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Share of the population living in urban areas vs gdp per capita by country

Countries reporting
230
Highest
100
Gibraltar
Lowest
0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
74.48
Years covered
71
1950–2020
Data points
3,540

What the numbers show

Share of the population living in urban areas vs gdp per capita is currently reported for 230 countries. The highest value is 100 in Gibraltar; the lowest is 0 in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 74.48, and the mean is 71.72.

Over the past decade 166 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 282.8%), and the largest decrease in Cook Islands (down 100.0%).

Share of the population living in urban areas vs gdp per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gibraltar 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Monaco 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Vatican 100 2020 unchanged flat
4 Singapore 99.92 2020 down 0.0% flat
5 Macao 99.84 2020 down 0.1% flat
6 Hong Kong 99.54 2020 up 0.0% flat
7 Bermuda 98.4 2020 down 0.1% rising
8 Bangladesh 97.96 2020 up 0.9% rising
9 Bahrain 97.86 2020 up 0.1% rising
10 Egypt 96.93 2020 up 0.5% rising
11 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 96.81 2020 up 2.1% volatile
12 Kuwait 96.17 2020 up 0.4% rising
13 Aruba 95.32 2020 up 1.2% rising
14 Malta 95.11 2020 up 1.1% rising
15 Curacao 94.58 2020 up 4.7% rising
16 Taiwan 94.56 2020 down 0.3% rising
17 Palestine 94.06 2020 up 2.1% rising
18 Israel 93.56 2020 up 1.1% rising
19 Jordan 93.46 2020 up 3.0% rising
20 Qatar 93.32 2020 up 0.5% rising
21 Nauru 92.36 2020 up 4.6% volatile
22 Cayman Islands 92.28 2020 up 4.3% volatile
23 Rwanda 92.09 2020 up 7.9% rising
24 Congo 91.73 2020 up 5.0% rising
25 Japan 91.13 2020 down 0.0% rising
26 Mayotte 91 2020 up 13.4% rising
27 Guernsey 90.89 2020 down 0.0% flat
28 Mauritius 90.88 2020 down 0.7% rising
29 Jersey 90.76 2020 up 4.0% rising
30 United Arab Emirates 90.25 2020 down 0.0% rising
31 Western Sahara 90.12 2020 up 1.8% rising
32 South Korea 90.11 2020 up 0.2% rising
33 Djibouti 89.89 2020 down 0.6% rising
34 Saint Martin (French Part) 89.72 2020 down 5.0% volatile
35 Lebanon 89.62 2020 up 3.2% rising
36 Equatorial Guinea 89.47 2020 up 27.1% rising
37 Venezuela 88.5 2020 down 0.1% rising
38 Reunion 88.29 2020 down 0.4% rising
39 Pakistan 87.99 2020 up 5.0% rising
40 Iraq 87.5 2020 up 3.6% rising
41 Trinidad and Tobago 87.45 2020 up 0.5% rising
42 Saint Barthelemy 87.21 2020 up 4.3% volatile
43 Vietnam 86.87 2020 up 1.5% rising
44 North Korea 86.57 2020 down 0.6% flat
45 Barbados 86.35 2020 up 0.9% flat
46 Comoros 86.33 2020 up 8.4% rising
47 Uruguay 86.25 2020 up 0.6% rising
48 Argentina 86.05 2020 up 1.0% rising
49 United Kingdom 86.04 2020 up 0.7% flat
50 Indonesia 85.9 2020 up 0.9% rising
51 Yemen 85.68 2020 up 5.2% rising
52 Dominican Republic 85.52 2020 up 0.8% rising
53 Uzbekistan 85.42 2020 up 1.1% rising
54 Philippines 84.81 2020 up 3.4% rising
55 Iran 84.7 2020 up 1.7% rising
56 Sri Lanka 84.68 2020 up 2.8% rising
57 Burundi 84.6 2020 up 16.4% rising
58 Guam 84.53 2020 up 0.8% rising
59 Afghanistan 84.41 2020 up 7.7% rising
60 Netherlands 84.3 2020 up 0.7% rising
61 Saudi Arabia 83.65 2020 up 1.4% rising
62 China 83.64 2020 up 0.9% rising
63 Sao Tome and Principe 83.44 2020 up 2.0% rising
64 India 83.39 2020 up 3.6% rising
65 Gabon 83.09 2020 up 4.6% rising
66 Tajikistan 82.78 2020 up 2.4% rising
67 Somalia 82.67 2020 up 1.2% rising
68 Haiti 82.55 2020 up 5.3% rising
69 Bahamas 82.34 2020 up 1.7% rising
70 Turkey 82.33 2020 up 2.5% rising
71 Malaysia 82.28 2020 up 2.6% rising
72 Australia 82.2 2020 up 2.5% rising
73 Cuba 82.12 2020 down 1.6% flat
74 Montenegro 81.77 2020 up 1.6% rising
75 Chile 81.76 2020 up 1.5% rising
76 Colombia 81.46 2020 up 3.0% rising
77 Puerto Rico 80.88 2020 down 3.2% rising
78 Brunei 80.77 2020 up 1.6% rising
79 Nigeria 80.58 2020 up 1.2% rising
80 San Marino 80.46 2020 up 0.9% rising
81 Algeria 79.78 2020 up 4.1% rising
82 Brazil 79.25 2020 up 1.2% rising
83 Syria 79.04 2020 down 1.8% rising
84 Azerbaijan 78.93 2020 up 2.5% rising
85 Russia 78.82 2020 up 0.4% rising
86 Seychelles 78.69 2020 up 7.7% rising
87 American Samoa 78.67 2020 down 2.8% rising
88 Spain 78.64 2020 up 1.9% rising
89 South Africa 78.62 2020 up 3.8% rising
90 Belgium 78.42 2020 up 1.6% rising
91 Morocco 78.1 2020 up 2.9% rising
92 Ecuador 77.48 2020 up 2.1% rising
93 Mexico 77.33 2020 up 0.2% rising
94 Oman 77.09 2020 up 9.9% rising
95 Armenia 76.99 2020 up 0.4% rising
96 Ghana 76.84 2020 up 3.2% rising
97 Italy 76.75 2020 up 0.8% rising
98 Kazakhstan 76.68 2020 up 4.5% rising
99 Turks and Caicos Islands 76.63 2020 up 282.8% volatile
100 Turkmenistan 76.49 2020 up 3.8% rising
101 New Zealand 76.28 2020 up 3.0% rising
102 Canada 76.24 2020 up 1.7% rising
103 El Salvador 76.07 2020 down 0.9% rising
104 Switzerland 76.02 2020 up 2.5% rising
105 Iceland 75.86 2020 up 2.9% rising
106 Cyprus 75.67 2020 up 2.8% rising
107 Liechtenstein 75.52 2020 up 2.9% rising
108 Kyrgyzstan 75.51 2020 up 1.2% rising
109 Antigua and Barbuda 75.46 2020 up 3.9% rising
110 Libya 75.43 2020 up 0.2% rising
111 Kenya 75.34 2020 up 9.5% rising
112 Angola 75.23 2020 up 5.9% rising
113 Guadeloupe 75.01 2020 down 0.2% rising
114 Gambia 74.85 2020 up 8.6% rising
115 Sudan 74.78 2020 down 1.2% rising
116 Cameroon 74.18 2020 up 1.2% rising
117 Ukraine 74.05 2020 down 0.4% rising
118 United States 74.02 2020 up 2.8% rising
119 Belarus 73.81 2020 up 2.8% rising
120 Costa Rica 73.67 2020 up 0.7% rising
121 Guyana 73.64 2020 up 0.9% rising
122 United States Virgin Islands 73.63 2020 down 5.6% rising
123 Andorra 73.39 2020 down 6.5% rising
124 Germany 73.02 2020 up 1.2% flat
125 Peru 73.01 2020 up 3.4% rising
126 Guatemala 72.91 2020 down 0.1% rising
127 Democratic Republic of Congo 72.89 2020 up 5.7% rising
128 Saint Lucia 72.75 2020 up 3.2% rising
129 Nepal 72.6 2020 up 3.0% rising
130 Benin 72.56 2020 up 1.8% rising
131 Grenada 72.47 2020 up 4.5% rising
132 Tuvalu 72.41 2020 up 34.7% volatile
133 Jamaica 72.36 2020 down 3.5% rising
134 Cape Verde 71.58 2020 down 3.9% rising
135 Martinique 71.43 2020 down 5.6% rising
136 Togo 71.25 2020 down 1.3% rising
137 Tunisia 71.25 2020 up 3.9% rising
138 Bolivia 71.23 2020 up 5.0% rising
139 Suriname 70.76 2020 up 4.9% rising
140 North Macedonia 70.55 2020 down 0.9% rising
141 Portugal 70.51 2020 up 0.7% rising
142 Mongolia 70.5 2020 up 8.9% rising
143 French Guiana 70.06 2020 up 6.9% rising
144 Senegal 69.86 2020 up 1.0% rising
145 Uganda 69.58 2020 up 25.2% rising
146 Myanmar 69.36 2020 up 0.9% rising
147 Botswana 69.2 2020 down 0.1% rising
148 Sweden 68.83 2020 up 3.3% rising
149 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 68.82 2020 down 8.3% flat
150 Luxembourg 68.72 2020 up 11.6% rising
151 Panama 68.32 2020 up 3.6% rising
152 Cambodia 68.06 2020 up 3.5% rising
153 Albania 67.9 2020 up 9.7% rising
154 Northern Mariana Islands 67.75 2020 down 1.3% volatile
