Country rankings
Creole-Speaking Countries
Haiti has the highest Distribution in 2024 (100.0%), followed by Grenada (100.0%) and Dominica (100.0%). Colombia has the lowest (0.1%).
Year 202423 of 235 countries
Distribution, 2024
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
89.1%
Middle half 31.0% – 96.1%
Average
62.9%
23 countries
Highest
100.0%
Haiti
Lowest
0.1%
Colombia
Data
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24 countries · # = rank by Distribution
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Haiti | 100.0% | 10,000,000 |
| 1 |  Grenada | 100.0% | 125,000 |
| 1 |  Dominica | 100.0% | 73,000 |
| 1 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.0% | 48,000 |
| 5 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99.1% | 103,000 |
| 6 |  Guyana | 96.4% | 780,000 |
| 7 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 95.7% | 90,000 |
| 8 |  Jamaica | 94.2% | 2,663,000 |
| 9 |  Reunion | 91.5% | 810,000 |
| 10 |  Cape Verde | 90.0% | 534,000 |
| 11 |  Bahamas | 89.7% | 368,000 |
| 12 |  Seychelles | 89.1% | 89,000 |
| 13 |  Mauritius | 86.5% | 1,092,000 |
| 14 |  French Guiana | 64.3% | 190,000 |
| 15 |  Saint Martin | 39.0% | 12,000 |
| 16 |  Guinea-Bissau | 36.4% | 766,000 |
| 17 |  Belize | 32.9% | 133,000 |
| 18 |  Sint Maarten | 29.0% | 13,000 |
| 19 |  Panama | 8.2% | 362,000 |
| 20 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 2.9% | 44,000 |
| 21 |  Costa Rica | 2% | 104,000 |
| 22 |  Nicaragua | 0.5% | 35,000 |
| 23 |  Colombia | 0.1% | 52,000 |
| — |  India | — | 30,000 |
What correlates with Distribution (2024)?
Pearson r against 1,064 other country metrics sharing at least 14 countries. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Distribution tend to score higher on these
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Distribution tend to score lower on these
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Distribution?
- Haiti has the highest Distribution in 2024, at 100.0%, followed by Grenada (100.0%) and Dominica (100.0%).
- Which country has the lowest Distribution?
- Colombia has the lowest Distribution in 2024, at 0.1%.
- What is the median Distribution across countries?
- The median is 89.1% across the 23 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this creole-speaking countries data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Creole-English speaking countries - World Data Info; Creole speaking countries - World Data Info; Creole languages - Britannica; Bajan Creole - Wiki.