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DEFINITION:
The probability that two individuals selected at random from a country speak a very different language. A high score of close to 1 indicates that many unrelated languages are spoken. A score of close to 0 means that few languages are spoken, and / or that the spoken languages are similar to one another. For more information, please refer to Fearon (see citation).
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cameroon | 0.733 | 2003 | |
2 | Chad | 0.727 | 2003 | |
3 | Afghanistan | 0.679 | 2003 | |
4 | India | 0.667 | 2003 | |
5 | Bolivia | 0.662 | 2003 | |
6 | Nigeria | 0.66 | 2003 | |
7 | United Arab Emirates | 0.65 | 2003 | |
8 | Uganda | 0.647 | 2003 | |
9 | Liberia | 0.644 | 2003 | |
10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.628 | 2003 | |
11 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.624 | 2003 | |
12 | Kazakhstan | 0.62 | 2003 | |
13 | Togo | 0.602 | 2003 | |
14 | Kenya | 0.601 | 2003 | |
15 | Niger | 0.6 | 2003 | |
16 | Mali | 0.59 | 2003 | |
17 | Namibia | 0.589 | 2003 | |
18 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.568 | 2003 | |
=19 | Tanzania | 0.564 | 2003 | |
=19 | Malaysia | 0.564 | 2003 | |
21 | Ethiopia | 0.562 | 2003 | |
22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.557 | 2003 | |
23 | Fiji | 0.553 | 2003 | |
24 | Gambia | 0.548 | 2003 | |
=25 | Nepal | 0.542 | 2003 | |
=25 | Iran | 0.542 | 2003 | |
27 | Kuwait | 0.54 | 2003 | |
28 | Sierra Leone | 0.534 | 2003 | |
29 | South Africa | 0.53 | 2003 | |
30 | Indonesia | 0.522 | 2003 | |
31 | Bhutan | 0.518 | 2003 | |
32 | Central African Republic | 0.511 | 2003 | |
33 | Peru | 0.506 | 2003 | |
34 | Canada | 0.499 | 2003 | |
35 | Guatemala | 0.493 | 2003 | |
=36 | Tajikistan | 0.492 | 2003 | |
=36 | Estonia | 0.492 | 2003 | |
38 | Guinea | 0.49 | 2003 | |
39 | Ecuador | 0.48 | 2003 | |
40 | Belgium | 0.462 | 2003 | |
=41 | Bahrain | 0.46 | 2003 | |
=41 | Guyana | 0.46 | 2003 | |
43 | Mauritius | 0.448 | 2003 | |
44 | Uzbekistan | 0.442 | 2003 | |
45 | Latvia | 0.441 | 2003 | |
46 | Mexico | 0.434 | 2003 | |
47 | Republic of Macedonia | 0.432 | 2003 | |
48 | Thailand | 0.431 | 2003 | |
49 | Burma | 0.419 | 2003 | |
50 | Switzerland | 0.418 | 2003 | |
51 | Saudi Arabia | 0.413 | 2003 | |
=52 | Georgia | 0.404 | 2003 | |
=52 | Oman | 0.404 | 2003 | |
=52 | Djibouti | 0.404 | 2003 | |
55 | Senegal | 0.402 | 2003 | |
56 | Moldova | 0.401 | 2003 | |
57 | Benin | 0.4 | 2003 | |
58 | Eritrea | 0.398 | 2003 | |
=59 | Ghana | 0.388 | 2003 | |
=59 | Singapore | 0.388 | 2003 | |
61 | Sri Lanka | 0.386 | 2003 | |
62 | Gabon | 0.382 | 2003 | |
63 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.38 | 2003 | |
64 | New Zealand | 0.363 | 2003 | |
65 | Morocco | 0.36 | 2003 | |
