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<h2 id="rankings-by-country">Rankings by country</h2> <p>The UNESCO report cites an earlier (2005) edition of the Ethnologue as its own source for this particular data. The UNESCO report remains a useful independent source and benchmark year because of its wider availability. Footnotes do warn that the precise numbers should be used with some skepticism. </p> <table><tbody><tr><td><a href="/facts/SIL_International/roscIUKb">SIL International</a> (2017)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/UNESCO/QSbkRv3o">UNESCO</a> (2009)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Country / region</th><th>LDI</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td> <a href="/facts/Papua_New_Guinea/RLaVlhFC">Papua New Guinea</a></td><td>0.988</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td> <a href="/facts/Cameroon/QnrdY05C">Cameroon</a></td><td>0.974</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td> <a href="/facts/Vanuatu/ta20UNlL">Vanuatu</a></td><td>0.973</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td> <a href="/facts/Solomon_Islands/tcyQWq3Q">Solomon Islands</a></td><td>0.968</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td> <a href="/facts/Central_African_Republic/TKMWWr57">Central African Republic</a></td><td>0.959</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td> <a href="/facts/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo/E2KmHDdv">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></td><td>0.948</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td> <a href="/facts/Benin/G98jPhND">Benin</a></td><td>0.933</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td> <a href="/facts/Chad/KStYoub3">Chad</a></td><td>0.933</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td> <a href="/facts/South_Sudan/DacJpKfT">South Sudan</a></td><td>0.929</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td> <a href="/facts/Uganda/PabdegRm">Uganda</a></td><td>0.929</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td> <a href="/facts/Kenya/Y9Ko9pQu">Kenya</a></td><td>0.927</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mozambique/mMWQ80JT">Mozambique</a></td><td>0.926</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td> <a href="/facts/Liberia/U99yfl2k">Liberia</a></td><td>0.917</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td><td>0.914</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td> <a href="/facts/Togo/7HzUaQkw">Togo</a></td><td>0.905</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td> <a href="/facts/Ivory_Coast/mSSED5Yl">Ivory Coast</a></td><td>0.900</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td> <a href="/facts/Nigeria/gbW17BX8">Nigeria</a></td><td>0.890</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mali/sAaVqV1e">Mali</a></td><td>0.873</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td> <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a></td><td>0.871</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td> <a href="/facts/Tanzania/MJueJ7E4">Tanzania</a></td><td>0.871</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td> <a href="/facts/Ethiopia/LVujNp5v">Ethiopia</a></td><td>0.862</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td> <a href="/facts/Guinea-Bissau/YqJjM4Ex">Guinea-Bissau</a></td><td>0.859</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td> <a href="/facts/Ghana/IkUw32Ya">Ghana</a></td><td>0.858</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td> <a href="/facts/Gabon/RKDffnwV">Gabon</a></td><td>0.846</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td> <a href="/facts/Philippines/ARpmxXQV">Philippines</a></td><td>0.842</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td> <a href="/facts/Sierra_Leone/gWP9YL0v">Sierra Leone</a></td><td>0.841</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td> <a href="/facts/Zambia/lCnlx5a1">Zambia</a></td><td>0.830</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td> <a href="/facts/Bhutan/fSRsLss9">Bhutan</a></td><td>0.827</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td> <a href="/facts/Qatar/K4EkNXJE">Qatar</a></td><td>0.825</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td> <a href="/facts/Republic_of_the_Congo/kNLEWqhl">Republic of the Congo</a></td><td>0.821</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td> <a href="/facts/Timor-Leste/IBQ69BRj">East Timor</a></td><td>0.819</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td> <a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW">Indonesia</a></td><td>0.816</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td> <a href="/facts/Sint_Maarten/MUFmDfD5">Sint Maarten</a></td><td>0.816</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td> <a href="/facts/Afghanistan/v63Auu1C">Afghanistan</a></td><td>0.790</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td> <a href="/facts/Madagascar/ez12IAcY">Madagascar</a></td><td>0.789</td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td> <a href="/facts/Namibia/ahXuaypy">Namibia</a></td><td>0.779</td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td> <a href="/facts/Senegal/PPaRNYJH">Senegal</a></td><td>0.778</td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td> <a href="/facts/The_Gambia/en5tl7Sz">The Gambia</a></td><td>0.776</td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td> <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a></td><td>0.761</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td> <a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD">Singapore</a></td><td>0.761</td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td> <a href="/facts/Nepal/yWCzTBR2">Nepal</a></td><td>0.755</td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td> <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a></td><td>0.752</td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td> <a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Thailand</a></td><td>0.752</td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td> <a href="/facts/Federated_States_of_Micronesia/U9VGo9fh">Micronesia</a></td><td>0.751</td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td> <a href="/facts/New_Caledonia/VI15kA61">New Caledonia</a></td><td>0.750</td></tr><tr><td>46</td><td> <a href="/facts/Angola/PQrYRHMd">Angola</a></td><td>0.748</td></tr><tr><td>47</td><td> <a