Malawi vs Samoa: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Malawi
0.1759 people per person
in 2025
Samoa
0.1751 people per person
in 2025
Malawi rank
212th
Samoa rank
213th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Malawi
- Samoa
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.1759 people per person against 0.1751 people per person in Samoa, a difference of 0.0008 people per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.
Malawi ranks 212th and Samoa ranks 213th of 215 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0458 people per person | 0.193 people per person | 0.1472 people per person | Samoa |
| 1970s | 0.0746 people per person | 0.2091 people per person | 0.1345 people per person | Samoa |
| 1980s | 0.101 people per person | 0.2085 people per person | 0.1075 people per person | Samoa |
| 1990s | 0.133 people per person | 0.2148 people per person | 0.0818 people per person | Samoa |
| 2000s | 0.1506 people per person | 0.2126 people per person | 0.062 people per person | Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.158 people per person | 0.1921 people per person | 0.0341 people per person | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.1689 people per person | 0.1761 people per person | 0.0072 people per person | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita, Malawi or Samoa?
- Malawi, at 0.1759 people per person against 0.1751 people per person in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Malawi and Samoa?
- 0.0008 people per person, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Samoa?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Samoa rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Malawi ranks 212th and Samoa ranks 213th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.