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Share of population living in rural areas by country

Countries reporting
233
Highest
100
Anguilla
Lowest
0.0751
Singapore
Median
26.33
Years covered
71
1950–2020
Data points
3,540

What the numbers show

Share of population living in rural areas is currently reported for 233 countries. The highest value is 100 in Anguilla; the lowest is 0.0751 in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 26.33, and the mean is 30.49.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,331.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 166 fell. The largest increase was in Cook Islands (up 98.8%), and the largest decrease in Turks and Caicos Islands (down 70.8%).

Share of population living in rural areas: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Anguilla 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Cook Islands 100 2020 up 98.8% falling
1 Montserrat 100 2020 unchanged volatile
1 Niue 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Falkland Islands 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Saint Helena 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 100 2020 unchanged volatile
1 Tokelau 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Wallis and Futuna 100 2020 unchanged flat
10 Solomon Islands 78.12 2020 down 5.9% falling
11 Eswatini 76.49 2020 up 7.2% falling
12 Micronesia (country) 70.62 2020 up 7.9% falling
13 Vanuatu 70.05 2020 down 3.5% falling
14 Bhutan 69.51 2020 up 3.2% falling
15 Laos 69.37 2020 down 4.7% falling
16 Zimbabwe 66.38 2020 up 5.2% falling
17 Lesotho 62.26 2020 down 1.8% falling
18 Faroe Islands 62.18 2020 up 0.2% falling
19 Palau 60.71 2020 up 47.3% falling
20 Namibia 58.24 2020 down 7.0% falling
21 Saint Kitts and Nevis 57.76 2020 up 7.8% rising
22 Greenland 57.46 2020 down 8.4% falling
23 Madagascar 57.12 2020 down 10.7% falling
24 Dominica 57.1 2020 down 13.4% rising
25 Papua New Guinea 53.72 2020 down 14.6% falling
26 Mali 52.93 2020 down 7.7% falling
27 East Timor 50.63 2020 down 17.0% falling
28 Burkina Faso 50.61 2020 down 0.9% falling
29 Niger 50.6 2020 up 4.2% falling
30 Mozambique 50 2020 up 0.3% falling
31 Slovenia 49.69 2020 down 1.7% falling
32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48.81 2020 up 1.7% falling
33 Chad 48.53 2020 up 3.3% falling
34 Zambia 46.79 2020 down 3.3% falling
35 Moldova 46.64 2020 up 10.0% falling
36 Tanzania 46.5 2020 down 11.6% falling
37 Slovakia 46.48 2020 up 1.0% falling
38 Guinea 46.42 2020 down 7.3% falling
39 Croatia 45.61 2020 up 1.7% falling
40 Romania 45.29 2020 up 0.2% falling
41 Ireland 45.19 2020 down 1.8% flat
42 Guinea-Bissau 45.06 2020 down 5.7% falling
43 Fiji 44.44 2020 down 2.2% falling
44 Central African Republic 43.93 2020 down 4.1% falling
45 Belize 43.9 2020 up 8.7% falling
46 Maldives 43.54 2020 down 16.7% falling
47 Latvia 42.86 2020 up 2.8% falling
48 Sierra Leone 42.32 2020 down 11.0% falling
49 Samoa 42.24 2020 down 4.6% falling
50 Lithuania 42.07 2020 up 0.6% falling
51 Austria 41.28 2020 down 6.1% falling
52 Liberia 40.96 2020 down 10.1% falling
53 Honduras 40.94 2020 down 10.8% falling
54 Mauritania 40.88 2020 down 8.5% falling
55 Paraguay 40.62 2020 up 7.7% falling
56 Marshall Islands 40.62 2020 down 7.0% falling
57 Poland 39.96 2020 down 0.7% falling
58 Czechia 39.93 2020 down 1.8% flat
59 Bulgaria 39.89 2020 up 0.1% falling
60 Tonga 39.42 2020 down 5.7% falling
61 Thailand 39.35 2020 down 8.0% falling
62 Finland 39.13 2020 down 4.8% falling
63 French Polynesia 38.43 2020 down 7.4% falling
64 France 37.89 2020 up 0.2% falling
65 Hungary 37.45 2020 up 0.4% flat
66 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 37.41 2020 up 0.1% falling
