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