Household composition by type by country
Percentage of households comprised of a married or in-partnership couple and their children (biological, step, and adopted/foster children), irrespective of children’s ages, and no one else.
Countries reporting
75
Highest
71.6%
Palestine
Lowest
0.0%
Belarus
Median
34.6%
Years covered
62
1960–2021
Data points
562
What the numbers show
Household composition by type is currently reported for 75 countries. The highest value is 71.6% in Palestine; the lowest is 0.0% in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.6%, and the mean is 35.2%.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 88.7%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 100.0%).
Household composition by type: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palestine | 71.6% | 2019 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Jordan | 67.5% | 2017 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 3 | Egypt | 65.0% | 2014 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 4 | Turkey | 55.1% | 2004 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 5 | Morocco | 51.0% | 2014 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 50.3% | 2019 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 48.6% | 2019 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 8 | Madagascar | 47.6% | 2018 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 9 | Mali | 46.7% | 2018 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 10 | Chad | 46.0% | 2019 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 11 | Indonesia | 45.7% | 2017 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 12 | Laos | 45.3% | 2017 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 13 | Cambodia | 45.1% | 2014 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 14 | Mongolia | 44.9% | 2018 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 15 | Rwanda | 43.7% | 2020 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 16 | Guatemala | 42.8% | 2015 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 17 | Philippines | 42.2% | 2017 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 18 | Mexico | 41.6% | 2015 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 40.4% | 2005 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 20 | Brazil | 40.4% | 2010 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 21 | Nigeria | 40.3% | 2018 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 22 | Malawi | 40.3% | 2019 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 23 | Venezuela | 39.6% | 2001 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 24 | Paraguay | 39.4% | 2016 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 25 | Pakistan | 38.6% | 2013 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 26 | Fiji | 38.1% | 2014 | up 25.7% | flat |
| 27 | Vietnam | 37.7% | 2020 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 28 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 37.7% | 2017 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 29 | India | 37.0% | 2020 | down 20.7% | flat |
| 30 | Central African Republic | 36.9% | 2018 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 36.3% | 2014 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 35.9% | 2018 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 33 | Zambia | 35.6% | 2018 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 34 | Benin | 35.4% | 2018 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 35 | Tanzania | 35.4% | 2015 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 36 | Honduras | 35.4% | 2019 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 37 | Mozambique | 35.2% | 2018 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 38 | Uganda | 34.6% | 2019 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 39 | Panama | 34.2% | 2013 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 40 | Colombia | 34.2% | 2015 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 42 | Greece | 33.7% | 2011 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 43 | Togo | 33.5% | 2017 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 43 | Uruguay | 33.5% | 2012 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 33.2% | 2015 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 46 | Kenya | 32.5% | 2020 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.5% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 48 | Peru | 32.4% | 2017 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 49 | Nepal | 32.3% | 2019 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.2% | 2006 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 51 | Guyana | 31.4% | 2019 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 52 | Argentina | 31.3% | 2019 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 29.4% | 2019 | — | falling |
| 54 | Cameroon | 27.7% | 2018 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 55 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27.6% | 2016 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 27.2% | 2019 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 57 | Armenia | 27.2% | 2016 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Hungary | 26.7% | 2011 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Puerto Rico | 26.6% | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Guinea | 26.2% | 2021 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 61 | Sierra Leone | 25.8% | 2019 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 62 | France | 25.5% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Liberia | 25.4% | 2019 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 63 | Bolivia | 25.4% | 2012 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 65 | Serbia | 25.3% | 2019 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 66 | Austria | 25.3% | 2011 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Ghana | 24.7% | 2019 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 68 | United States | 23.8% | 2015 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 69 | Chile | 23.7% | 2017 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 70 | Haiti | 23.4% | 2017 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 71 | Lesotho | 21.0% | 2018 | up 88.7% | falling |
| 72 | Thailand | 20.1% | 2019 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 73 | Gambia | 19.0% | 2020 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 74 | Jamaica | 18.7% | 2011 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 75 | Senegal | 15.6% | 2017 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 76 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of households comprised of a married or in-partnership couple and their children (biological, step, and adopted/foster children), irrespective of children’s ages, and no one else.