href="/facts/Guinea/MaBu4ysQ">Guinea</a></td><td>0.748</td></tr><tr><td>48</td><td> <a href="/facts/Guam/z77Ql3fM">Guam</a></td><td>0.736</td></tr><tr><td>49</td><td> <a href="/facts/Malaysia/8zbUMzCP">Malaysia</a></td><td>0.735</td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td> <a href="/facts/Belize/2xVuhCTt">Belize</a></td><td>0.721</td></tr><tr><td>51</td><td> <a href="/facts/Burkina_Faso/L3zPAJwx">Burkina Faso</a></td><td>0.721</td></tr><tr><td>52</td><td> <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a></td><td>0.719</td></tr><tr><td>53</td><td> <a href="/facts/Northern_Mariana_Islands/Tb6CPrao">Northern Mariana Islands</a></td><td>0.719</td></tr><tr><td>54</td><td> <a href="/facts/Suriname/zjwRFBPL">Suriname</a></td><td>0.709</td></tr><tr><td>55</td><td> <a href="/facts/Caribbean_Netherlands/hCVdbmtP">Caribbean Netherlands</a></td><td>0.707</td></tr><tr><td>56</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Arab_Emirates/o1bEjgbR">United Arab Emirates</a></td><td>0.707</td></tr><tr><td>57</td><td> <a href="/facts/Belgium/YKuMXP5j">Belgium</a></td><td>0.700</td></tr><tr><td>58</td><td> <a href="/facts/Oman/yNr7BPbm">Oman</a></td><td>0.698</td></tr><tr><td>59</td><td> <a href="/facts/Laos/S0afugjX">Laos</a></td><td>0.697</td></tr><tr><td>60</td><td> <a href="/facts/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina/jNVA1gPB">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></td><td>0.694</td></tr><tr><td>61</td><td> <a href="/facts/Malawi/HTj5q7Wc">Malawi</a></td><td>0.692</td></tr><tr><td>62</td><td> <a href="/facts/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin/o44Cjp0h">Saint Martin</a></td><td>0.689</td></tr><tr><td>63</td><td> <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a></td><td>0.683</td></tr><tr><td>64</td><td> <a href="/facts/Tokelau/J0Y8gvgx">Tokelau</a></td><td>0.679</td></tr><tr><td>65</td><td> <a href="/facts/Eritrea/tuhgQTdR">Eritrea</a></td><td>0.672</td></tr><tr><td>66</td><td> <a href="/facts/Andorra/VItvtXBe">Andorra</a></td><td>0.671</td></tr><tr><td>67</td><td> <a href="/facts/Bahrain/ndXdWPhr">Bahrain</a></td><td>0.658</td></tr><tr><td>68</td><td> <a href="/facts/Monaco/QjjEJwKy">Monaco</a></td><td>0.652</td></tr><tr><td>69</td><td> <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a></td><td>0.638</td></tr><tr><td>70</td><td> <a href="/facts/Fiji/JU8Hs8WH">Fiji</a></td><td>0.632</td></tr><tr><td>71</td><td> <a href="/facts/S%25C3%25A3o_Tom%25C3%25A9_and_Pr%25C3%25ADncipe/7EbNfgsJ">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></td><td>0.630</td></tr><tr><td>72</td><td> <a href="/facts/Luxembourg/vRN04l7f">Luxembourg</a></td><td>0.622</td></tr><tr><td>73</td><td> <a href="/facts/Kuwait/HJLFQ59s">Kuwait</a></td><td>0.605</td></tr><tr><td>74</td><td> <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></td><td>0.603</td></tr><tr><td>75</td><td> <a href="/facts/Trinidad_and_Tobago/jTXQP4Fe">Trinidad and Tobago</a></td><td>0.599</td></tr><tr><td>76</td><td> <a href="/facts/Zimbabwe/8Yqt8490">Zimbabwe</a></td><td>0.597</td></tr><tr><td>77</td><td> <a href="/facts/Yemen/eDyoh4qV">Yemen</a></td><td>0.581</td></tr><tr><td>78</td><td> <a href="/facts/Niger/hRbX6MkM">Niger</a></td><td>0.571</td></tr><tr><td>79</td><td> <a href="/facts/Brunei/dyz9JUn8">Brunei</a></td><td>0.570</td></tr><tr><td>80</td><td> <a href="/facts/Bolivia/YNBoDKKR">Bolivia</a></td><td>0.565</td></tr><tr><td>81</td><td> <a href="/facts/Comoros/b6HkaTRQ">Comoros</a></td><td>0.551</td></tr><tr><td>82</td><td> <a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE">Georgia</a></td><td>0.550</td></tr><tr><td>83</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States_Virgin_Islands/VwDBzBGT">United States Virgin Islands</a></td><td>0.550</td></tr><tr><td>84</td><td> <a href="/facts/French_Guiana/aFSETEKm">French Guiana</a></td><td>0.549</td></tr><tr><td>85</td><td> <a href="/facts/Wallis_and_Futuna/3b890xXA">Wallis and Futuna</a></td><td>0.548</td></tr><tr><td>86</td><td> <a href="/facts/Libya/HMPH8PWR">Libya</a></td><td>0.538</td></tr><tr><td>87</td><td> <a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a></td><td>0.526</td></tr><tr><td>88</td><td> <a href="/facts/Myanmar/zcqQH2oE">Myanmar</a></td><td>0.522</td></tr><tr><td>89</td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>0.521</td></tr><tr><td>90</td><td> <a href="/facts/Guatemala/MoMcSnla">Guatemala</a></td><td>0.518</td></tr><tr><td>91</td><td> <a href="/facts/Antigua_and_Barbuda/DXQrHm3x">Antigua and Barbuda</a></td><td>0.515</td></tr><tr><td>92</td><td> <a href="/facts/Guyana/xxadP7zF">Guyana</a></td><td>0.514</td></tr><tr><td>93</td><td> <a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e">Kazakhstan</a></td><td>0.514</td></tr><tr><td>94</td><td> <a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egypt</a></td><td>0.512</td></tr><tr><td>95</td><td> <a href="/facts/Gibraltar/ja2yukgq">Gibraltar</a></td><td>0.511</td></tr><tr><td>96</td><td> <a href="/facts/The_Bahamas/x6VKsUhj">The Bahamas</a></td><td>0.509</td></tr><tr><td>97</td><td> <a href="/facts/Djibouti/77jY0eII">Djibouti</a></td><td>0.504</td></tr><tr><td>98</td><td> <a href="/facts/Albania/8GP40BUD">Albania</a></td><td>0.503</td></tr><tr><td>99</td><td> <a href="/facts/Barbados/ywYtqmRB">Barbados</a></td><td>0.500</td></tr><tr><td>100</td><td> <a href="/facts/British_Virgin_Islands/Wl66NGLT">British Virgin Islands</a></td><td>0.500</td></tr><tr><td>101</td><td> <a href="/facts/Jordan/JC5sS1oJ">Jordan</a></td><td>0.498</td></tr><tr><td>102</td><td> <a href="/facts/North_Macedonia/YpfcC5DA">North Macedonia</a></td><td>0.495</td></tr><tr><td>103</td><td> <a href="/facts/Taiwan/VcJoUD8w">Taiwan</a></td><td>0.489</td></tr><tr><td>104</td><td> <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></td><td>0.489</td></tr><tr><td>105</td><td> <a href="/facts/Nauru/ndT45vaC">Nauru</a></td><td>0.487</td></tr><tr><td>106</td><td> <a href="/facts/Cayman_Islands/exXQq3xA">Cayman Islands</a></td><td>0.475</td></tr><tr><td>107</td><td> <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonia</a></td><td>0.473</td></tr><tr><td>108</td><td> <a href="/facts/Palau/sYXMGPbX">Palau</a></td><td>0.470</td></tr><tr><td>109</td><td> <a href="/facts/Uzbekistan/o8wfw2xR">Uzbekistan</a></td><td>0.466</td></tr><tr><td>110</td><td> <a