Dimension 4.1: Censuses and Surveys - Surveys only by country

Average score Census and Survey Indicators indicators. Availability of recent censuses and surveys covering broad areas. The following censuses and surveys are considered: Population & Housing census, Agriculture census, Business/establishment census, Household Survey on income/ consumption/ expenditure/ budget/...

Countries reporting
188
Highest
1
Australia
Lowest
0
Eritrea
Median
0.6
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
3,800

What the numbers show

Dimension 4.1: Censuses and Surveys - Surveys only is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 1 in Australia; the lowest is 0 in Eritrea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6, and the mean is 0.6053.

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 557.6%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Dimension 4.1: Censuses and Surveys - Surveys only: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Canada 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 1 2023 up 7.1% rising
1 Germany 1 2023 up 7.1% rising
1 Ecuador 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Spain 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Israel 1 2023 up 7.1% rising
1 Italy 1 2023 up 7.1% rising
1 South Korea 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 New Zealand 1 2023 up 25.0% rising
1 Peru 1 2023 up 25.0% rising
1 Philippines 1 2023 up 7.1% rising
1 Poland 1 2023 up 15.5% rising
1 Rwanda 1 2023 up 50.2% rising
1 Singapore 1 2023 up 36.2% rising
1 United States 1 2023 unchanged flat
17 Austria 0.934 2023 unchanged flat
17 Belgium 0.934 2023 up 7.9% rising
17 Bulgaria 0.934 2023 up 7.9% rising
17 Brazil 0.934 2023 unchanged flat
17 Costa Rica 0.934 2023 up 55.7% volatile
17 Cyprus 0.934 2023 up 7.9% rising
17 Czechia 0.934 2023 up 7.9% rising
17 Denmark 0.934 2023 up 7.9% rising
17 Estonia 0.934 2023 unchanged flat
17 Ethiopia 0.934 2023 down 6.6% flat
17 Finland 0.934 2023 up 27.6% rising
17 France 0.934 2023 unchanged rising
17 Greece 0.934 2023 unchanged rising
17 Croatia 0.934 2023 up 7.9% rising
17 Hungary 0.934 2023 unchanged rising
17 Ireland 0.934 2023 up 7.9% rising
17 Iceland 0.934 2023 up 40.2% rising
17 Japan 0.934 2023 up 16.8% rising
17 Lithuania 0.934 2023 up 16.8% rising
17 Latvia 0.934 2023 unchanged flat
17 Mexico 0.934 2023 up 55.7% rising
17 Malta 0.934 2023 up 7.9% rising
17 Netherlands 0.934 2023 up 16.8% rising
17 Portugal 0.934 2023 unchanged flat
17 Saudi Arabia 0.934 2023 up 74.9% rising
17 Slovakia 0.934 2023 unchanged rising
17 Slovenia 0.934 2023 unchanged rising
17 Sweden 0.934 2023 up 27.6% rising
45 Ghana 0.868 2023 up 30.3% rising
45 Jordan 0.868 2023 up 0.2% rising
45 North Macedonia 0.868 2023 down 7.1% rising
45 Romania 0.868 2023 up 0.2% rising
45 Uzbekistan 0.868 2023 up 557.6% volatile
50 Colombia 0.866 2023 down 13.4% rising
50 United Kingdom 0.866 2023 down 7.3% rising
50 Georgia 0.866 2023 down 13.4% rising
50 Senegal 0.866 2023 up 30.0% rising
50 Turkey 0.866 2023 unchanged rising
55 Indonesia 0.8 2023 unchanged flat
55 Luxembourg 0.8 2023 up 20.1% rising
