Rural population, percent - Country rankings

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Rural population, percent of total population, 2021 - Country rankings:

The average for 2021 based on 195 countries was 39.21 percent.The highest value was in Papua New Guinea: 86.54 percent and the lowest value was in Bermuda: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Rural population, percent, 2021 Global rank Available data
Papua N.G. 86.54 1 1960 - 2021
Burundi 85.94 2 1960 - 2021
Liechtenstein 85.53 3 1960 - 2021
Niger 83.25 4 1960 - 2021
Rwanda 82.43 5 1960 - 2021
Malawi 82.31 6 1960 - 2021
Samoa 82.26 7 1960 - 2021
Sri Lanka 81.14 8 1960 - 2021
Saint Lucia 81.06 9 1960 - 2021
Nepal 78.99 10 1960 - 2021
Ethiopia 77.83 11 1960 - 2021
Micronesia 76.93 12 1960 - 2021
Tonga 76.9 13 1960 - 2021
Chad 76.22 14 1960 - 2021
Swaziland 75.63 15 1960 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 75.62 16 1960 - 2021
Cambodia 75.33 17 1960 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 74.87 18 1960 - 2021
Uganda 74.45 19 1960 - 2021
Vanuatu 74.33 20 1960 - 2021
Afghanistan 73.69 21 1960 - 2021
Guyana 73.1 22 1960 - 2021
Tajikistan 72.27 23 1960 - 2021
Kenya 71.51 24 1960 - 2021
Lesotho 70.52 25 1960 - 2021
Comoros 70.39 26 1960 - 2021
Burkina Faso 68.76 27 1960 - 2021
Barbados 68.75 28 1960 - 2021
Burma 68.55 29 1960 - 2021
Zimbabwe 67.7 30 1960 - 2021
India 64.61 31 1960 - 2021
Sudan 64.41 32 1960 - 2021
Tanzania 64.05 33 1960 - 2021
Grenada 63.31 34 1960 - 2021
Laos 63.06 35 1960 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 62.85 36 1960 - 2021
Guinea 62.74 37 1960 - 2021
Pakistan 62.56 38 1960 - 2021
Mozambique 62.37 39 1960 - 2021
Vietnam 61.95 40 1960 - 2021
Yemen 61.45 41 1960 - 2021
Bangladesh 61.05 42 1960 - 2021
Madagascar 60.79 43 1960 - 2021
Mauritius 59.22 44 1960 - 2021
Maldives 58.9 45 1960 - 2021
Faroe Isl. 57.42 46 1960 - 2021
C.A. Republic 57.35 47 1960 - 2021
Egypt 57.14 48 1960 - 2021
Moldova 57 49 1960 - 2021
Bhutan 56.99 50 1960 - 2021
Togo 56.64 51 1960 - 2021
Sierra Leone 56.63 52 1960 - 2021
Aruba 56.13 53 1960 - 2021
G.-Bissau 55.38 54 1960 - 2021
Mali 55.32 55 1960 - 2021
Zambia 54.81 56 1960 - 2021
Belize 53.8 57 1960 - 2021
DR Congo 53.76 58 1960 - 2021
Somalia 53.27 59 1960 - 2021
Philippines 52.32 60 1960 - 2021
Senegal 51.4 61 1960 - 2021
Benin 51.03 62 1960 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 50.58 63 1960 - 2021
Uzbekistan 49.57 64 1960 - 2021
Thailand 47.84 65 1960 - 2021
Ivory Coast 47.82 66 1960 - 2021
Guatemala 47.76 67 1960 - 2021
Liberia 47.43 68 1960 - 2021
Nigeria 47.25 69 1960 - 2021
Turkmenistan 47 70 1960 - 2021
Namibia 46.99 71 1960 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 46.74 72 1960 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 46.55 73 1960 - 2021
Slovakia 46.18 74 1960 - 2021
Romania 45.67 75 1960 - 2021
Slovenia 44.57 76 1960 - 2021
Syria 43.88 77 1960 - 2021
Mauritania 43.87 78 1960 - 2021
Kiribati 43.67 79 1960 - 2021
Jamaica 43.35 80 1960 - 2021
Serbia 43.35 81 1960 - 2021
Azerbaijan 43.22 82 1960 - 2021
Indonesia 42.71 83 1960 - 2021
Fiji 42.26 84 1960 - 2021
Kazakhstan 42.18 85 1960 - 2021
Croatia 42.12 86 1960 - 2021
Haiti 42.04 87 1960 - 2021
Seychelles 42.03 88 1960 - 2021
Ghana 42.01 89 1960 - 2021
Cameroon 41.85 90 1960 - 2021
North Macedonia 41.21 91 1960 - 2021
