Share of households by type by country
Countries reporting
76
Highest
71.58
Palestine
Lowest
0
Belarus
Median
34.44
Years covered
62
1960–2021
Data points
562
What the numbers show
Share of households by type is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 71.58 in Palestine; the lowest is 0 in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.44, and the mean is 35.17.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 88.7%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 100.0%).
Share of households by type: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palestine | 71.58 | 2019 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Jordan | 67.52 | 2017 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 3 | Egypt | 65.04 | 2014 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 4 | Turkey | 55.08 | 2004 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 5 | Morocco | 50.99 | 2014 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 50.27 | 2019 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 48.64 | 2019 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 8 | Madagascar | 47.65 | 2018 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 9 | Mali | 46.73 | 2018 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 10 | Chad | 46.03 | 2019 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 11 | Indonesia | 45.66 | 2017 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 12 | Laos | 45.31 | 2017 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 13 | Cambodia | 45.13 | 2014 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 14 | Mongolia | 44.94 | 2018 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 15 | Rwanda | 43.68 | 2020 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 16 | Guatemala | 42.84 | 2015 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 17 | Philippines | 42.23 | 2017 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 18 | Mexico | 41.6 | 2015 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 40.42 | 2005 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 20 | Brazil | 40.41 | 2010 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 21 | Nigeria | 40.34 | 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 | 39.39 | 2016 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 25 | Pakistan | 38.59 | 2013 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 26 | Fiji | 38.1 | 2014 | up 25.7% | flat |
| 27 | Vietnam | 37.74 | 2020 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 28 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 37.69 | 2017 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 29 | India | 37.01 | 2020 | down 20.7% | flat |
| 30 | Central African Republic | 36.86 | 2018 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 36.28 | 2014 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 35.93 | 2018 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 33 | Zambia | 35.59 | 2018 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 34 | Benin | 35.43 | 2018 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 35 | Tanzania | 35.4 | 2015 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 36 | Honduras | 35.38 | 2019 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 37 | Mozambique | 35.16 | 2018 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 38 | Uganda | 34.64 | 2019 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 39 | Panama | 34.24 | 2013 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 40 | Colombia | 34.19 | 2015 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 41 | Ireland | 33.75 | 2016 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 42 | Greece | 33.72 | 2011 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 43 | Togo | 33.46 | 2017 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 43 | Uruguay | 33.46 | 2012 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 33.23 | 2015 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 46 | Kenya | 32.55 | 2020 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.52 | 2018 | — | falling |
| 48 | Peru | 32.35 | 2017 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 49 | Nepal | 32.31 | 2019 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.18 | 2006 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 51 | Guyana | 31.38 | 2019 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 52 | Argentina | 31.26 | 2019 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 29.35 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 54 | Cameroon | 27.72 | 2018 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 55 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27.64 | 2016 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 27.24 | 2019 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 57 | Armenia | 27.17 | 2016 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Hungary | 26.74 | 2011 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Puerto Rico | 26.55 | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Guinea | 26.19 | 2021 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 61 | Sierra Leone | 25.76 | 2019 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 62 | France | 25.54 | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Liberia | 25.37 | 2019 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 63 | Bolivia | 25.37 | 2012 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 65 | Serbia | 25.31 | 2019 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 66 | Austria | 25.3 | 2011 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Ghana | 24.74 | 2019 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 68 | United States | 23.82 | 2015 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 69 | Chile | 23.68 | 2017 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 70 | Haiti | 23.41 | 2017 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 71 | Lesotho | 21.02 | 2018 | up 88.7% | falling |
| 72 | Thailand | 20.09 | 2019 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 73 | Gambia | 18.98 | 2020 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 74 | Jamaica | 18.67 | 2011 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 75 | Senegal | 15.59 | 2017 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 76 | Belarus | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |