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Foundational ID Ownership, 2021

Figures for 2021, as World Bank Group (ID4D) published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Foundational ID Ownership, 2021 covers 113 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 100.00000; South Sudan is lowest, at 13.15905. The middle country reads 96.08859. Against 2017, 80 values changed (55 up, 25 down), 33 countries joined, 18 left.

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Foundational ID Ownership · Data for 2021

Highest2 countries share it

100.00000

LowestSouth Sudan

13.15905

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Foundational ID Ownership, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 113 countries · select a heading to sort

Foundational ID Ownership, 2021: every country, as published by World Bank Group (ID4D).
SwedenSWENorthern Europe100.00000100.000100.000
UruguayURYSouth America100.00000100.000100.000
ChinaCHNEastern Asia99.7205299.61799.813
IcelandISLNorthern Europe99.65489100.00099.316
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe99.6214199.79899.418
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe99.5597399.76099.343
NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.47777100.00098.978
ParaguayPRYSouth America99.3059599.43599.176
BulgariaBGREastern Europe99.2773698.99399.577
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe99.2568799.62898.875
RomaniaROUEastern Europe99.2423099.55198.913
ChileCHLSouth America99.1541899.16699.140
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe99.1385399.90998.343
BelgiumBELWestern Europe99.1134099.62298.585
UkraineUKREastern Europe98.9632498.91299.026
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia98.8957499.76597.970
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa98.8559699.09698.595
HungaryHUNEastern Europe98.8527799.74097.853
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia98.8527699.15598.522
VenezuelaVENSouth America98.8432499.03898.651
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe98.8268598.53199.151
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa98.8063898.89698.711
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia98.7907299.36598.196
LatviaLVANorthern Europe98.7748199.50397.915
RussiaRUSEastern Europe98.6834699.41997.816

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Swedenshared100.00000
  2. Uruguayshared100.00000
  3. China99.72052
  4. Iceland99.65489
  5. Croatia99.62141

Lowest

  1. South Sudan13.15905
  2. Liberia30.11952
  3. Togo40.31819
  4. Benin46.95548
  5. Laos55.33438

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 96.08859. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Female

    Highest4 share it

    LowestSouth Sudan11.665

    Middle country: 96.633

  • Male

    Highest2 share it

    LowestSouth Sudan14.888

    Middle country: 95.949

032017 → 2021

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +33 / −18countries joined / left
  • 80values changed, of 80 in both
  • 55 · 25rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Malawi16.03746 → 85.14453+69.10707
  • Afghanistan71.40159 → 87.39880+15.99721
  • Laos40.73504 → 55.33438+14.59934
  • Guinea44.55007 → 58.62723+14.07716
  • Lithuania81.45496 → 92.36148+10.90651

Fell most

+ United Arab Emirates+ Armenia+ Belgium+ Canada+ Switzerland+ Cyprus+ Germany+ Denmark+ Spain+ France+ Ghana+ Hong Kong+ Iran+ Iraq+ Iceland+ Italy+ Jamaica+ South Korea+ Liberia+ Malta+ Mauritius+ Netherlands+ Norway+ Nepal+ Portugal+ Palestine+ Saudi Arabia+ Sierra Leone+ Slovenia+ Sweden+ Tajikistan+ Taiwan+ Tanzania− Azerbaijan− Belarus− Botswana− Ethiopia− Guatemala− Haiti− India− Lesotho− Madagascar− Mexico− Montenegro− Mauritania− Niger− Rwanda− Chad− Turkmenistan− Trinidad and Tobago− Yemen

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method
  • 112 distinct values among 113

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 12 decimals. 2 countries share 100.00000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 113 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (ID4D) (2021). Foundational ID Ownership, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/id-ownership/2021

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07Questions

Foundational ID Ownership, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ID ownership in Foundational ID Ownership, 2021?

2 countries share the highest reading, 100.00000, so no single country is named.

What year does Foundational ID Ownership, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Foundational ID Ownership, 2021 cover?

113.

Where can I download Foundational ID Ownership, 2021?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Foundational ID Ownership, 2021 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Foundational ID Ownership, 2024.

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