55 Mali 0.8 2023 unchanged rising
55 Malawi 0.8 2023 up 9.0% rising
55 Norway 0.8 2023 down 7.6% falling
55 Pakistan 0.8 2023 up 33.3% rising
55 Palestine 0.8 2023 down 14.3% flat
55 Serbia 0.8 2023 up 49.8% rising
55 Uruguay 0.8 2023 unchanged rising
55 Vietnam 0.8 2023 unchanged rising
55 South Africa 0.8 2023 unchanged rising
55 Zimbabwe 0.8 2023 up 33.3% rising
67 Afghanistan 0.734 2023 up 57.5% rising
67 Albania 0.734 2023 unchanged rising
67 Bangladesh 0.734 2023 up 10.2% rising
67 Egypt 0.734 2023 up 22.3% rising
67 Kuwait 0.734 2023 up 10.2% rising
67 Morocco 0.734 2023 down 8.2% rising
67 Myanmar 0.734 2023 up 83.5% rising
67 Niger 0.734 2023 up 38.0% rising
67 Nigeria 0.734 2023 up 10.2% rising
67 Tanzania 0.734 2023 up 38.0% rising
77 Sri Lanka 0.732 2023 down 8.5% rising
77 Thailand 0.732 2023 up 9.9% rising
77 Ukraine 0.732 2023 down 0.3% rising
80 Angola 0.668 2023 down 16.5% rising
80 Argentina 0.668 2023 down 9.0% rising
80 Zambia 0.668 2023 down 16.5% flat
83 Bolivia 0.666 2023 up 25.2% rising
83 Cote d'Ivoire 0.666 2023 up 42.9% rising
83 Honduras 0.666 2023 down 16.8% rising
83 India 0.666 2023 down 23.1% falling
83 Moldova 0.666 2023 down 9.3% rising
83 Mongolia 0.666 2023 up 11.0% rising
83 Malaysia 0.666 2023 up 24.7% rising
83 Panama 0.666 2023 up 42.9% rising
83 Paraguay 0.666 2023 up 11.0% rising
83 Uganda 0.666 2023 unchanged flat
93 United Arab Emirates 0.6 2023 up 28.8% rising
93 Burkina Faso 0.6 2023 down 18.0% falling
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6 2023 down 25.0% rising
93 Chile 0.6 2023 down 9.9% rising
93 Cameroon 0.6 2023 up 12.4% rising
93 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.6 2023 down 0.3% rising
93 Dominican Republic 0.6 2023 unchanged flat
93 Gambia 0.6 2023 up 28.8% rising
93 Guatemala 0.6 2023 down 18.3% rising
93 Iraq 0.6 2023 up 79.6% rising
93 Kyrgyzstan 0.6 2023 down 9.9% rising
93 Cambodia 0.6 2023 up 12.8% falling
93 Lesotho 0.6 2023 unchanged rising
93 Montenegro 0.6 2023 up 12.4% rising
93 Qatar 0.6 2023 down 10.2% rising
93 Sierra Leone 0.6 2023 up 79.6% rising
93 East Timor 0.6 2023 down 9.9% rising
110 Benin 0.534 2023 up 14.6% rising
110 Belarus 0.534 2023 up 59.9% rising
110 Iran 0.534 2023 up 33.5% rising
110 Kenya 0.534 2023 up 33.5% rising
110 Mauritania 0.534 2023 up 33.5% rising
110 Sudan 0.534 2023 up 100.8% volatile
110 Tunisia 0.534 2023 down 11.0% falling
117 Russia 0.532 2023 down 20.1% rising
117 Samoa 0.532 2023 up 33.7% rising
119 Comoros 0.468 2023 up 17.0% rising
119 Mozambique 0.468 2023 down 12.4% falling
119 Chad 0.468 2023 up 40.1% rising
119 Tajikistan 0.468 2023 down 12.4% falling
123 Andorra 0.466 2023 up 16.5% rising
123 Armenia 0.466 2023 down 22.3% rising
123 Belize 0.466 2023 down 12.7% falling
123 Bhutan 0.466 2023 unchanged rising
123 Cape Verde 0.466 2023 up 17.1% rising
123 Jamaica 0.466 2023 down 22.3% falling
123 Kazakhstan 0.466 2023 down 22.3% rising
123 Liberia 0.466 2023 up 17.1% rising
123 Mauritius 0.466 2023 down 30.0% falling
123 Nepal 0.466 2023 down 22.3% rising
123 Togo 0.466 2023 up 39.5% rising
134 Laos 0.402 2023 down 24.7% flat
135 Algeria 0.4 2023 up 19.8% rising