Honduras 41.02 92 1960 - 2021
Austria 41.01 93 1960 - 2021
Nicaragua 40.72 94 1960 - 2021
Georgia 40.13 95 1960 - 2021
Poland 39.92 96 1960 - 2021
Paraguay 37.5 97 1960 - 2021
China 37.49 98 1960 - 2021
North Korea 37.36 99 1960 - 2021
Albania 37.03 100 1960 - 2021
Gambia 36.78 101 1960 - 2021
Armenia 36.57 102 1960 - 2021
Ireland 36.09 103 1960 - 2021
Morocco 35.94 104 1960 - 2021
Ecuador 35.64 105 1960 - 2021
Tuvalu 35.22 106 1960 - 2021
Suriname 33.78 107 1960 - 2021
Portugal 33.15 108 1960 - 2021
Cyprus 33.14 109 1960 - 2021
Cape Verde 32.9 110 1960 - 2021
Angola 32.54 111 1960 - 2021
Montenegro 32.17 112 1960 - 2021
South Africa 32.15 113 1960 - 2021
Lithuania 31.75 114 1960 - 2021
R. of Congo 31.72 115 1960 - 2021
Latvia 31.58 116 1960 - 2021
Panama 31.23 117 1960 - 2021
Mongolia 31.22 118 1960 - 2021
Estonia 30.58 119 1960 - 2021
Ukraine 30.24 120 1960 - 2021
Tunisia 30.11 121 1960 - 2021
Bolivia 29.52 122 1960 - 2021
Iraq 28.88 123 1960 - 2021
Italy 28.65 124 1960 - 2021
Dominica 28.6 125 1960 - 2021
Botswana 28.44 126 1960 - 2021
N. Caledonia 28.08 127 1960 - 2021
Hungary 27.75 128 1960 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 26.44 129 1960 - 2021
Switzerland 26 130 1960 - 2021
El Salvador 25.88 131 1960 - 2021
Czechia 25.79 132 1960 - 2021
Algeria 25.74 133 1960 - 2021
Russia 25.07 134 1960 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 24.93 135 1960 - 2021
Bulgaria 23.98 136 1960 - 2021
Iran 23.66 137 1960 - 2021
Turkey 23.43 138 1960 - 2021
Palestine 23 139 1960 - 2021
Germany 22.46 140 1960 - 2021
Malaysia 22.3 141 1960 - 2021
Djibouti 21.78 142 1960 - 2021
Peru 21.5 143 1960 - 2021
Brunei 21.45 144 1960 - 2021
Belarus 20.09 145 1960 - 2021
Greece 19.96 146 1960 - 2021
Libya 19.01 147 1960 - 2021
Mexico 18.98 148 1960 - 2021
Spain 18.94 149 1960 - 2021
France 18.76 150 1960 - 2021
South Korea 18.59 151 1960 - 2021
Costa Rica 18.58 152 1960 - 2021
Palau 18.52 153 1960 - 2021
Canada 18.35 154 1960 - 2021
Colombia 18.26 155 1960 - 2021
USA 17.13 156 1960 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 16.79 157 1960 - 2021
Norway 16.68 158 1960 - 2021
Bahamas 16.64 159 1960 - 2021
UK 15.85 160 1960 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 15.49 161 1960 - 2021
Finland 14.4 162 1960 - 2021
Australia 13.64 163 1960 - 2021
New Zealand 13.21 164 1960 - 2021
Oman 12.96 165 1960 - 2021
UA Emirates 12.7 166 1960 - 2021
Brazil 12.68 167 1960 - 2021
Chile 12.18 168 1960 - 2021
Andorra 12.14 169 1960 - 2021
Denmark 11.76 170 1960 - 2021
Sweden 11.76 171 1960 - 2021
Venezuela 11.68 172 1960 - 2021
Lebanon 10.91 173 1960 - 2021
Bahrain 10.38 174 1960 - 2021
Gabon 9.58 175 1960 - 2021
Jordan 8.37 176 1960 - 2021
Luxembourg 8.33 177 1960 - 2021
Japan 8.13 178 1960 - 2021
Argentina 7.77 179 1960 - 2021
Netherlands 7.43 180 1960 - 2021
Israel 7.33 181 1960 - 2021
Puerto Rico 6.41 182 1960 - 2021
Iceland 6.06 183 1960 - 2021
Malta 5.19 184 1960 - 2021
Uruguay 4.4 185 1960 - 2021
San Marino 2.38 186 1960 - 2021
Belgium 1.88 187 1960 - 2021
Qatar 0.72 188 1960 - 2021
Bermuda 0 189 1960 - 2021
Gibraltar 0 190 1960 - 2021
Hong Kong 0 191 1960 - 2021
Kuwait 0 192 1960 - 2021
Macao 0 193 1960 - 2021
Monaco 0 194 1960 - 2021
Singapore 0 195 1960 - 2021

Economic outlook around the world

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.