href="/facts/French_Polynesia/cMytpeeC">French Polynesia</a></td><td>0.463</td></tr><tr><td>111</td><td> <a href="/facts/Morocco/6ly8170M">Morocco</a></td><td>0.461</td></tr><tr><td>112</td><td> <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a></td><td>0.460</td></tr><tr><td>113</td><td> <a href="/facts/Kyrgyzstan/MSNdCp8u">Kyrgyzstan</a></td><td>0.459</td></tr><tr><td>114</td><td> <a href="/facts/Marshall_Islands/rRV4U7oD">Marshall Islands</a></td><td>0.457</td></tr><tr><td>115</td><td> <a href="/facts/Turkmenistan/YqJ4NvjU">Turkmenistan</a></td><td>0.457</td></tr><tr><td>116</td><td> <a href="/facts/R%25C3%25A9union/8088YvSY">Réunion</a></td><td>0.452</td></tr><tr><td>117</td><td> <a href="/facts/Sri_Lanka/VtTBmysE">Sri Lanka</a></td><td>0.446</td></tr><tr><td>118</td><td> <a href="/facts/Cyprus/t9wL6lVK">Cyprus</a></td><td>0.444</td></tr><tr><td>119</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mayotte/pyNqs696">Mayotte</a></td><td>0.438</td></tr><tr><td>120</td><td> <a href="/facts/Aruba/zvI1fUg1">Aruba</a></td><td>0.429</td></tr><tr><td>121</td><td> <a href="/facts/Saudi_Arabia/uyUpe1J2">Saudi Arabia</a></td><td>0.427</td></tr><tr><td>122</td><td> <a href="/facts/Belarus/vweHwgob">Belarus</a></td><td>0.411</td></tr><tr><td>123</td><td> <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a></td><td>0.405</td></tr><tr><td>124</td><td> <a href="/facts/Lithuania/dApVjLWW">Lithuania</a></td><td>0.404</td></tr><tr><td>125</td><td> <a href="/facts/Botswana/dGw6g94p">Botswana</a></td><td>0.397</td></tr><tr><td>126</td><td> <a href="/facts/Moldova/qGBNGewt">Moldova</a></td><td>0.389</td></tr><tr><td>127</td><td> <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a></td><td>0.363</td></tr><tr><td>128</td><td> <a href="/facts/Algeria/UXDF4Tj6">Algeria</a></td><td>0.360</td></tr><tr><td>129</td><td> <a href="/facts/Somalia/3wQYwIdS">Somalia</a></td><td>0.350</td></tr><tr><td>130</td><td> <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey</a></td><td>0.345</td></tr><tr><td>131</td><td> <a href="/facts/Peru/dBt7XrYD">Peru</a></td><td>0.339</td></tr><tr><td>132</td><td> <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a></td><td>0.336</td></tr><tr><td>133</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>0.333</td></tr><tr><td>134</td><td> <a href="/facts/Norfolk_Island/p9d64LmL">Norfolk Island</a></td><td>0.325</td></tr><tr><td>135</td><td> <a href="/facts/Bangladesh/NXk4f78Y">Bangladesh</a></td><td>0.318</td></tr><tr><td>136</td><td> <a href="/facts/Dominica/suCgsaVj">Dominica</a></td><td>0.313</td></tr><tr><td>137</td><td> <a href="/facts/Sudan/yGeaNdvS">Sudan</a></td><td>0.307</td></tr><tr><td>138</td><td> <a href="/facts/Palestine/XYeHy1af">Palestine</a></td><td>0.303</td></tr><tr><td>139</td><td> <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a></td><td>0.291</td></tr><tr><td>140</td><td> <a href="/facts/Panama/GckVVhnp">Panama</a></td><td>0.287</td></tr><tr><td>141</td><td> <a href="/facts/Cura%25C3%25A7ao/upV1jGtJ">Curaçao</a></td><td>0.285</td></tr><tr><td>142</td><td> <a href="/facts/Equatorial_Guinea/ARkq2P4f">Equatorial Guinea</a></td><td>0.284</td></tr><tr><td>143</td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>0.283</td></tr><tr><td>144</td><td> <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a></td><td>0.276</td></tr><tr><td>145</td><td> <a href="/facts/Tajikistan/xLLXqHEJ">Tajikistan</a></td><td>0.276</td></tr><tr><td>146</td><td> <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a></td><td>0.274</td></tr><tr><td>147</td><td> <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a></td><td>0.267</td></tr><tr><td>148</td><td> <a href="/facts/Malta/FsqM3M37">Malta</a></td><td>0.255</td></tr><tr><td>149</td><td> <a href="/facts/Macau/KEm5w6xH">Macau</a></td><td>0.253</td></tr><tr><td>150</td><td> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></td><td>0.252</td></tr><tr><td>151</td><td> <a href="/facts/Slovakia/gmJwpwM3">Slovakia</a></td><td>0.247</td></tr><tr><td>152</td><td> <a href="/facts/Montenegro/QynKJrw5">Montenegro</a></td><td>0.244</td></tr><tr><td>153</td><td> <a href="/facts/Saint_Barth%25C3%25A9lemy/8sWqsl5c">Saint Barthélemy</a></td><td>0.244</td></tr><tr><td>154</td><td> <a href="/facts/Austria/4qWIMIyc">Austria</a></td><td>0.234</td></tr><tr><td>155</td><td> <a href="/facts/Cook_Islands/kmvk0Yed">Cook Islands</a></td><td>0.232</td></tr><tr><td>156</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mauritania/JcP8EJku">Mauritania</a></td><td>0.228</td></tr><tr><td>157</td><td> <a href="/facts/Bulgaria/Er5pY3YS">Bulgaria</a></td><td>0.226</td></tr><tr><td>158</td><td> <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a></td><td>0.226</td></tr><tr><td>159</td><td> <a href="/facts/Serbia/U0LVzPdI">Serbia</a></td><td>0.224</td></tr><tr><td>160</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mauritius/lVUARna5">Mauritius</a></td><td>0.216</td></tr><tr><td>161</td><td> <a href="/facts/Paraguay/sbzfv4Rl">Paraguay</a></td><td>0.215</td></tr><tr><td>162</td><td> <a href="/facts/American_Samoa/mpcHoegY">American Samoa</a></td><td>0.210</td></tr><tr><td>163</td><td> <a href="/facts/Eswatini/Mfz58p4W">Swaziland</a></td><td>0.209</td></tr><tr><td>164</td><td> <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong/4nAf3mqQ">Hong Kong</a></td><td>0.205</td></tr><tr><td>165</td><td> <a href="/facts/Azerbaijan/Ho5joRTJ">Azerbaijan</a></td><td>0.202</td></tr><tr><td>166</td><td> <a href="/facts/Lebanon/2dReTXyp">Lebanon</a></td><td>0.198</td></tr><tr><td>167</td><td> <a href="/facts/Greenland/aagXRTB7">Greenland</a></td><td>0.196</td></tr><tr><td>168</td><td> <a href="/facts/Niue/BV3kv4ug">Niue</a></td><td>0.192</td></tr><tr><td>169</td><td> <a href="/facts/Ecuador/Tdv7czY4">Ecuador</a></td><td>0.182</td></tr><tr><td>170</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mongolia/ogQzUcQb">Mongolia</a></td><td>0.179</td></tr><tr><td>171</td><td> <a href="/facts/Samoa/lyQ1B9YV">Samoa</a></td><td>0.174</td></tr><tr><td>172</td><td> <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a></td><td>0.172</td></tr><tr><td>173</td><td> <a href="/facts/Slovenia/EcYU22W4">Slovenia</a></td><td>0.167</td></tr><tr><td>174</td><td> <a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk">Argentina</a></td><td>0.165</td></tr><tr><td>175</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a></td><td>0.154</td></tr><tr><td>176</td><td> <a