Morocco vs Yemen: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Morocco
0.6%
in 2025
Yemen
0.6%
in 2025
Morocco rank
71st
Yemen rank
69th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Morocco
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Morocco, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Morocco's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.
Morocco ranks 71st and Yemen ranks 69th of 236 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Morocco | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.3% | 5.8% | 4.5% | Yemen |
| 1960s | 1.6% | 5.7% | 4.1% | Yemen |
| 1970s | 1.7% | 7.2% | 5.4% | Yemen |
| 1980s | 1.7% | 5.0% | 3.4% | Yemen |
| 1990s | 1.1% | 2.9% | 1.8% | Yemen |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 1.5% | 0.6% | Yemen |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 1.5% | 0.8% | Yemen |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Morocco or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Morocco as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Morocco and Yemen?
- 0.0%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Yemen?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Morocco and Yemen rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Morocco ranks 71st 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.