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	Somalia	100.0%	541	541	0
2	Senegal	100.0%	411	411	0
3	Palestine	100.0%	404	404	0
4	Rwanda	100.0%	341	341	0
5	Cuba	100.0%	316	316	0
6	Trinidad & Tobago	100.0%	296	296	0
7	Sudan	100.0%	294	294	0
8	Burkina Faso	100.0%	280	280	0
9	Cameroon	100.0%	270	270	0
10	Mauritius	100.0%	269	269	0
11	Benin	100.0%	251	251	0
12	Albania	100.0%	232	232	0
13	Guinea	100.0%	221	221	0
14	Western Sahara	100.0%	209	209	0
15	Honduras	100.0%	205	205	0
16	Tunisia	100.0%	4441	4439	2
17	Algeria	100.0%	2062	2061	1
18	Ethiopia	99.9%	1654	1653	1
19	Georgia	99.9%	1269	1268	1
20	Nigeria	99.9%	708	707	1
21	Ivory Coast	99.8%	515	514	1
22	Oman	99.8%	1471	1468	3
23	Jordan	99.8%	1455	1452	3
24	Iraq	99.8%	1431	1428	3
25	Estonia	99.8%	937	935	2
26	Myanmar	99.8%	2405	2399	6
27	Uzbekistan	99.7%	2382	2376	6
28	Morocco	99.7%	5198	5183	15
29	Nepal	99.6%	2090	2082	8
30	Egypt	99.6%	3969	3953	16
31	Belize	99.6%	242	241	1
32	Libya	99.6%	958	954	4
33	Iran	99.5%	216	215	1
34	Lebanon	99.5%	1022	1017	5
35	Sri Lanka	99.5%	2039	2029	10
36	Bangladesh	99.5%	1626	1618	8
37	Slovenia	99.5%	606	603	3
38	Timor-Leste	99.5%	201	200	1
39	Kenya	99.4%	1579	1569	10
40	Cambodia	99.3%	3397	3373	24
41	Maldives	99.3%	424	421	3
42	Saudi Arabia	99.3%	3935	3907	28
43	Croatia	99.2%	1049	1041	8
44	Mongolia	99.2%	524	520	4
45	Qatar	99.2%	832	825	7
46	Ecuador	99.1%	444	440	4
47	Bolivia	99.1%	317	314	3
48	Italy	99.0%	11249	11138	111
49	Latvia	98.9%	1127	1115	12
50	Azerbaijan	98.9%	1685	1666	19
51	Laos	98.8%	1082	1069	13
52	Israel	98.8%	1409	1392	17
53	Bahrain	98.6%	440	434	6
54	Namibia	98.5%	202	199	3
55	Zambia	98.5%	201	198	3
56	Portugal	98.5%	4774	4702	72
57	Armenia	98.4%	683	672	11
58	Bosnia & Herzegovina	98.2%	379	372	7
59	Kuwait	98.1%	805	790	15
60	Jamaica	97.9%	237	232	5
61	Pakistan	97.9%	1501	1469	32
62	Brunei	97.8%	548	536	12
63	China	97.8%	4275	4179	96
64	Puerto Rico	97.7%	933	912	21
65	Luxembourg	97.7%	389	380	9
66	Kosovo	97.5%	239	233	6
67	United Arab Emirates	97.5%	3385	3300	85
68	Serbia	97.5%	950	926	24
69	India	97.5%	8142	7936	206
70	Tanzania	97.5%	512	499	13
71	Uganda	97.4%	492	479	13
72	Vietnam	97.1%	8329	8085	244
73	Belgium	97.0%	2620	2541	79
74	Spain	96.8%	7583	7343	240
75	Belarus	96.7%	917	887	30
76	Japan	96.6%	2415	2332	83
77	Austria	96.5%	4820	4652	168
78	Denmark	96.5%	2947	2844	103
79	New Zealand	96.4%	3827	3689	138
80	Australia	96.4%	10724	10336	388
81	Iceland	96.4%	247	238	9
82	El Salvador	96.2%	209	201	8
83	Ghana	96.2%	313	301	12
84	Malta	95.9%	513	492	21
85	Brazil	95.9%	2290	2196	94
86	Finland	95.8%	1986	1903	83
87	Peru	95.7%	442	423	19
88	Thailand	95.7%	7310	6994	316
89	Venezuela	95.3%	255	243	12
90	Chile	95.3%	611	582	29
91	Ukraine	95.1%	2015	1916	99
92	France	95.1%	9431	8967	464
93	Germany	95.1%	31200	29657	1543
94	Malaysia	94.8%	6055	5742	313
95	Cyprus	94.7%	1332	1262	70
96	South Africa	94.5%	2810	2655	155
97	Bulgaria	94.4%	517	488	29
98	Hungary	94.3%	1370	1292	78
99	Hong Kong	94.1%	1668	1570	98
100	Switzerland	93.5%	2871	2685	186