What Percentage of the World Have You Visited?
Updated November 10, 2026
Divide the number of countries you have visited by the total number of countries and multiply by 100. With 25 countries out of 195, that is 25 ÷ 195 × 100 = 12.8%. Use 193 instead of 195 if you count UN member states only.
Quick reference
| Countries visited | Of 193 | Of 195 |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 5.2% | 5.1% |
| 20 | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 30 | 15.5% | 15.4% |
| 50 | 25.9% | 25.6% |
| 75 | 38.9% | 38.5% |
| 100 | 51.8% | 51.3% |
| 150 | 77.7% | 76.9% |
Count share and land share are different
The percentage of countries treats every country as one unit, so San Marino weighs as much as Brazil. The percentage of land weighs each country by its area. The two can be far apart in either direction.
- Visit Russia, Canada, the United States, China, Brazil and Australia and you have been to 6 of 193 countries, about 3%, but those six cover over 40% of the world's land.
- Visit 20 small European countries and your count is above 10% while your land share is only a few percent.
Land share is generous: marking a country counts all of its area, although nobody sees all of Russia. Treat it as a description of your map, not of the ground you have covered.
Other ways to measure
- Continents: seven is the usual total, six if you leave out Antarctica.
- Cities: useful for travellers who return to the same countries.
- Distance: the total length of your routes, often compared with the 40,075 km of the equator.
- Days: the number of days you were on a trip, counted from start and end dates.
Try it on your own map
Questions and answers
- What percentage of the world is 30 countries?
- 15.4% of 195 countries, or 15.5% of the 193 UN member states.
- How many countries is 10% of the world?
- Twenty. 20 of 195 is 10.3%, and 20 of 193 is 10.4%.
- Has anyone visited every country?
- Yes. Several hundred people are reported to have visited all 193 UN member states, and the number grows every year. Claims are tracked by clubs and record keepers, each with its own rules about what counts as a visit.