The Most Independent Coffee Countries in the World

The same independence ranking as our city list, rolled up to country level. Ranked by the share of tracked coffee shops that are independent — not part of a recognised chain or brand. Only countries with at least 200 listed venues are included.

#	Location	Independent	Tracked	Independent	Chain
1	Senegal	100.0%	316	316	0
2	Cuba	100.0%	312	312	0
3	Albania	100.0%	231	231	0
4	Somalia	100.0%	226	226	0
5	Cameroon	100.0%	206	206	0
6	Algeria	99.9%	1102	1101	1
7	Ethiopia	99.9%	715	714	1
8	Georgia	99.8%	623	622	1
9	Tunisia	99.8%	923	921	2
10	Nigeria	99.8%	402	401	1
11	Estonia	99.7%	666	664	2
12	Ivory Coast	99.7%	306	305	1
13	Oman	99.7%	873	870	3
14	Jordan	99.6%	726	723	3
15	Iran	99.5%	216	215	1
16	Slovenia	99.5%	605	602	3
17	Lebanon	99.5%	569	566	3
18	Uzbekistan	99.5%	1117	1111	6
19	Iraq	99.4%	524	521	3
20	Myanmar	99.2%	787	781	6
21	Croatia	99.2%	1044	1036	8
22	Nepal	99.2%	995	987	8
23	Maldives	99.2%	360	357	3
24	Ecuador	99.1%	431	427	4
25	Italy	99.0%	11182	11073	109
26	Bolivia	99.0%	306	303	3
27	Bangladesh	99.0%	795	787	8
28	Morocco	99.0%	1460	1445	15
29	Egypt	98.9%	1108	1096	12
30	Libya	98.6%	295	291	4
31	Bahrain	98.6%	440	434	6
32	Qatar	98.5%	453	446	7
33	Sri Lanka	98.4%	636	626	10
34	Mongolia	98.4%	254	250	4
35	Laos	98.4%	690	679	11
36	Latvia	98.3%	722	710	12
37	Portugal	98.2%	3785	3715	70
38	Bosnia & Herzegovina	98.1%	377	370	7
39	Kuwait	98.1%	626	614	12
40	Kenya	98.0%	507	497	10
41	Azerbaijan	98.0%	787	771	16
42	Saudi Arabia	97.9%	1286	1259	27
43	Israel	97.9%	514	503	11
44	Armenia	97.7%	441	431	10
45	Cambodia	97.6%	987	963	24
46	Kosovo	97.5%	239	233	6
47	Serbia	97.5%	948	924	24
48	Brunei	97.1%	272	264	8
49	Spain	96.8%	7527	7288	239
50	Pakistan	96.8%	962	931	31
51	Luxembourg	96.7%	214	207	7
52	Belarus	96.7%	917	887	30
53	Japan	96.6%	2412	2330	82
54	Tanzania	96.5%	372	359	13
55	Austria	96.5%	4410	4254	156
56	Belgium	96.2%	2067	1989	78
57	Uganda	96.0%	328	315	13
58	Germany	95.9%	26790	25704	1086
59	Denmark	95.9%	2504	2401	103
60	Finland	95.9%	1984	1902	82
61	Puerto Rico	95.9%	508	487	21
62	Iceland	95.8%	216	207	9
63	Australia	95.7%	8611	8241	370
64	New Zealand	95.3%	2686	2560	126
65	Peru	95.1%	389	370	19
66	Ukraine	95.1%	2011	1912	99
67	France	94.9%	8930	8475	455
68	Chile	94.9%	564	535	29
69	Venezuela	94.6%	223	211	12
70	United Arab Emirates	94.4%	1258	1188	70
71	Bulgaria	94.4%	517	488	29
72	Hungary	94.4%	1369	1292	77
73	India	93.9%	3223	3026	197
74	Thailand	93.8%	5085	4771	314
75	Switzerland	93.6%	2708	2536	172
76	Brazil	93.3%	1354	1263	91
77	China	92.9%	1334	1239	95
78	Mexico	92.7%	1273	1180	93
79	Hong Kong	92.7%	1229	1139	90
80	Malta	92.4%	262	242	20
81	Indonesia	92.3%	2130	1967	163
82	Vietnam	92.2%	3061	2822	239
83	Lithuania	91.1%	730	665	65
84	Poland	90.9%	3228	2933	295
85	Sweden	90.3%	2308	2084	224
86	Cyprus	89.6%	579	519	60
87	Kazakhstan	89.4%	520	465	55
88	Norway	89.3%	1317	1176	141
89	Ireland	88.9%	1953	1736	217
90	Slovakia	88.8%	1454	1291	163
91	Czechia	88.5%	2818	2493	325
92	Malaysia	88.4%	2545	2250	295
93	South Africa	88.2%	1292	1139	153
94	Philippines	87.7%	2948	2585	363
95	Greece	86.7%	1657	1436	221
96	Colombia	86.0%	793	682	111
97	Turkey	85.1%	2295	1954	341
98	United Kingdom	84.3%	38518	32462	6056
99	Netherlands	82.8%	4835	4005	830
100	Romania	81.6%	1014	827	187