135 Fiji 0.4 2023 unchanged rising
135 Guinea 0.4 2023 up 49.3% rising
135 Guyana 0.4 2023 up 100.0% rising
135 Haiti 0.4 2023 up 49.3% rising
135 Madagascar 0.4 2023 down 14.2% rising
135 Eswatini 0.4 2023 up 50.4% rising
142 Azerbaijan 0.334 2023 down 16.5% flat
142 Barbados 0.334 2023 up 67.0% volatile
142 Guinea-Bissau 0.334 2023 up 67.0% rising
142 Nicaragua 0.334 2023 down 28.6% flat
142 Seychelles 0.334 2023 up 67.0% rising
142 Tonga 0.334 2023 up 25.6% rising
148 Burundi 0.332 2023 down 28.8% flat
148 Brunei 0.332 2023 up 66.0% rising
148 Botswana 0.332 2023 down 58.6% falling
148 China 0.332 2023 down 29.1% rising
148 Lebanon 0.332 2023 down 0.6% rising
148 Saint Lucia 0.332 2023 down 0.6% rising
148 Namibia 0.332 2023 down 29.1% rising
148 El Salvador 0.332 2023 up 24.8% rising
148 Yemen 0.332 2023 down 28.8% falling
157 Bahamas 0.266 2023 up 101.5% volatile
157 Central African Republic 0.266 2023 up 33.0% rising
157 Gabon 0.266 2023 up 34.3% rising
157 Grenada 0.266 2023 up 101.5% volatile
157 Maldives 0.266 2023 down 20.4% falling
157 Suriname 0.266 2023 unchanged rising
157 Trinidad and Tobago 0.266 2023 down 42.9% rising
157 Vanuatu 0.266 2023 down 20.4% rising
165 Congo 0.2 2023 down 50.0% rising
165 Kiribati 0.2 2023 unchanged rising
165 Oman 0.2 2023 down 40.1% falling
165 Somalia 0.2 2023 up 203.0% volatile
165 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2 2023 unchanged falling
165 Syria 0.2 2023 down 62.5% falling
165 Venezuela 0.2 2023 down 57.1% falling
172 Bahrain 0.198 2023 down 25.6% falling
172 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.198 2023 up 47.8% volatile
174 Micronesia (country) 0.134 2023 unchanged rising
174 Solomon Islands 0.134 2023 down 49.6% rising
174 Turkmenistan 0.134 2023 up 1.5% falling
177 Equatorial Guinea 0.132 2023 unchanged rising
178 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.066 2023 unchanged volatile
178 Libya 0.066 2023 down 75.2% falling
178 Marshall Islands 0.066 2023 unchanged falling
178 Nauru 0.066 2023 down 50.7% volatile
178 Palau 0.066 2023 down 50.7% rising
178 Papua New Guinea 0.066 2023 unchanged rising
178 South Sudan 0.066 2023 down 66.7% volatile
178 Tuvalu 0.066 2023 down 67.0% rising
186 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
186 Dominica 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
186 Eritrea 0 2023 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Dimension 4.1: Censuses and Surveys - Surveys only
Source
Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 3,800 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed

Average score Census and Survey Indicators indicators. Availability of recent censuses and surveys covering broad areas. The following censuses and surveys are considered: Population & Housing census, Agriculture census, Business/establishment census, Household Survey on income/ consumption/ expenditure/ budget/ Integrated Survey, Agriculture survey, Labor Force Survey, Health/Demographic survey, Business/establishment survey. Source: NSO websites, World Bank microdata library, ILO microdata library, IHSN microdata librar