1. Papua N.G.
2. Burundi
3. Liechtenstein
4. Niger
5. Rwanda
6. Malawi
7. Samoa
8. Sri Lanka
9. Saint Lucia
10. Nepal
11. Ethiopia
12. Micronesia
13. Tonga
14. Chad
15. Swaziland
16. Ant.& Barb.
17. Cambodia
18. Solomon Isl.
19. Uganda
20. Vanuatu
21. Afghanistan
22. Guyana
23. Tajikistan
24. Kenya
25. Lesotho
26. Comoros
27. Burkina Faso
28. Barbados
29. Burma
30. Zimbabwe
31. India
32. Sudan
33. Tanzania
34. Grenada
35. Laos
36. Kyrgyzstan
37. Guinea
38. Pakistan
39. Mozambique
40. Vietnam
41. Yemen
42. Bangladesh
43. Madagascar
44. Mauritius
45. Maldives
46. Faroe Isl.
47. C.A. Republic
48. Egypt
49. Moldova
50. Bhutan
51. Togo
52. Sierra Leone
53. Aruba
54. G.-Bissau
55. Mali
56. Zambia
57. Belize
58. DR Congo
59. Somalia
60. Philippines
61. Senegal
62. Benin
63. Bosnia & Herz.
64. Uzbekistan
65. Thailand
66. Ivory Coast
67. Guatemala
68. Liberia
69. Nigeria
70. Turkmenistan
71. Namibia
72. Tr.&Tobago
73. St. Vincent & ...
74. Slovakia
75. Romania
76. Slovenia
77. Syria
78. Mauritania
79. Kiribati
80. Jamaica
81. Serbia
82. Azerbaijan
83. Indonesia
84. Fiji
85. Kazakhstan
86. Croatia
87. Haiti
88. Seychelles
89. Ghana
90. Cameroon
91. North Macedonia
92. Honduras
93. Austria
94. Nicaragua
95. Georgia
96. Poland
97. Paraguay
98. China
99. North Korea
100. Albania
101. Gambia
102. Armenia
103. Ireland
104. Morocco
105. Ecuador
106. Tuvalu
107. Suriname
108. Portugal
109. Cyprus
110. Cape Verde
111. Angola
112. Montenegro
113. South Africa
114. Lithuania
115. R. of Congo
116. Latvia
117. Panama
118. Mongolia
119. Estonia
120. Ukraine
121. Tunisia
122. Bolivia
123. Iraq
124. Italy
125. Dominica
126. Botswana
127. N. Caledonia
128. Hungary
129. Eq. Guinea
130. Switzerland
131. El Salvador
132. Czechia
133. Algeria
134. Russia
135. S.T.&Principe
136. Bulgaria
137. Iran
138. Turkey
139. Palestine
140. Germany
141. Malaysia
142. Djibouti
143. Peru
144. Brunei
145. Belarus
146. Greece
147. Libya
148. Mexico
149. Spain
150. France
151. South Korea
152. Costa Rica
153. Palau
154. Canada
155. Colombia
156. USA
157. Domin. Rep.
158. Norway
159. Bahamas
160. UK
161. Saudi Arabia
162. Finland
163. Australia
164. New Zealand
165. Oman
166. UA Emirates
167. Brazil
168. Chile
169. Andorra
170. Denmark
171. Sweden
172. Venezuela
173. Lebanon
174. Bahrain
175. Gabon
176. Jordan
177. Luxembourg
178. Japan
179. Argentina
180. Netherlands
181. Israel
182. Puerto Rico
183. Iceland
184. Malta
185. Uruguay
186. San Marino
187. Belgium
188. Qatar
189. Bermuda
190. Gibraltar
191. Hong Kong
192. Kuwait
193. Macao
194. Monaco
195. Singapore
86.54
85.94
85.53
83.25
82.43
82.31
82.26
81.14
81.06
78.99
77.83
76.93
76.90
76.22
75.63
75.62
75.33
74.87
74.45
74.33
73.69
73.10
72.27
71.51
70.52
70.39
68.76
68.75
68.55
67.70
64.61
64.41
64.05
63.31
63.06
62.85
62.74
62.56
62.37
61.95
61.45
61.05
60.79
59.22
58.90
57.42
57.35
57.14
57.00
56.99
56.64
56.63
56.13
55.38
55.32
54.81
53.80
53.76
53.27
52.32
51.40
51.03
50.58
49.57
47.84
47.82
47.76
47.43
47.25
47.00
46.99
46.74
46.55
46.18
45.67
44.57
43.88
43.87
43.67
43.35
43.35
43.22
42.71
42.26
42.18
42.12
42.04
42.03
42.01
41.85
41.21
41.02
41.01
40.72
40.13
39.92
37.50
37.49
37.36
37.03
36.78
36.57
36.09
35.94
35.64
35.22
33.78
33.15
33.14
32.90
32.54
32.17
32.15
31.75
31.72
31.58
31.23
31.22
30.58
30.24
30.11
29.52
28.88
28.65
28.60
28.44
28.08
27.75
26.44
26.00
25.88
25.79
25.74
25.07
24.93
23.98
23.66
23.43
23.00
22.46
22.30
21.78
21.50
21.45
20.09
19.96
19.01
18.98
18.94
18.76
18.59
18.58
18.52
18.35
18.26
17.13
16.79
16.68
16.64
15.85
15.49
14.40
13.64
13.21
12.96
12.70
12.68
12.18
12.14
11.76
11.76
11.68
10.91
10.38
9.58
8.37
8.33
8.13
7.77
7.43
7.33
6.41
6.06
5.19
4.40
2.38
1.88
0.72
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
21.6
43.3
64.9
86.54
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