1Armenia1
  7. 1Australia1
  8. 1Austria1
  9. 1Burundi1
  10. 1Belgium1
  11. 1Benin1
  12. 1Burkina Faso1
  13. 1Bangladesh1
  14. 1Bulgaria1
  15. 1Bahrain1
  16. 1Bosnia and Herzegovina1
  17. 1Belarus1
  18. 1Bolivia1
  19. 1Brazil1
  20. 1Brunei Darussalam1
  21. 1Botswana1
  22. 1Canada1
  23. 1Switzerland1
  24. 1Chile1
  25. 1China1
  26. 1Cote d'Ivoire1
  27. 1Cameroon1
  28. 1Congo, Dem. Rep.1
  29. 1Congo, Rep.1
  30. 1Colombia1
  31. 1Comoros1
  32. 1Cabo Verde1
  33. 1Costa Rica1
  34. 1Cuba1
  35. 1Cyprus1
  36. 1Czechia1
  37. 1Germany1
  38. 1Djibouti1
  39. 1Denmark1
  40. 1Dominican Republic1
  41. 1Algeria1
  42. 1Ecuador1
  43. 1Egypt, Arab Rep.1
  44. 1Eritrea1
  45. 1Spain1
  46. 1Estonia1
  47. 1Ethiopia1
  48. 1Finland1
  49. 1Fiji1
  50. 1France1
  51. 1Micronesia, Fed. Sts.1
  52. 1Gabon1
  53. 1United Kingdom1
  54. 1Georgia1
  55. 1Ghana1
  56. 1Guinea1
  57. 1Gambia, The1
  58. 1Guinea-Bissau1
  59. 1Greece1
  60. 1Guatemala1
  61. 1Croatia1
  62. 1Hungary1
  63. 1Indonesia1
  64. 1India1
  65. 1Ireland1
  66. 1Iran, Islamic Rep.1
  67. 1Iraq1
  68. 1Iceland1
  69. 1Israel1
  70. 1Italy1
  71. 1Jordan1
  72. 1Japan1
  73. 1Kazakhstan1
  74. 1Kenya1
  75. 1Kyrgyz Republic1
  76. 1Cambodia1
  77. 1Kiribati1
  78. 1Korea, Rep.1
  79. 1Kuwait1
  80. 1Lao PDR1
  81. 1Lebanon1
  82. 1Liberia1
  83. 1Libya1
  84. 1Sri Lanka1
  85. 1Lithuania1
  86. 1Luxembourg1
  87. 1Latvia1
  88. 1Morocco1
  89. 1Moldova1
  90. 1Madagascar1
  91. 1Maldives1
  92. 1Mexico1
  93. 1Marshall Islands1
  94. 1Mali1
  95. 1Malta1
  96. 1Montenegro1
  97. 1Mongolia1
  98. 1Mozambique1
  99. 1Mauritania1
  100. 1Mauritius1
  101. 1Malawi1
  102. 1Malaysia1
  103. 1Namibia1
  104. 1New Caledonia1
  105. 1Niger1
  106. 1Nigeria1
  107. 1Nicaragua1
  108. 1Netherlands1
  109. 1Norway1
  110. 1Nepal1
  111. 1Naoero1
  112. 1New Zealand1
  113. 1Oman1
  114. 1Pakistan1
  115. 1Panama1
  116. 1Peru1
  117. 1Philippines1
  118. 1Palau1
  119. 1Papua New Guinea1
  120. 1Poland1
  121. 1Puerto Rico (US)1
  122. 1Portugal1
  123. 1Paraguay1
  124. 1Qatar1
  125. 1Romania1
  126. 1Rwanda1
  127. 1Saudi Arabia1
  128. 1Sudan1
  129. 1Senegal1
  130. 1Singapore1
  131. 1El Salvador1
  132. 1Somalia, Fed. Rep.1
  133. 1Serbia1
  134. 1South Sudan1
  135. 1Sao Tome and Principe1
  136. 1Slovak Republic1
  137. 1Slovenia1
  138. 1Sweden1
  139. 1Eswatini1
  140. 1Syrian Arab Republic1
  141. 1Chad1
  142. 1Togo1
  143. 1Thailand1
  144. 1Tajikistan1
  145. 1Turkmenistan1
  146. 1Timor-Leste1
  147. 1Tonga1
  148. 1Tunisia1
  149. 1Turkiye1
  150. 1Tuvalu1
  151. 1Tanzania1
  152. 1Uganda1
  153. 1Ukraine1
  154. 1Uruguay1
  155. 1Uzbekistan1
  156. 1Venezuela, RB1
  157. 1Viet Nam1
  158. 1Vanuatu1
  159. 1Samoa1
  160. 1Yemen, Rep.1
  161. 1South Africa1
  162. 1Zambia1
  163. 1Zimbabwe1
  164. 2Liechtenstein0
  165. 2Jamaica0
  166. 2Myanmar0
  167. 2Isle of Man0
  168. 2Northern Mariana Islands0
  169. 2Haiti0
  170. 2St. Kitts and Nevis0
  171. 2Honduras0
  172. 2Aruba0
  173. 2Turks and Caicos Islands0
  174. 2Sierra Leone0
  175. 2Hong Kong SAR, China0
  176. 2Trinidad and Tobago0
  177. 2Guyana0
  178. 2North Macedonia0
  179. 2Guam0
  180. 2Monaco0
  181. 2Greenland0
  182. 2Solomon Islands0
  183. 2Grenada0
  184. 2Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0
  185. 2Equatorial Guinea0
  186. 2St. Lucia0
  187. 2Gibraltar0
  188. 2Faroe Islands0
  189. 2Russian Federation0
  190. 2Dominica0
  191. 2United States0
  192. 2Cayman Islands0
  193. 2St. Martin (French part)0
  194. 2Curacao0
  195. 2St. Vincent and the Grenadines0
  196. 2Central African Republic0
  197. 2Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0
  198. 2British Virgin Islands0
  199. 2Barbados0
  200. 2Virgin Islands (U.S.)0
  201. 2Bermuda0
  202. 2Seychelles0
  203. 2Belize0
  204. 2Macao SAR, China0
  205. 2Bahamas, The0
  206. 2French Polynesia0
  207. 2Azerbaijan0
  208. 2Suriname0
  209. 2Antigua and Barbuda0
  210. 2West Bank and Gaza0
  211. 2American Samoa0
  212. 2Lesotho0
  213. 2Andorra0
  214. 2San Marino0

Countries that have national urban policies or regional development plans that respond to population dynamics; ensure balanced territorial development; and increase local fiscal space (1 = YES; 0 = NO)