El Salvador vs Yemen: Annual growth rate of urban population share
El Salvador
0.6%
in 2025
Yemen
0.6%
in 2025
El Salvador rank
66th
Yemen rank
69th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- El Salvador
- Yemen
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Yemen, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.
El Salvador ranks 66th and Yemen ranks 69th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.5% | 5.8% | 5.3% | Yemen |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 5.7% | 5.4% | Yemen |
| 1970s | 0.8% | 7.2% | 6.4% | Yemen |
| 1980s | 1.3% | 5.0% | 3.7% | Yemen |
| 1990s | 1.4% | 2.9% | 1.4% | Yemen |
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.3% | Yemen |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, El Salvador or Yemen?
- El Salvador, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Yemen as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between El Salvador and Yemen?
- 0.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Yemen?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Yemen rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- El Salvador ranks 66th and Yemen ranks 69th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.