Samoa vs Sri Lanka: Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita

Samoa

17.5%

in 2025

Sri Lanka

20.5%

in 2025

Samoa rank

231st

Sri Lanka rank

228th

Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita over time

Sri Lanka currently reports 20.5% against 17.5% in Samoa, a difference of 2.9%.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.2 times Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Samoa ranks 231st and Sri Lanka ranks 228th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita
Unit: %
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 237 places, 18,012 data points, 1950–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.