href="/facts/Romania/yolzk5cN">Romania</a></td><td>0.153</td></tr><tr><td>177</td><td> <a href="/facts/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands/LsEcDYXp">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></td><td>0.146</td></tr><tr><td>178</td><td> <a href="/facts/Anguilla/FUQnwcFa">Anguilla</a></td><td>0.141</td></tr><tr><td>179</td><td> <a href="/facts/Jersey/3lBLWgpg">Jersey</a></td><td>0.136</td></tr><tr><td>180</td><td> <a href="/facts/Greece/lqHw8bTB">Greece</a></td><td>0.123</td></tr><tr><td>181</td><td> <a href="/facts/Tunisia/4uC8Po6k">Tunisia</a></td><td>0.122</td></tr><tr><td>182</td><td> <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Ireland/k8JzXVze">Ireland</a></td><td>0.118</td></tr><tr><td>183</td><td> <a href="/facts/Seychelles/Ub9we8XU">Seychelles</a></td><td>0.116</td></tr><tr><td>184</td><td> <a href="/facts/Uruguay/X6V0apCb">Uruguay</a></td><td>0.111</td></tr><tr><td>185</td><td> <a href="/facts/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon/X4lY6aCY">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a></td><td>0.110</td></tr><tr><td>186</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a></td><td>0.106</td></tr><tr><td>187</td><td> <a href="/facts/Croatia/MSS0yyvw">Croatia</a></td><td>0.102</td></tr><tr><td>188</td><td> <a href="/facts/Cambodia/t1wJd6GU">Cambodia</a></td><td>0.101</td></tr><tr><td>189</td><td> <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazil</a></td><td>0.099</td></tr><tr><td>190</td><td> <a href="/facts/Liechtenstein/dPnsqDnS">Liechtenstein</a></td><td>0.092</td></tr><tr><td>191</td><td> <a href="/facts/Lesotho/gYSatY8p">Lesotho</a></td><td>0.091</td></tr><tr><td>192</td><td> <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw">Denmark</a></td><td>0.089</td></tr><tr><td>193</td><td> <a href="/facts/Rwanda/UKR5UdKy">Rwanda</a></td><td>0.089</td></tr><tr><td>194</td><td> <a href="/facts/Guadeloupe/vwgVTYPm">Guadeloupe</a></td><td>0.083</td></tr><tr><td>195</td><td> <a href="/facts/Bermuda/dYgp0TF4">Bermuda</a></td><td>0.076</td></tr><tr><td>196</td><td> <a href="/facts/Czech_Republic/vJYLD66Q">Czech Republic</a></td><td>0.072</td></tr><tr><td>197</td><td> <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a></td><td>0.067</td></tr><tr><td>198</td><td> <a href="/facts/Portugal/lYzwDQ63">Portugal</a></td><td>0.066</td></tr><tr><td>199</td><td> <a href="/facts/Grenada/V2kbBXcM">Grenada</a></td><td>0.064</td></tr><tr><td>200</td><td> <a href="/facts/Puerto_Rico/jVStMyG4">Puerto Rico</a></td><td>0.060</td></tr><tr><td>201</td><td> <a href="/facts/Armenia/t3GQx9sU">Armenia</a></td><td>0.053</td></tr><tr><td>202</td><td> <a href="/facts/Nicaragua/PsyPGXxm">Nicaragua</a></td><td>0.052</td></tr><tr><td>203</td><td> <a href="/facts/Montserrat/J9PjQ974">Montserrat</a></td><td>0.050</td></tr><tr><td>204</td><td> <a href="/facts/Poland/eXJ7fd0D">Poland</a></td><td>0.050</td></tr><tr><td>205</td><td> <a href="/facts/Martinique/HTwzANWx">Martinique</a></td><td>0.043</td></tr><tr><td>206</td><td> <a href="/facts/Dominican_Republic/u36V3Nsb">Dominican Republic</a></td><td>0.040</td></tr><tr><td>207</td><td> <a href="/facts/Venezuela/eX1qnkln">Venezuela</a></td><td>0.040</td></tr><tr><td>208</td><td> <a href="/facts/Honduras/75jMlRQ1">Honduras</a></td><td>0.039</td></tr><tr><td>209</td><td> <a href="/facts/Chile/uEyTfEcx">Chile</a></td><td>0.036</td></tr><tr><td>210</td><td> <a href="/facts/Costa_Rica/baw0GTI1">Costa Rica</a></td><td>0.036</td></tr><tr><td>211</td><td> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></td><td>0.035</td></tr><tr><td>212</td><td> <a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI">Hungary</a></td><td>0.033</td></tr><tr><td>213</td><td> <a href="/facts/Tonga/oX5vwTer">Tonga</a></td><td>0.029</td></tr><tr><td>214</td><td> <a href="/facts/Saint_Lucia/fEUDuRwb">Saint Lucia</a></td><td>0.020</td></tr><tr><td>215</td><td> <a href="/facts/Tuvalu/d8mLnsM8">Tuvalu</a></td><td>0.020</td></tr><tr><td>216</td><td> <a href="/facts/Colombia/nl7r8Q2u">Colombia</a></td><td>0.019</td></tr><tr><td>217</td><td> <a href="/facts/Kiribati/jCeCKakL">Kiribati</a></td><td>0.019</td></tr><tr><td>218</td><td> <a href="/facts/Jamaica/jeDulmwE">Jamaica</a></td><td>0.017</td></tr><tr><td>219</td><td> <a href="/facts/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis/SMPo2Ybr">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></td><td>0.012</td></tr><tr><td>220</td><td> <a href="/facts/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines/fVDmwSuG">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></td><td>0.010</td></tr><tr><td>221</td><td> <a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw">South Korea</a></td><td>0.010</td></tr><tr><td>222</td><td> <a href="/facts/Burundi/GTNtpIra">Burundi</a></td><td>0.007</td></tr><tr><td>223</td><td> <a href="/facts/Guernsey/CwEjEkm2">Guernsey</a></td><td>0.007</td></tr><tr><td>224</td><td> <a href="/facts/Iceland/E4KGYs2j">Iceland</a></td><td>0.007</td></tr><tr><td>225</td><td> <a href="/facts/El_Salvador/6Plzw4vr">El Salvador</a></td><td>0.003</td></tr><tr><td>226</td><td> <a href="/facts/Cuba/vHjTXLPW">Cuba</a></td><td>0.001</td></tr><tr><td>227</td><td> <a href="/facts/Haiti/yjgyeK9w">Haiti</a></td><td>0.000</td></tr><tr><td>228</td><td> <a href="/facts/Isle_of_Man/HG7bYyA8">Isle of Man</a></td><td>0.000</td></tr><tr><td>229</td><td> <a href="/facts/San_Marino/dlbbyRcT">San Marino</a></td><td>0.000</td></tr><tr><td>230</td><td> <a href="/facts/Vatican_City/JTKnEt6J">Vatican City</a></td><td>0.000</td></tr><tr><td>231</td><td> <a href="/facts/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory/jD0nq0Ht">British Indian Ocean Territory</a></td><td>0.000</td></tr><tr><td>232</td><td> <a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP">North Korea</a></td><td>0.000</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><table><tbody><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Country / region</th><th>LDI</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td> <a href="/facts/Papua_New_Guinea/RLaVlhFC">Papua New Guinea</a></td><td>.990</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td> <a href="/facts/Vanuatu/ta20UNlL">Vanuatu</a></td><td>.972</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td> <a