GeoIP® accuracy comparison for locations worldwide

The accuracy comparison tool gives you a high level view of the GeoIP City database and web service accuracy. It shows you the percentage of IP addresses correctly located within a particular accuracy radius. If you select a specific country from the options below, you can compare city-level results for the GeoIP web services, databases, and GeoLite (the free version of the MaxMind's IP geolocation data) within your chosen country, to determine which service best fits your goals.

Country
Correctly located within exact postal
Located to a postal, but outside exact postal
No postal-level data available
Albania 0% 0% 100%
Algeria 21% 78% 1%
American Samoa 0% 0% 100%
Andorra 2% 2% 96%
Angola 0% 0% 100%
Argentina 36% 52% 12%
Armenia 0% 0% 100%
Aruba 0% 0% 100%
Australia 6% 90% 4%
Austria 14% 73% 13%
Azerbaijan 0% 0% 100%
Bahamas 0% 0% 100%
Bahrain 0% 0% 100%
Bangladesh 13% 69% 17%
Barbados 0% 0% 100%
Belarus 21% 78% 1%
Belgium 18% 56% 25%
Benin 0% 0% 100%
Bermuda 4% 3% 93%
Bolivia 0% 0% 100%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0% 0% 100%
Brazil 11% 86% 2%
Brunei 0% 0% 100%
Bulgaria 29% 70% 1%
Cambodia 0% 0% 100%
Cameroon 0% 0% 100%
Canada 31% 65% 4%
Cayman Islands 0% 0% 100%
Chile 0% 0% 100%
China 0% 0% 100%
Colombia 15% 84% 1%
Congo (DRC) 0% 0% 100%
Costa Rica 11% 88% 0%
Croatia 28% 64% 8%
Cyprus 0% 0% 99%
Czechia 16% 84% 0%
Denmark 17% 57% 26%
Dominican Republic 4% 93% 3%
Ecuador 1% 0% 99%
Egypt 0% 0% 100%
El Salvador 1% 0% 99%
Estonia 1% 0% 98%
Ethiopia 0% 0% 100%
Finland 5% 57% 38%
France 18% 41% 42%
French Polynesia 0% 0% 100%
Georgia 1% 0% 99%
Germany 14% 83% 3%
Ghana 0% 0% 100%
Greece 1% 0% 98%
Guadeloupe 19% 75% 5%
Guam 21% 79% 1%
Guatemala 4% 87% 9%
Guyana 0% 0% 100%
Honduras 1% 0% 99%
Hong Kong 0% 0% 100%
Hungary 15% 78% 7%
Iceland 17% 70% 13%
India 4% 95% 1%
Indonesia 2% 96% 1%
Iraq 0% 0% 100%
Ireland 18% 60% 22%
Israel 0% 0% 100%
Italy 4% 62% 35%
Ivory Coast 0% 0% 100%
Jamaica 0% 0% 100%
Japan 8% 57% 35%
Jersey 1% 99% 0%
Jordan 0% 0% 100%
Kazakhstan 0% 0% 100%
Kenya 0% 0% 100%
Kosovo 0% 0% 100%
Kuwait 0% 0% 100%
Kyrgyzstan 0% 0% 100%
Latvia 1% 99% 1%
Lebanon 0% 0% 100%
Lithuania 0% 85% 15%
Luxembourg 0% 71% 29%
Malaysia 6% 92% 2%
Maldives 1% 0% 99%
Malta 10% 90% 1%
Martinique 21% 59% 20%
Mauritius 0% 0% 100%
Mexico 7% 88% 5%
Moldova 1% 99% 1%
Mongolia 1% 0% 99%
Montenegro 0% 0% 100%
Morocco 0% 0% 100%
Mozambique 0% 0% 100%
Namibia 0% 0% 100%
Nepal 0% 0% 100%
The Netherlands 15% 61% 24%
New Zealand 9% 82% 8%
Nicaragua 1% 0% 99%
Nigeria 0% 0% 100%
North Macedonia 50% 48% 2%
Norway 9% 76% 15%
Oman 3% 0% 97%
Pakistan 19% 77% 4%
Panama 0% 0% 100%
Paraguay 1% 0% 99%
Peru 0% 0% 100%
Philippines 15% 84% 1%
Poland 9% 80% 11%
Portugal 2% 90% 8%
Puerto Rico 8% 68% 24%
Qatar 0% 0% 100%
Réunion 16% 81% 4%
Romania 5% 94% 1%
Russia 2% 80% 17%
Saudi Arabia 0% 0% 100%
Senegal 0% 0% 100%
Serbia 1% 0% 99%
Singapore 9% 90% 1%
Slovakia 15% 85% 0%
Slovenia 27% 73% 0%
South Africa 7% 83% 10%
South Korea 19% 68% 13%
Spain 15% 64% 21%
Sri Lanka 8% 92% 1%
Sweden 2% 63% 35%
Switzerland 11% 73% 16%
Taiwan 0% 0% 100%
Tanzania 0% 0% 100%
Thailand 20% 78% 1%
Trinidad and Tobago 1% 0% 99%
Tunisia 0% 0% 100%
Türkiye 6% 88% 6%
U.S. Virgin Islands 0% 0% 100%
Uganda 1% 0% 99%
Ukraine 9% 85% 6%
United Arab Emirates 0% 0% 100%
United Kingdom 20% 74% 6%
United States 20% 73% 7%
Uruguay 12% 87% 1%
Uzbekistan 0% 0% 100%
Venezuela 0% 0% 100%
Vietnam 33% 65% 2%
Zambia 0% 0% 100%
Zimbabwe 0% 0% 100%

Notes:

  1. Accuracy is calculated by checking known web user IP address and location pairs against the data within MaxMind's GeoIP web service as well as the GeoIP City and GeoLite City database offerings.
  2. Due to the nature of geolocation technology and other factors beyond our control, we cannot guarantee any specific future accuracy level.
  3. Fewer countries are available for cellular and IPv6 IPs due to limited test data.
  4. Geolite’s limitations make it unsuitable for commercial-grade applications. See why in this side-by-side comparison of GeoLite and GeoIP.

What's the difference between the GeoIP web services and databases?

MaxMind's IP geolocation data is available in two primary delivery methods: as a downloadable database and as a web service, which is accessed via an API. The GeoIP databases allow users to locally host and utilize the downloadable databases for their applications. The GeoIP web services, delivering our most comprehensive GeoIP data available, are hosted, maintained, and updated regularly on secure MaxMind servers.

Looking for more than just city-level data?

Our web services provide IP geolocation and network data such as country, region, city, ZIP/postal code, anonymizer type, user count, confidence factors, static IP score, and more.

Accurate IP geolocation with emphasis on security and privacy

Ever wondered how we strike the right balance? Our Safer IP geolocation with MaxMind blog post shares insights into achieving geolocation accuracy while upholding security and privacy.