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 250 km
Located to a city, but outside 250 km
No city-level data available
Albania 98% 0% 2%
Algeria 89% 9% 2%
American Samoa 100% 0% 0%
Andorra 100% 0% 0%
Angola 79% 21% 0%
Argentina 70% 6% 24%
Armenia 100% 0% 0%
Aruba 100% 0% 0%
Australia 84% 13% 4%
Austria 81% 4% 16%
Azerbaijan 97% 2% 2%
Bahamas 99% 1% 0%
Bahrain 99% 0% 1%
Bangladesh 80% 2% 19%
Barbados 98% 0% 2%
Belarus 98% 1% 1%
Belgium 77% 0% 23%
Benin 95% 5% 0%
Bermuda 100% 0% 0%
Bolivia 85% 14% 0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 99% 0% 0%
Botswana 80% 19% 1%
Brazil 94% 5% 0%
Brunei 100% 0% 0%
Bulgaria 93% 7% 1%
Cambodia 93% 3% 4%
Cameroon 90% 3% 7%
Canada 88% 8% 4%
Cayman Islands 98% 0% 2%
Chile 83% 15% 2%
China 63% 21% 15%
Colombia 89% 10% 1%
Congo (DRC) 79% 19% 2%
Costa Rica 100% 0% 0%
Croatia 88% 5% 8%
Cyprus 100% 0% 0%
Czechia 96% 3% 0%
Denmark 75% 0% 24%
Dominican Republic 98% 0% 2%
Ecuador 91% 7% 2%
Egypt 96% 2% 2%
El Salvador 100% 0% 0%
Estonia 99% 0% 1%
Ethiopia 94% 6% 0%
Finland 56% 5% 39%
France 59% 5% 36%
French Polynesia 73% 2% 25%
Georgia 94% 4% 2%
Germany 93% 5% 2%
Ghana 97% 1% 1%
Greece 79% 10% 12%
Guadeloupe 97% 0% 3%
Guam 100% 0% 0%
Guatemala 89% 1% 10%
Guyana 99% 0% 1%
Honduras 91% 1% 9%
Hong Kong 26% 0% 74%
Hungary 93% 1% 6%
Iceland 80% 2% 18%
India 86% 12% 1%
Indonesia 89% 10% 2%
Iraq 89% 6% 5%
Ireland 75% 1% 24%
Israel 87% 0% 13%
Italy 62% 5% 33%
Ivory Coast 97% 1% 1%
Jamaica 61% 0% 39%
Japan 62% 3% 35%
Jersey 100% 0% 0%
Jordan 94% 1% 5%
Kazakhstan 89% 8% 3%
Kenya 88% 11% 2%
Kosovo 99% 0% 1%
Kuwait 100% 0% 0%
Kyrgyzstan 96% 4% 0%
Latvia 99% 0% 1%
Lebanon 82% 0% 18%
Lithuania 81% 4% 15%
Luxembourg 68% 0% 32%
Malaysia 83% 15% 2%
Maldives 86% 3% 11%
Malta 99% 0% 1%
Martinique 88% 0% 12%
Mauritius 99% 0% 1%
Mexico 89% 6% 5%
Moldova 99% 0% 1%
Mongolia 98% 2% 1%
Montenegro 99% 0% 1%
Morocco 90% 10% 0%
Mozambique 79% 21% 1%
Namibia 84% 12% 4%
Nepal 77% 3% 20%
The Netherlands 78% 0% 22%
New Zealand 81% 13% 6%
Nicaragua 98% 2% 0%
Nigeria 74% 25% 1%
North Macedonia 99% 0% 1%
Norway 78% 8% 14%
Oman 96% 4% 0%
Pakistan 86% 11% 3%
Panama 97% 3% 1%
Paraguay 86% 6% 8%
Peru 77% 15% 8%
Philippines 90% 6% 4%
Poland 83% 6% 11%
Portugal 85% 4% 11%
Puerto Rico 75% 0% 25%
Qatar 100% 0% 0%
Réunion 99% 0% 1%
Romania 94% 4% 3%
Russia 92% 5% 3%
Saudi Arabia 86% 14% 0%
Senegal 99% 1% 0%
Serbia 99% 1% 0%
Singapore 100% 0% 0%
Slovakia 95% 5% 0%
Slovenia 100% 0% 0%
South Africa 71% 20% 9%
South Korea 83% 3% 14%
Spain 72% 6% 21%
Sri Lanka 98% 1% 1%
Sweden 56% 7% 37%
Switzerland 85% 0% 15%
Taiwan 92% 1% 6%
Tanzania 73% 25% 2%
Thailand 93% 6% 2%
Trinidad and Tobago 100% 0% 0%
Tunisia 94% 4% 2%
Türkiye 85% 9% 6%
U.S. Virgin Islands 100% 0% 0%
Uganda 95% 3% 1%
Ukraine 86% 8% 6%
United Arab Emirates 98% 0% 2%
United Kingdom 88% 4% 8%
United States 80% 12% 7%
Uruguay 93% 5% 2%
Uzbekistan 84% 14% 2%
Venezuela 86% 11% 3%
Vietnam 86% 11% 3%
Zambia 92% 7% 1%
Zimbabwe 92% 7% 0%

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.