For 46.5% of the worlds surface now free DEMs exists.

High resolution datasets are available for 25.2% of the world now.

World Coverage of available high resolution DEMs (in green).

World Coverage of available mid resolution DEMs (in orange).

Made with Natural Earth.

Map and statistics made with the equal area Gall-Peters Orthographic Projection.

Mind the digital gap!

One small ray of hope on the horizon is that data is now also available for the first country on the African continent (Rwanda).