Countries by Number of Golf Courses 2024

About This Dataset

Countries ranked by total number of golf courses within their borders in 2024, including public, private, resort and municipal courses. The United States has 16,752 courses — more than the other seven countries in this table combined, which together have 11,536.

Japan is second with 3,169 and Canada third with 2,362, followed by England (1,872), Australia (1,616), Germany (1,051), France (804) and Sweden (662).

Course counts depend on what is counted: some sources count a golf facility once however many courses it has, while others count each course separately, so totals for the same country can differ between publishers.

Analysis

United States (16,752), Japan (3,169) and Canada (2,362) take the top three in Golf Courses in 2024. Values run from 16,752 at the top to 662 at the bottom in Golf Courses, a spread of 16,090. Most of that gap is between first and second alone (13,583 of 16,090); the other 7 are separated by just 2,507. Only 1 of the 8 reaches even half the leader's figure (8,376 or more).

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

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United States leads in Golf Courses with 16,752 in 2024.

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Average Golf Courses in 2024: 3,536 · median: 1,744.

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Gap in 2024: United States is 25.3× larger than Sweden.