Lesotho vs Solomon Islands: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Lesotho
2.2%
in 2025
Solomon Islands
2.1%
in 2025
Lesotho rank
5th
Solomon Islands rank
8th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Lesotho
- Solomon Islands
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 2.2% against 2.1% in Solomon Islands, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Solomon Islands's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Solomon Islands ahead.
Lesotho ranks 5th and Solomon Islands ranks 8th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 4 and Solomon Islands in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Solomon Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.8% | 10.3% | 3.5% | Solomon Islands |
| 1960s | 9.7% | 9.8% | 0.1% | Solomon Islands |
| 1970s | 2.3% | 4.3% | 2.1% | Solomon Islands |
| 1980s | 1.1% | 2.5% | 1.4% | Solomon Islands |
| 1990s | 4.2% | 1.3% | 2.8% | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 3.4% | 2.4% | 1.0% | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 3.3% | 0.4% | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 2.2% | 0.2% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Lesotho or Solomon Islands?
- Lesotho, at 2.2% against 2.1% in Solomon Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Lesotho and Solomon Islands?
- 0.1%, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Solomon Islands?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Solomon Islands rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Lesotho ranks 5th and Solomon Islands ranks 8th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – 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.