67 British Virgin Islands 37.06 2020 down 0.8% falling
68 Eritrea 36.37 2020 down 2.5% falling
69 Georgia 35.69 2020 up 0.9% falling
70 Ethiopia 35.63 2020 down 18.4% falling
71 Malawi 35.61 2020 down 24.9% falling
72 Nicaragua 35.6 2020 up 3.8% falling
73 Norway 35.53 2020 down 5.3% falling
74 Denmark 35.21 2020 down 4.4% falling
75 Serbia 35.17 2020 down 1.7% falling
76 Estonia 34.98 2020 down 4.6% rising
77 South Sudan 34.83 2020 down 26.1% falling
78 New Caledonia 34.38 2020 down 18.0% falling
79 Kiribati 33.45 2020 down 31.1% falling
80 Greece 32.82 2020 up 0.6% falling
81 Cote d'Ivoire 32.72 2020 down 10.4% falling
82 Isle of Man 32.45 2020 down 15.2% falling
83 Northern Mariana Islands 32.25 2020 up 2.9% volatile
84 Albania 32.1 2020 down 15.7% falling
85 Cambodia 31.94 2020 down 6.8% falling
86 Panama 31.68 2020 down 7.0% falling
87 Luxembourg 31.28 2020 down 18.6% falling
88 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.18 2020 up 25.1% falling
89 Sweden 31.17 2020 down 6.5% falling
90 Botswana 30.8 2020 up 0.2% falling
91 Myanmar 30.64 2020 down 2.1% falling
92 Uganda 30.42 2020 down 31.5% falling
93 Senegal 30.14 2020 down 2.2% falling
94 French Guiana 29.94 2020 down 13.1% falling
95 Mongolia 29.5 2020 down 16.3% falling
96 Portugal 29.49 2020 down 1.7% falling
97 North Macedonia 29.45 2020 up 2.3% falling
98 Suriname 29.24 2020 down 10.2% falling
99 Bolivia 28.77 2020 down 10.6% falling
100 Tunisia 28.75 2020 down 8.6% falling
101 Togo 28.75 2020 up 3.3% falling
102 Martinique 28.57 2020 up 17.5% falling
103 Cape Verde 28.42 2020 up 11.4% falling
104 Jamaica 27.64 2020 up 10.6% falling
105 Tuvalu 27.59 2020 down 40.3% falling
106 Grenada 27.53 2020 down 10.1% falling
107 Benin 27.44 2020 down 4.5% falling
108 Nepal 27.4 2020 down 7.2% falling
109 Saint Lucia 27.25 2020 down 7.5% falling
110 Democratic Republic of Congo 27.11 2020 down 12.7% falling
111 Guatemala 27.09 2020 up 0.2% falling
112 Peru 26.99 2020 down 8.1% falling
113 Germany 26.98 2020 down 3.0% falling
114 Andorra 26.61 2020 up 23.6% volatile
115 United States Virgin Islands 26.37 2020 up 19.7% falling
116 Guyana 26.36 2020 down 2.4% falling
117 Costa Rica 26.33 2020 down 1.8% falling
118 Belarus 26.19 2020 down 7.0% falling
119 United States 25.98 2020 down 7.3% falling
120 Ukraine 25.95 2020 up 1.1% falling
121 Cameroon 25.82 2020 down 3.3% falling
122 Sudan 25.22 2020 up 3.7% falling
123 Gambia 25.15 2020 down 19.1% falling
124 Guadeloupe 24.99 2020 up 0.8% falling
125 Angola 24.77 2020 down 14.5% falling
126 Kenya 24.66 2020 down 20.9% falling
127 Libya 24.57 2020 down 0.7% falling
128 Antigua and Barbuda 24.54 2020 down 10.3% falling
129 Kyrgyzstan 24.49 2020 down 3.6% falling
130 Liechtenstein 24.48 2020 down 8.1% volatile
131 Cyprus 24.33 2020 down 7.7% falling
132 Iceland 24.14 2020 down 8.1% falling
133 Switzerland 23.98 2020 down 7.2% falling
134 El Salvador 23.93 2020 up 3.0% falling
135 Canada 23.76 2020 down 5.1% falling
136 New Zealand 23.72 2020 down 8.6% falling
137 Turkmenistan 23.51 2020 down 10.8% falling
138 Turks and Caicos Islands 23.37 2020 down 70.8% falling
139 Kazakhstan 23.32 2020 down 12.4% falling
140 Italy 23.25 2020 down 2.4% falling
141 Ghana 23.16 2020 down 9.2% falling
142 Armenia 23.01 2020 down 1.2% falling
143 Oman 22.91 2020 down 23.3% falling
144 Mexico 22.67 2020 down 0.5% falling
145 Ecuador 22.52 2020 down 6.5% falling
146 Morocco 21.9 2020 down 9.0% falling
147 Belgium 21.58 2020 down 5.4% falling
148 South Africa 21.38 2020 down 12.0% falling
149 Spain 21.36 2020 down 6.6% falling
150 American Samoa 21.33 2020 up 11.9% falling
151 Seychelles 21.32 2020 down 20.9% falling
152 Russia 21.18 2020 down 1.6% falling
