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/...
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Kosovo 0.934
About this data
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