href="/facts/Solomon_Islands/tcyQWq3Q">Solomon Islands</a></td><td>.965</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td> <a href="/facts/Tanzania/MJueJ7E4">Tanzania</a></td><td>.965</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td> <a href="/facts/Central_African_Republic/TKMWWr57">Central African Republic</a></td><td>.960</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td> <a href="/facts/Chad/KStYoub3">Chad</a></td><td>.950</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td> <a href="/facts/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo/E2KmHDdv">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></td><td>.948</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td> <a href="/facts/Cameroon/QnrdY05C">Cameroon</a></td><td>.942</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td><td>.930</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mozambique/mMWQ80JT">Mozambique</a></td><td>.929</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td> <a href="/facts/Uganda/PabdegRm">Uganda</a></td><td>.928</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td> <a href="/facts/Gabon/RKDffnwV">Gabon</a></td><td>.919</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td> <a href="/facts/Ivory_Coast/mSSED5Yl">Côte d'Ivoire</a></td><td>.917</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td> <a href="/facts/Liberia/U99yfl2k">Liberia</a></td><td>.912</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td> <a href="/facts/Angola/PQrYRHMd">Angola</a></td><td>.901</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td> <a href="/facts/Kenya/Y9Ko9pQu">Kenya</a></td><td>.901</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td> <a href="/facts/Togo/7HzUaQkw">Togo</a></td><td>.897</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td> <a href="/facts/Timor-Leste/IBQ69BRj">Timor-Leste</a></td><td>.897</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mali/sAaVqV1e">Mali</a></td><td>.876</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td> <a href="/facts/Nigeria/gbW17BX8">Nigeria</a></td><td>.870</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td> <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a></td><td>.869</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td> <a href="/facts/Zambia/lCnlx5a1">Zambia</a></td><td>.855</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td> <a href="/facts/Guinea-Bissau/YqJjM4Ex">Guinea-Bissau</a></td><td>.853</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td> <a href="/facts/Philippines/ARpmxXQV">Philippines</a></td><td>.849</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td> <a href="/facts/Bhutan/fSRsLss9">Bhutan</a></td><td>.846</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td> <a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW">Indonesia</a></td><td>.846</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td> <a href="/facts/Ethiopia/LVujNp5v">Ethiopia</a></td><td>.843</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td> <a href="/facts/Republic_of_the_Congo/kNLEWqhl">Republic of the Congo</a></td><td>.820</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td> <a href="/facts/Sierra_Leone/gWP9YL0v">Sierra Leone</a></td><td>.817</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td> <a href="/facts/Namibia/ahXuaypy">Namibia</a></td><td>.808</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td> <a href="/facts/Ghana/IkUw32Ya">Ghana</a></td><td>.805</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td> <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a></td><td>.797</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td> <a href="/facts/Federated_States_of_Micronesia/U9VGo9fh">Micronesia</a></td><td>.792</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td> <a href="/facts/Suriname/zjwRFBPL">Suriname</a></td><td>.788</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td> <a href="/facts/Benin/G98jPhND">Benin</a></td><td>.785</td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Arab_Emirates/o1bEjgbR">United Arab Emirates</a></td><td>.777</td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td> <a href="/facts/Burkina_Faso/L3zPAJwx">Burkina Faso</a></td><td>.773</td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td> <a href="/facts/Senegal/PPaRNYJH">Senegal</a></td><td>.772</td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td> <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a></td><td>.762</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td> <a href="/facts/Malaysia/8zbUMzCP">Malaysia</a></td><td>.758</td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td> <a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Thailand</a></td><td>.753</td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td> <a href="/facts/Eritrea/tuhgQTdR">Eritrea</a></td><td>.749</td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td> <a href="/facts/The_Gambia/en5tl7Sz">Gambia</a></td><td>.748</td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td> <a href="/facts/Guinea/MaBu4ysQ">Guinea</a></td><td>.748</td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td> <a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD">Singapore</a></td><td>.748</td></tr><tr><td>46</td><td> <a href="/facts/Nepal/yWCzTBR2">Nepal</a></td><td>.742</td></tr><tr><td>47</td><td> <a href="/facts/Belgium/YKuMXP5j">Belgium</a></td><td>.734</td></tr><tr><td>48</td><td> <a href="/facts/Afghanistan/v63Auu1C">Afghanistan</a></td><td>.732</td></tr><tr><td>49</td><td> <a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e">Kazakhstan</a></td><td>.701</td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td> <a href="/facts/Trinidad_and_Tobago/jTXQP4Fe">Trinidad and Tobago</a></td><td>.696</td></tr><tr><td>51</td><td> <a href="/facts/Belize/2xVuhCTt">Belize</a></td><td>.693</td></tr><tr><td>52</td><td> <a href="/facts/Oman/yNr7BPbm">Oman</a></td><td>.693</td></tr><tr><td>53</td><td> <a href="/facts/Guatemala/MoMcSnla">Guatemala</a></td><td>.691</td></tr><tr><td>54</td><td> <a href="/facts/Bolivia/YNBoDKKR">Bolivia</a></td><td>.680</td></tr><tr><td>55</td><td> <a href="/facts/Laos/S0afugjX">Laos</a></td><td>.678</td></tr><tr><td>56</td><td> <a href="/facts/Kyrgyzstan/MSNdCp8u">Kyrgyzstan</a></td><td>.670</td></tr><tr><td>57</td><td> <a