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Foundational ID Ownership, 2024

Figures for 2024, as World Bank Group (ID4D) published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Foundational ID Ownership, 2024 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. 4 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 42.620. The middle country reads 94.396. Against 2021, 92 values changed (60 up, 32 down), 28 countries joined, 21 left.

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Foundational ID Ownership · Data for 2024

Highest4 countries share it

100.000

LowestSierra Leone

42.620

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, 2024, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 120 countries · select a heading to sort

Foundational ID Ownership, 2024: every country, as published by World Bank Group (ID4D).
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia100.000100.0000100.000
IcelandISLNorthern Europe100.000100.0000100.000
NorwayNORNorthern Europe100.000100.0000100.000
UkraineUKREastern Europe100.000100.0000100.000
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia99.952100.000099.904
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia99.902100.000099.782
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa99.87599.7569100.000
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa99.718100.000099.446
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.66999.590899.747
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia99.66399.451099.780
ParaguayPRYSouth America99.59199.591499.591
FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.56799.887099.240
SwedenSWENorthern Europe99.52599.0384100.000
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia99.32599.698998.934
ArgentinaARGSouth America99.29799.839998.689
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa99.24399.818398.662
HungaryHUNEastern Europe99.21799.603298.792
IndiaINDSouthern Asia99.18798.800899.567
ChinaCHNEastern Asia99.01599.613798.446
PeruPERSouth America98.79099.789297.733
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa98.77898.826398.731
BoliviaBOLSouth America98.72998.095099.382
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia98.60898.994398.181
LatviaLVANorthern Europe98.55199.238397.703
BrazilBRASouth America98.51098.297798.740

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Azerbaijanshared100.000
  2. Icelandshared100.000
  3. Norwayshared100.000
  4. Ukraineshared100.000
  5. Türkiye99.952

Lowest

  1. Sierra Leone42.620
  2. Guinea47.331
  3. Laos47.526
  4. Niger53.129
  5. Republic of the Congo55.725

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 94.396. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Female

    Highest7 share it

    LowestGuinea42.3442

    Middle country: 94.9410

  • Male

    Highest6 share it

    LowestSierra Leone40.869

    Middle country: 94.828

032021 → 2024

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +28 / −21countries joined / left
  • 92values changed, of 92 in both
  • 60 · 32rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Austria+ Azerbaijan+ Bahrain+ Botswana+ DR Congo+ Comoros+ Ethiopia+ Finland+ United Kingdom+ Gambia+ Guatemala+ India+ Ireland+ Japan+ Kuwait+ Libya+ Lesotho+ Madagascar+ Mexico+ Montenegro+ Mauritania+ Niger+ Nigeria+ New Zealand+ Oman+ Philippines+ Eswatini+ United States− Afghanistan− United Arab Emirates− Armenia− Benin− Bulgaria− Estonia− Croatia− Jamaica− Kazakhstan− Liberia− Moldova− Malta− Myanmar− Palestine− Romania− Singapore− South Sudan− Slovakia− Taiwan− Uruguay− Kosovo

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
  • 117 distinct values among 120

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 4 countries share 100.000. 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 120 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) (2024). Foundational ID Ownership, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/id-ownership/2024

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07Questions

Foundational ID Ownership, 2024: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ID ownership in Foundational ID Ownership, 2024?

4 countries share the highest reading, 100.000, so no single country is named.

What year does Foundational ID Ownership, 2024 describe?

2024.

How many countries does Foundational ID Ownership, 2024 cover?

120.

Where can I download Foundational ID Ownership, 2024?

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, 2024 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-10-03, when it was read from the publisher.

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