155 Isle of Man 67.55 2020 up 9.4% rising
156 Cote d'Ivoire 67.28 2020 up 6.0% rising
157 Greece 67.18 2020 down 0.3% rising
158 Kiribati 66.55 2020 up 29.3% rising
159 New Caledonia 65.62 2020 up 13.0% rising
160 South Sudan 65.17 2020 up 23.2% rising
161 Estonia 65.02 2020 up 2.7% falling
162 Serbia 64.83 2020 up 0.9% rising
163 Denmark 64.79 2020 up 2.6% rising
164 Norway 64.47 2020 up 3.2% rising
165 Nicaragua 64.4 2020 down 2.0% rising
166 Malawi 64.39 2020 up 22.5% volatile
167 Ethiopia 64.37 2020 up 14.3% rising
168 Georgia 64.31 2020 down 0.5% rising
169 Eritrea 63.63 2020 up 1.5% rising
170 British Virgin Islands 62.94 2020 up 0.5% volatile
171 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 62.59 2020 down 0.1% volatile
172 Hungary 62.55 2020 down 0.3% flat
173 France 62.11 2020 down 0.1% flat
174 French Polynesia 61.57 2020 up 5.3% rising
175 Finland 60.87 2020 up 3.3% rising
176 Thailand 60.65 2020 up 6.0% rising
177 Tonga 60.58 2020 up 4.1% rising
178 Bulgaria 60.11 2020 down 0.1% rising
179 Czechia 60.07 2020 up 1.3% flat
180 Poland 60.04 2020 up 0.5% rising
181 Marshall Islands 59.38 2020 up 5.4% volatile
182 Paraguay 59.38 2020 down 4.7% rising
183 Mauritania 59.12 2020 up 6.8% rising
184 Honduras 59.06 2020 up 9.2% rising
185 Liberia 59.04 2020 up 8.5% rising
186 Austria 58.72 2020 up 4.8% rising
187 Lithuania 57.93 2020 down 0.5% rising
188 Samoa 57.76 2020 up 3.7% rising
189 Sierra Leone 57.68 2020 up 10.0% rising
190 Latvia 57.14 2020 down 2.0% rising
191 Maldives 56.46 2020 up 18.2% rising
192 Belize 56.1 2020 down 5.9% rising
193 Central African Republic 56.07 2020 up 3.4% rising
194 Fiji 55.56 2020 up 1.8% rising
195 Guinea-Bissau 54.94 2020 up 5.2% rising
196 Ireland 54.81 2020 up 1.5% flat
197 Romania 54.71 2020 down 0.2% rising
198 Croatia 54.39 2020 down 1.4% rising
199 Guinea 53.58 2020 up 7.3% rising
200 Slovakia 53.52 2020 down 0.8% rising
201 Tanzania 53.5 2020 up 12.8% rising
202 Moldova 53.36 2020 down 7.4% rising
203 Zambia 53.21 2020 up 3.1% rising
204 Chad 51.47 2020 down 2.9% rising
205 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.19 2020 down 1.5% rising
206 Slovenia 50.31 2020 up 1.7% rising
207 Mozambique 50 2020 down 0.3% rising
208 Niger 49.4 2020 down 4.0% rising
209 Burkina Faso 49.39 2020 up 0.9% rising
210 East Timor 49.37 2020 up 26.6% rising
211 Mali 47.07 2020 up 10.3% rising
212 Papua New Guinea 46.28 2020 up 24.8% rising
213 Dominica 42.9 2020 up 25.8% falling
214 Madagascar 42.88 2020 up 19.1% rising
215 Greenland 42.54 2020 up 14.2% volatile
216 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.24 2020 down 9.1% falling
217 Namibia 41.76 2020 up 11.8% rising
218 Palau 39.29 2020 down 33.2% rising
219 Faroe Islands 37.82 2020 down 0.3% rising
220 Lesotho 37.74 2020 up 3.1% rising
221 Zimbabwe 33.62 2020 down 9.0% rising
222 Laos 30.63 2020 up 12.5% rising
223 Bhutan 30.49 2020 down 6.5% rising
224 Vanuatu 29.95 2020 up 9.2% volatile
225 Micronesia (country) 29.38 2020 down 15.0% rising
226 Eswatini 23.51 2020 down 17.9% rising
227 Solomon Islands 21.88 2020 up 29.1% rising
228 Cook Islands 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile
228 Montserrat 0 2020 — volatile
228 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2020 — volatile

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Indicator
Share of the population living in urban areas vs gdp per capita
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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