href="/facts/Jordan/JC5sS1oJ">Jordan</a></td><td>.666</td></tr><tr><td>58</td><td> <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a></td><td>.665</td></tr><tr><td>59</td><td> <a href="/facts/Bahrain/ndXdWPhr">Bahrain</a></td><td>.663</td></tr><tr><td>60</td><td> <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a></td><td>.657</td></tr><tr><td>61</td><td> <a href="/facts/Madagascar/ez12IAcY">Madagascar</a></td><td>.656</td></tr><tr><td>62</td><td> <a href="/facts/Niger/hRbX6MkM">Niger</a></td><td>.646</td></tr><tr><td>63</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mauritius/lVUARna5">Mauritius</a></td><td>.641</td></tr><tr><td>64</td><td> <a href="/facts/Saudi_Arabia/uyUpe1J2">Saudi Arabia</a></td><td>.609</td></tr><tr><td>65</td><td> <a href="/facts/Qatar/K4EkNXJE">Qatar</a></td><td>.608</td></tr><tr><td>66</td><td> <a href="/facts/Fiji/JU8Hs8WH">Fiji</a></td><td>.607</td></tr><tr><td>67</td><td> <a href="/facts/Nauru/ndT45vaC">Nauru</a></td><td>.596</td></tr><tr><td>68</td><td> <a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a></td><td>.595</td></tr><tr><td>69</td><td> <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a></td><td>.593</td></tr><tr><td>70</td><td> <a href="/facts/Djibouti/77jY0eII">Djibouti</a></td><td>.592</td></tr><tr><td>71</td><td> <a href="/facts/Moldova/qGBNGewt">Moldova</a></td><td>.589</td></tr><tr><td>72</td><td> <a href="/facts/Sudan/yGeaNdvS">Sudan</a></td><td>.587</td></tr><tr><td>73</td><td> <a href="/facts/Yemen/eDyoh4qV">Yemen</a></td><td>.579</td></tr><tr><td>74</td><td> <a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE">Georgia</a></td><td>.576</td></tr><tr><td>75</td><td> <a href="/facts/Andorra/VItvtXBe">Andorra</a></td><td>.574</td></tr><tr><td>76</td><td> <a href="/facts/North_Macedonia/YpfcC5DA">North Macedonia</a></td><td>.566</td></tr><tr><td>77</td><td> <a href="/facts/Kuwait/HJLFQ59s">Kuwait</a></td><td>.556</td></tr><tr><td>78</td><td> <a href="/facts/Comoros/b6HkaTRQ">Comoros</a></td><td>.551</td></tr><tr><td>79</td><td> <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></td><td>.549</td></tr><tr><td>80</td><td> <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a></td><td>.547</td></tr><tr><td>81</td><td> <a href="/facts/Cayman_Islands/exXQq3xA">Cayman Islands</a></td><td>.547</td></tr><tr><td>82</td><td> <a href="/facts/Austria/4qWIMIyc">Austria</a></td><td>.540</td></tr><tr><td>83</td><td> <a href="/facts/Zimbabwe/8Yqt8490">Zimbabwe</a></td><td>.526</td></tr><tr><td>84</td><td> <a href="/facts/Monaco/QjjEJwKy">Monaco</a></td><td>.521</td></tr><tr><td>85</td><td> <a href="/facts/Myanmar/zcqQH2oE">Myanmar</a></td><td>.521</td></tr><tr><td>86</td><td> <a href="/facts/Malawi/HTj5q7Wc">Malawi</a></td><td>.519</td></tr><tr><td>87</td><td> <a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egypt</a></td><td>.509</td></tr><tr><td>88</td><td> <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a></td><td>.503</td></tr><tr><td>89</td><td> <a href="/facts/Luxembourg/vRN04l7f">Luxembourg</a></td><td>.498</td></tr><tr><td>90</td><td> <a href="/facts/Gibraltar/ja2yukgq">Gibraltar</a></td><td>.498</td></tr><tr><td>91</td><td> <a href="/facts/San_Marino/dlbbyRcT">San Marino</a></td><td>.494</td></tr><tr><td>92</td><td> <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></td><td>.492</td></tr><tr><td>93</td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>.491</td></tr><tr><td>94</td><td> <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a></td><td>.484</td></tr><tr><td>95</td><td> <a href="/facts/Tajikistan/xLLXqHEJ">Tajikistan</a></td><td>.482</td></tr><tr><td>96</td><td> <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonia</a></td><td>.476</td></tr><tr><td>97</td><td> <a href="/facts/Morocco/6ly8170M">Morocco</a></td><td>.466</td></tr><tr><td>98</td><td> <a href="/facts/Brunei/dyz9JUn8">Brunei</a></td><td>.456</td></tr><tr><td>99</td><td> <a href="/facts/Equatorial_Guinea/ARkq2P4f">Equatorial Guinea</a></td><td>.453</td></tr><tr><td>100</td><td> <a href="/facts/Botswana/dGw6g94p">Botswana</a></td><td>.444</td></tr><tr><td>101</td><td> <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a></td><td>.438</td></tr><tr><td>102</td><td> <a href="/facts/Uzbekistan/o8wfw2xR">Uzbekistan</a></td><td>.428</td></tr><tr><td>103</td><td> <a href="/facts/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina/jNVA1gPB">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></td><td>.416</td></tr><tr><td>104</td><td> <a href="/facts/Belarus/vweHwgob">Belarus</a></td><td>.397</td></tr><tr><td>105</td><td> <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a></td><td>.389</td></tr><tr><td>106</td><td> <a href="/facts/S%25C3%25A3o_Tom%25C3%25A9_and_Pr%25C3%25ADncipe/7EbNfgsJ">Sao Tome and Principe</a></td><td>.389</td></tr><tr><td>107</td><td> <a href="/facts/Aruba/zvI1fUg1">Aruba</a></td><td>.387</td></tr><tr><td>108</td><td> <a href="/facts/The_Bahamas/x6VKsUhj">Bahamas</a></td><td>.386</td></tr><tr><td>109</td><td> <a href="/facts/Turkmenistan/YqJ4NvjU">Turkmenistan</a></td><td>.386</td></tr><tr><td>110</td><td> <a href="/facts/Cook_Islands/kmvk0Yed">Cook Islands</a></td><td>.379</td></tr><tr><td>111</td><td> <a href="/facts/Peru/dBt7XrYD">Peru</a></td><td>.376</td></tr><tr><td>112</td><td> <a href="/facts/Azerbaijan/Ho5joRTJ">Azerbaijan</a></td><td>.373</td></tr><tr><td>113</td><td> <a href="/facts/Cyprus/t9wL6lVK">Cyprus</a></td><td>.366</td></tr><tr><td>114</td><td> <a href="/facts/Libya/HMPH8PWR">Libya</a></td><td>.362</td></tr><tr><td>115</td><td> <a href="/facts/Serbia/U0LVzPdI">Serbia</a></td><td>.359</td></tr><tr><td>116</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>.353</td></tr><tr><td>117</td><td> <a href="/facts/Paraguay/sbzfv4Rl">Paraguay</a></td><td>.347</td></tr><tr><td>118</td><td> <a href="/facts/Lithuania/dApVjLWW">Lithuania</a></td><td>.339</td></tr><tr><td>119</td><td> <a href="/facts/Bangladesh/NXk4f78Y">Bangladesh</a></td><td>.332</td></tr><tr><td>120</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mongolia/ogQzUcQb">Mongolia</a></td><td>.331</td></tr><tr><td>121</td><td> <a href="/facts/Panama/GckVVhnp">Panama</a></td><td>.324</td></tr><tr><td>122</td><td> <a href="/facts/Dominica/suCgsaVj">Dominica</a></td><td>.313</td></tr><tr><td>123</td><td> <a href="/facts/Algeria/UXDF4Tj6">Algeria</a></td><td>.313</td></tr><tr><td>124</td><td> <a href="/facts/Sri_Lanka/VtTBmysE">Sri