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Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
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Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
Urban population below 5m is the percentage of the total population, living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.
World Bank code: EN.POP.EL5M.UR.ZS
• Data available for 215 countries • Latest year: 2015
In ,
Gibraltar
led Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) at 55.35.
The world median across 215 reporting countries was
1.74.
What this measures:
Urban population below 5m is the percentage of the total population, living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.
How "Environment" indicators are measured
Environmental indicators cover emissions, land use, biodiversity, and natural resources. Emissions data is often produced by international scientific consortia (EDGAR, Global Carbon Project) and typically lags 2–3 years due to the complexity of fuel- and process-level accounting. Per-capita metrics reveal a different story than absolute totals — small wealthy countries can have high per-capita emissions while contributing little to the global total.
Distribution — 2015
Reporting
215 countries
Median
1.74
Mean
4.52
25th percentile
0.21
75th percentile
4.35
Range
0.00 – 55.35
World at a Glance — 2015
Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).
Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.
Highest Values — 2015
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Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
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