Reason no ID: Travel too far, total (% of population ages 15+ without an ID)

The percentage of adult respondents without an ID who report that one of the reasons they do not own an ID is because they have to travel too far to a registration center to get an ID. If the minimum age for obtaining an ID is above 15, observations below the minimum age are excluded, total sample.

📅 2024📏 %29 entries

MozambiqueComorosSierra LeoneLaosNigerNigeriaTogoMaliEswatiniUgandaTanzaniaCongoLesothoTajikistanPhilippinesBangladeshJordanZambiaNepal

58.47% – 49.89%46.54% – 36.51%35.84% – 27.99%26.20% – 22.18%20.55% – 13.21%No data

🇲🇿Mozambique

58.47%

🇰🇲Comoros

58.03%

🇬🇳Guinea

55.90%

🇸🇱Sierra Leone

52.31%

🇱🇦Laos

51.60%

🇳🇪Niger

49.89%

🇳🇬Nigeria

46.54%

🇹🇬Togo

44.29%

🇲🇱Mali

40.77%

🇸🇿Eswatini

39.38%

🇺🇬Uganda

36.86%

🇹🇿Tanzania

36.51%

🇨🇬Congo

35.84%

🇱🇸Lesotho

33.46%

🇹🇯Tajikistan

33.41%

🇵🇭Philippines

29.90%

🇲🇼Malawi

29.79%

🇨🇮Ivory Coast

27.99%

🇨🇲Cameroon

26.20%

🇧🇩Bangladesh

24.17%

🇿🇦South Africa

24.07%

🇬🇲Gambia

22.85%

🇬🇭Ghana

22.45%

🇬🇦Gabon

22.18%

🇯🇴Jordan

20.55%

🇨🇩DR Congo

18.81%

🇿🇲Zambia

14.37%

🇸🇳Senegal

13.54%

🇳🇵Nepal

13.21%

Highlights

As of 2024, Mozambique ranks first with 58.47%, followed by Comoros (58.03%) and Guinea (55.90%).

The top two are virtually level: Mozambique and Comoros differ by less than 1%.

Across 29 countries and territories, values run from 58.47% (Mozambique) to 13.21% (Nepal), with a median of 33.41%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 9 from Africa and 1 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Reason no ID: Travel too far, total (% of population ages 15+ without an ID), 2024. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Reason no ID: Travel too far, total (% of population ages 15+ without an ID) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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