Lanka</a></td><td>.313</td></tr><tr><td>125</td><td> <a href="/facts/Slovakia/gmJwpwM3">Slovakia</a></td><td>.307</td></tr><tr><td>126</td><td> <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey</a></td><td>.289</td></tr><tr><td>127</td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>.283</td></tr><tr><td>128</td><td> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td><td>.272</td></tr><tr><td>129</td><td> <a href="/facts/Netherlands_Antilles/5bmWIKqe">Netherlands Antilles</a></td><td>.266</td></tr><tr><td>130</td><td> <a href="/facts/Ecuador/Tdv7czY4">Ecuador</a></td><td>.264</td></tr><tr><td>131</td><td> <a href="/facts/Lesotho/gYSatY8p">Lesotho</a></td><td>.260</td></tr><tr><td>132</td><td> <a href="/facts/Albania/8GP40BUD">Albania</a></td><td>.257</td></tr><tr><td>133</td><td> <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a></td><td>.234</td></tr><tr><td>134</td><td> <a href="/facts/Eswatini/Mfz58p4W">Swaziland</a></td><td>.228</td></tr><tr><td>135</td><td> <a href="/facts/Bulgaria/Er5pY3YS">Bulgaria</a></td><td>.224</td></tr><tr><td>136</td><td> <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Ireland/k8JzXVze">Ireland</a></td><td>.223</td></tr><tr><td>137</td><td> <a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk">Argentina</a></td><td>.213</td></tr><tr><td>138</td><td> <a href="/facts/Palestine/XYeHy1af">Palestine</a></td><td>.208</td></tr><tr><td>139</td><td> <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a></td><td>.189</td></tr><tr><td>140</td><td> <a href="/facts/Somalia/3wQYwIdS">Somalia</a></td><td>.179</td></tr><tr><td>141</td><td> <a href="/facts/Greece/lqHw8bTB">Greece</a></td><td>.175</td></tr><tr><td>142</td><td> <a href="/facts/Slovenia/EcYU22W4">Slovenia</a></td><td>.174</td></tr><tr><td>143</td><td> <a href="/facts/Armenia/t3GQx9sU">Armenia</a></td><td>.174</td></tr><tr><td>144</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mauritania/JcP8EJku">Mauritania</a></td><td>.172</td></tr><tr><td>145</td><td> <a href="/facts/Romania/yolzk5cN">Romania</a></td><td>.168</td></tr><tr><td>146</td><td> <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a></td><td>.167</td></tr><tr><td>147</td><td> <a href="/facts/British_Virgin_Islands/Wl66NGLT">British Virgin Islands</a></td><td>.167</td></tr><tr><td>148</td><td> <a href="/facts/Lebanon/2dReTXyp">Lebanon</a></td><td>.161</td></tr><tr><td>149</td><td> <a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI">Hungary</a></td><td>.158</td></tr><tr><td>150</td><td> <a href="/facts/Cambodia/t1wJd6GU">Cambodia</a></td><td>.157</td></tr><tr><td>151</td><td> <a href="/facts/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands/LsEcDYXp">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></td><td>.145</td></tr><tr><td>152</td><td> <a href="/facts/Anguilla/FUQnwcFa">Anguilla</a></td><td>.140</td></tr><tr><td>153</td><td> <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a></td><td>.140</td></tr><tr><td>154</td><td> <a href="/facts/Tuvalu/d8mLnsM8">Tuvalu</a></td><td>.139</td></tr><tr><td>155</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a></td><td>.139</td></tr><tr><td>156</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a></td><td>.135</td></tr><tr><td>157</td><td> <a href="/facts/Liechtenstein/dPnsqDnS">Liechtenstein</a></td><td>.128</td></tr><tr><td>158</td><td> <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a></td><td>.126</td></tr><tr><td>159</td><td> <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a></td><td>.102</td></tr><tr><td>160</td><td> <a href="/facts/Uruguay/X6V0apCb">Uruguay</a></td><td>.092</td></tr><tr><td>161</td><td> <a href="/facts/Barbados/ywYtqmRB">Barbados</a></td><td>.091</td></tr><tr><td>162</td><td> <a href="/facts/Croatia/MSS0yyvw">Croatia</a></td><td>.087</td></tr><tr><td>163</td><td> <a href="/facts/Nicaragua/PsyPGXxm">Nicaragua</a></td><td>.081</td></tr><tr><td>164</td><td> <a href="/facts/Guyana/xxadP7zF">Guyana</a></td><td>.078</td></tr><tr><td>165</td><td> <a href="/facts/Palau/sYXMGPbX">Palau</a></td><td>.077</td></tr><tr><td>166</td><td> <a href="/facts/Niue/BV3kv4ug">Niue</a></td><td>.071</td></tr><tr><td>167</td><td> <a href="/facts/Cape_Verde/YCNhPVhE">Cape Verde</a></td><td>.070</td></tr><tr><td>168</td><td> <a href="/facts/Czech_Republic/vJYLD66Q">Czech Republic</a></td><td>.069</td></tr><tr><td>169</td><td> <a href="/facts/Seychelles/Ub9we8XU">Seychelles</a></td><td>.067</td></tr><tr><td>170</td><td> <a href="/facts/Grenada/V2kbBXcM">Grenada</a></td><td>.064</td></tr><tr><td>171</td><td> <a href="/facts/Poland/eXJ7fd0D">Poland</a></td><td>.060</td></tr><tr><td>172</td><td> <a href="/facts/Antigua_and_Barbuda/DXQrHm3x">Antigua and Barbuda</a></td><td>.057</td></tr><tr><td>173</td><td> <a href="/facts/Honduras/75jMlRQ1">Honduras</a></td><td>.056</td></tr><tr><td>174</td><td> <a href="/facts/Tokelau/J0Y8gvgx">Tokelau</a></td><td>.054</td></tr><tr><td>175</td><td> <a href="/facts/Dominican_Republic/u36V3Nsb">Dominican Republic</a></td><td>.053</td></tr><tr><td>176</td><td> <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw">Denmark</a></td><td>.051</td></tr><tr><td>177</td><td> <a href="/facts/Costa_Rica/baw0GTI1">Costa Rica</a></td><td>.050</td></tr><tr><td>178</td><td> <a href="/facts/Chile/uEyTfEcx">Chile</a></td><td>.034</td></tr><tr><td>179</td><td> <a href="/facts/Kiribati/jCeCKakL">Kiribati</a></td><td>.033</td></tr><tr><td>180</td><td> <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazil</a></td><td>.032</td></tr><tr><td>181</td><td> <a href="/facts/Colombia/nl7r8Q2u">Colombia</a></td><td>.030</td></tr><tr><td>182</td><td> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></td><td>.028</td></tr><tr><td>183</td><td> <a href="/facts/Marshall_Islands/rRV4U7oD">Marshall Islands</a></td><td>.027</td></tr><tr><td>184</td><td> <a href="/facts/Montserrat/J9PjQ974">Montserrat</a></td><td>.026</td></tr><tr><td>185</td><td> <a href="/facts/Venezuela/eX1qnkln">Venezuela</a></td><td>.026</td></tr><tr><td>186</td><td> <a href="/facts/Portugal/lYzwDQ63">Portugal</a></td><td>.022</td></tr><tr><td>187</td><td> <a href="/facts/Saint_Lucia/fEUDuRwb">Saint Lucia</a></td><td>.020</td></tr><tr><td>188</td><td> <a href="/facts/Iceland/E4KGYs2j">Iceland</a></td><td>.019</td></tr><tr><td>189</td><td> <a href="/facts/Malta/FsqM3M37">Malta</a></td><td>.016</td></tr><tr><td>190</td><td> <a