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Global left-handed population percentages by country

Left-handedness rates vary significantly across the globe, with the Netherlands leading at 13.2% followed closely by the United States and Belgium both sitting at 13.1%. Canada rounds out the top tier with 12.8%, while the United Kingdom records 12.2%. Moving down the list, Ireland and Switzerland share a rate of approximately 11.6%, France sits at 11.2%, and Denmark is near 11.0%. Southern and Northern European nations like Italy (10.5%) and Sweden (10.4%) hover around the ten percent mark, as does Australia at roughly 10.3%. Germany follows with 9.8%, Spain at 9.6%, Turkey at 9.2%, and Finland at 9.1%. The numbers drop further in Asia, where India accounts for 5.2%, Taiwan for 5.0%, Japan for 4.7%, and China for just 3.5%. Mexico appears next with 2.5%, and South Korea trails at 2.0%. The worldwide average lands at approximately 10.6%. These figures rely on data from Papadatou-Pastou et al (2020), McManus, Statista, and other web sources.

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Global left-handed population percentages by country

Left-handedness rates vary significantly across the globe, with the Netherlands leading at 13.2% followed closely by the United States and Belgium both sitting at 13.1%. Canada rounds out the top tier with 12.8%, while the United Kingdom records 12.2%. Moving down the list, Ireland and Switzerland share a rate of approximately 11.6%, France sits at 11.2%, and Denmark is near 11.0%. Southern and Northern European nations like Italy (10.5%) and Sweden (10.4%) hover around the ten percent mark, as does Australia at roughly 10.3%. Germany follows with 9.8%, Spain at 9.6%, Turkey at 9.2%, and Finland at 9.1%. The numbers drop further in Asia, where India accounts for 5.2%, Taiwan for 5.0%, Japan for 4.7%, and China for just 3.5%. Mexico appears next with 2.5%, and South Korea trails at 2.0%. The worldwide average lands at approximately 10.6%. These figures rely on data from Papadatou-Pastou et al (2020), McManus, Statista, and other web sources.

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