66 | Cyprus | 0.359 | 2003 | |
67 | Iraq | 0.355 | 2003 | |
68 | Burkina Faso | 0.354 | 2003 | |
69 | Turkmenistan | 0.328 | 2003 | |
70 | Russia | 0.311 | 2003 | |
71 | Turkey | 0.299 | 2003 | |
72 | Malawi | 0.294 | 2003 | |
73 | Slovakia | 0.293 | 2003 | |
74 | Somalia | 0.29 | 2003 | |
75 | Pakistan | 0.289 | 2003 | |
76 | Mozambique | 0.285 | 2003 | |
77 | Mauritania | 0.272 | 2003 | |
78 | United States | 0.271 | 2003 | |
79 | Romania | 0.265 | 2003 | |
80 | Spain | 0.263 | 2003 | |
81 | Lithuania | 0.259 | 2003 | |
82 | Ukraine | 0.258 | 2003 | |
83 | France | 0.251 | 2003 | |
84 | Bulgaria | 0.25 | 2003 | |
85 | Israel | 0.246 | 2003 | |
86 | Angola | 0.242 | 2003 | |
87 | Algeria | 0.237 | 2003 | |
88 | Syria | 0.235 | 2003 | |
89 | Belarus | 0.228 | 2003 | |
90 | Mongolia | 0.227 | 2003 | |
91 | Vietnam | 0.21 | 2003 | |
92 | Lebanon | 0.195 | 2003 | |
93 | Madagascar | 0.192 | 2003 | |
=94 | Sweden | 0.189 | 2003 | |
=94 | Zambia | 0.189 | 2003 | |
96 | Azerbaijan | 0.187 | 2003 | |
=97 | Hungary | 0.185 | 2003 | |
=97 | Croatia | 0.185 | 2003 | |
99 | El Salvador | 0.18 | 2003 | |
100 | Slovenia | 0.17 | 2003 | |
101 | Taiwan | 0.169 | 2003 | |
102 | Panama | 0.168 | 2003 | |
=103 | Chile | 0.167 | 2003 | |
=103 | Honduras | 0.167 | 2003 | |
105 | Botswana | 0.161 | 2003 | |
106 | Ireland | 0.157 | 2003 | |
107 | China | 0.154 | 2003 | |
108 | Cambodia | 0.15 | 2003 | |
109 | Australia | 0.147 | 2003 | |
110 | Swaziland | 0.143 | 2003 | |
=111 | Bangladesh | 0.141 | 2003 | |
=111 | Zimbabwe | 0.141 | 2003 | |
113 | Finland | 0.132 | 2003 | |
114 | Denmark | 0.128 | 2003 | |
115 | Libya | 0.127 | 2003 | |
116 | Armenia | 0.124 | 2003 | |
117 | Philippines | 0.116 | 2003 | |
118 | Austria | 0.1 | 2003 | |
119 | Norway | 0.098 | 2003 | |
120 | Nicaragua | 0.095 | 2003 | |
121 | Germany | 0.09 | 2003 | |
122 | Albania | 0.082 | 2003 | |
=123 | Costa Rica | 0.078 | 2003 | |
=123 | Yemen | 0.078 | 2003 | |
125 | Netherlands | 0.077 | 2003 | |
126 | Czech Republic | 0.064 | 2003 | |
127 | Lesotho | 0.057 | 2003 | |
128 | Greece | 0.05 | 2003 | |
129 | Jordan | 0.049 | 2003 | |
130 | Poland | 0.041 | 2003 | |
=131 | Portugal | 0.04 | 2003 | |
=131 | Italy | 0.04 | 2003 | |
=131 | Burundi | 0.04 | 2003 | |
134 | Paraguay | 0.039 | 2003 | |
135 | Tunisia | 0.033 | 2003 | |
136 | Jamaica | 0.027 | 2003 | |
=137 | Colombia | 0.02 | 2003 | |
=137 | Venezuela | 0.02 | 2003 | |
=137 | Laos | 0.02 | 2003 | |
=137 | Cuba | 0.02 | 2003 | |
=137 | Brazil | 0.02 | 2003 | |
142 | Japan | 0.012 | 2003 | |
143 | South Korea | 0.004 | 2003 | |
144 | North Korea | 0.002 | 2003 | |
=145 | Dominican Republic | 0.0 | 2003 | |
=145 | Rwanda | 0.0 | 2003 | |
=145 | Argentina | 0.0 | 2003 | |
=145 | Haiti | 0.0 | 2003 | |
=145 | Uruguay | 0.0 | 2003 | |
=145 | Egypt | 0.0 | 2003 |