153 Azerbaijan 21.07 2020 down 8.4% falling
154 Syria 20.96 2020 up 7.4% falling
155 Brazil 20.75 2020 down 4.4% falling
156 Algeria 20.22 2020 down 13.5% falling
157 San Marino 19.54 2020 down 3.6% falling
158 Nigeria 19.42 2020 down 4.8% falling
159 Brunei 19.23 2020 down 6.1% falling
160 Puerto Rico 19.12 2020 up 16.4% falling
161 Colombia 18.54 2020 down 11.3% falling
162 Chile 18.24 2020 down 6.2% falling
163 Montenegro 18.23 2020 down 6.8% falling
164 Cuba 17.88 2020 up 8.3% flat
165 Australia 17.8 2020 down 10.0% falling
166 Malaysia 17.72 2020 down 10.6% falling
167 Turkey 17.67 2020 down 10.1% falling
168 Bahamas 17.66 2020 down 7.2% falling
169 Haiti 17.45 2020 down 19.2% falling
170 Somalia 17.33 2020 down 5.4% falling
171 Tajikistan 17.22 2020 down 10.3% falling
172 Gabon 16.91 2020 down 17.7% falling
173 India 16.61 2020 down 14.8% falling
174 Sao Tome and Principe 16.56 2020 down 9.0% falling
175 China 16.36 2020 down 4.2% falling
176 Saudi Arabia 16.35 2020 down 6.5% falling
177 Netherlands 15.7 2020 down 3.5% falling
178 Afghanistan 15.59 2020 down 27.9% falling
179 Guam 15.47 2020 down 4.2% falling
180 Burundi 15.4 2020 down 43.6% falling
181 Sri Lanka 15.32 2020 down 13.0% falling
182 Iran 15.3 2020 down 8.6% falling
183 Philippines 15.19 2020 down 15.6% falling
184 Uzbekistan 14.58 2020 down 5.9% falling
185 Dominican Republic 14.48 2020 down 4.4% falling
186 Yemen 14.32 2020 down 22.7% falling
187 Indonesia 14.1 2020 down 4.9% falling
188 United Kingdom 13.96 2020 down 4.2% falling
189 Argentina 13.95 2020 down 5.7% falling
190 Uruguay 13.75 2020 down 3.9% falling
191 Comoros 13.67 2020 down 33.0% falling
192 Barbados 13.65 2020 down 5.3% rising
193 North Korea 13.43 2020 up 4.3% falling
194 Vietnam 13.13 2020 down 9.0% falling
195 Saint Barthelemy 12.79 2020 down 21.9% volatile
196 Trinidad and Tobago 12.55 2020 down 3.5% falling
197 Iraq 12.5 2020 down 19.4% falling
198 Pakistan 12.01 2020 down 25.8% falling
199 Reunion 11.71 2020 up 2.9% falling
200 Venezuela 11.5 2020 up 0.8% falling
201 Equatorial Guinea 10.53 2020 down 64.4% falling
202 Lebanon 10.38 2020 down 21.2% falling
203 Saint Martin (French Part) 10.28 2020 up 85.7% volatile
204 Djibouti 10.11 2020 up 5.6% volatile
205 South Korea 9.89 2020 down 1.6% falling
206 Western Sahara 9.88 2020 down 13.9% volatile
207 United Arab Emirates 9.75 2020 up 0.4% volatile
208 Jersey 9.24 2020 down 27.4% falling
209 Mauritius 9.12 2020 up 7.8% falling
210 Guernsey 9.11 2020 up 0.5% falling
211 Mayotte 9 2020 down 54.4% volatile
212 Japan 8.87 2020 up 0.4% falling
213 Congo 8.27 2020 down 34.5% falling
214 Rwanda 7.91 2020 down 46.0% falling
215 Cayman Islands 7.72 2020 down 32.9% volatile
216 Nauru 7.64 2020 down 34.8% volatile
217 Qatar 6.68 2020 down 5.9% volatile
218 Jordan 6.54 2020 down 29.4% volatile
219 Israel 6.44 2020 down 13.8% falling
220 Palestine 5.94 2020 down 24.4% falling
221 Taiwan 5.44 2020 up 5.3% falling
222 Curacao 5.42 2020 down 44.0% falling
223 Malta 4.89 2020 down 17.4% falling
224 Aruba 4.68 2020 down 18.9% falling
225 Kuwait 3.83 2020 down 8.5% falling
226 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 3.19 2020 down 38.4% volatile
227 Egypt 3.07 2020 down 13.8% volatile
228 Bahrain 2.14 2020 down 2.5% falling
229 Bangladesh 2.04 2020 down 30.6% volatile
230 Bermuda 1.6 2020 up 3.5% volatile
231 Hong Kong 0.4641 2020 down 3.4% volatile
232 Macao 0.1639 2020 up 89.7% volatile
233 Singapore 0.0751 2020 up 22.6% volatile

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Indicator
Share of population living in rural areas
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 3,540 data points, 1950–2020
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