href="/facts/Tonga/oX5vwTer">Tonga</a></td><td>.014</td></tr><tr><td>191</td><td> <a href="/facts/Tunisia/4uC8Po6k">Tunisia</a></td><td>.012</td></tr><tr><td>192</td><td> <a href="/facts/Jamaica/jeDulmwE">Jamaica</a></td><td>.011</td></tr><tr><td>193</td><td> <a href="/facts/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis/SMPo2Ybr">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></td><td>.010</td></tr><tr><td>194</td><td> <a href="/facts/Maldives/sC2HeXby">Maldives</a></td><td>.010</td></tr><tr><td>195</td><td> <a href="/facts/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines/fVDmwSuG">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></td><td>.009</td></tr><tr><td>196</td><td> <a href="/facts/El_Salvador/6Plzw4vr">El Salvador</a></td><td>.004</td></tr><tr><td>197</td><td> <a href="/facts/Burundi/GTNtpIra">Burundi</a></td><td>.004</td></tr><tr><td>198</td><td> <a href="/facts/Rwanda/UKR5UdKy">Rwanda</a></td><td>.004</td></tr><tr><td>199</td><td> <a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw">South Korea</a></td><td>.003</td></tr><tr><td>200</td><td> <a href="/facts/Samoa/lyQ1B9YV">Samoa</a></td><td>.002</td></tr><tr><td>201</td><td> <a href="/facts/Cuba/vHjTXLPW">Cuba</a></td><td>.001</td></tr><tr><td>202</td><td> <a href="/facts/Haiti/yjgyeK9w">Haiti</a></td><td>.000</td></tr><tr><td>203</td><td> <a href="/facts/Saint_Helena/bRtmw20h">Saint Helena</a></td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>204</td><td> <a href="/facts/Vatican_City/JTKnEt6J">Vatican City</a></td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>205</td><td> <a href="/facts/Montenegro/QynKJrw5">Montenegro</a></td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>206</td><td> <a href="/facts/Bermuda/dYgp0TF4">Bermuda</a></td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>207</td><td> <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong/4nAf3mqQ">Hong Kong</a></td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>208</td><td> <a href="/facts/Macau/KEm5w6xH">Macau</a></td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>209</td><td> <a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP">North Korea</a></td><td>None</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ethnologue/0AanCzKS">Ethnologue</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Linguistic_rights/XglcEWeK">Linguistic rights</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_official_languages_by_country_and_territory/NkaIlU1A">List of official languages by country and territory</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Number_of_languages_by_country/dQDMF3vI">Number of languages by country</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cultural_diversity/RKkkmyWe">Cultural diversity</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes-and-references">Notes and references</h2> <h3>Notes</h3> <h3>References</h3> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100918023614/http://www.terralingua.org/projects/ild/ild.htm">Terralingua's Index of Language Diversity</a> is a dead link, but similar information is available from the same site at</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120822015417/http://www.terralingua.org/linguisticdiversity/">https://web.archive.org/web/20120822015417/http://www.terralingua.org/linguisticdiversity/</a> and it appears to be based on the following paper:</li> <li><a href="http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4474/harmonloh.pdf">http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4474/harmonloh.pdf</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Greenberg, Joseph H. (1956). "The Measurement of Linguistic Diversity". Language. 32 (1): 109–115. doi:10.2307/410659. JSTOR 410659. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Harmon, David; Loh, Jonathan (2010). "The Index of Linguistic Diversity: A New Quantitative Measure of Trends in the Status of the World's Languages" (PDF). Language Documentation and Conservation. 4. nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc: 97–151. hdl:10125/4474. <a href="http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4474/harmonloh.pdf" target="_blank">http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4474/harmonloh.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Summary by country". Ethnologue. 1999-02-19. Retrieved 2013-09-05. <a href="http://www.ethnologue.com/ethno_docs/distribution.asp?by=country" target="_blank">http://www.ethnologue.com/ethno_docs/distribution.asp?by=country</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Harmon, David; Loh, Jonathan (2010). "The Index of Linguistic Diversity: A New Quantitative Measure of Trends in the Status of the World's Languages" (PDF). Language Documentation and Conservation. 4. nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc: 106–107. hdl:10125/4474. <a href="http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4474/harmonloh.pdf" target="_blank">http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4474/harmonloh.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"overview of Linguistic Diversity". terralingua.org. Archived from the original on 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2014-11-18. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130521035957/http://www.terralingua.org/linguisticdiversity/overview/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130521035957/http://www.terralingua.org/linguisticdiversity/overview/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Data published in Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Twentieth Edition. Summary by Country | Ethnologue, SIL International. Accessed on 13 October 2017. <a href="/wiki/Ethnologue" target="_blank">/wiki/Ethnologue</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>UNESCO World Report – Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" target="_blank">/wiki/UNESCO</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Including New Caledonia, a French Overseas Territory with a high level of Linguistic Diversity Index <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_New_Caledonia#The_linguistic_situation_of_New_Caledonia_in_the_present_day" target="_blank">/wiki/Languages_of_New_Caledonia#The_linguistic_situation_of_New_Caledonia_in_the_present_day</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>