Rural population, percent - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Rural population, percent of total population, 2025:

The average for 2025 based on 196 countries was 37.92 percent. The highest value was in Liechtenstein: 85.37 percent and the lowest value was in Bahrain: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2025. 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, 2025 Global rank Available data
Liechtenstein 85.37 1 1960 - 2025
Papua N.G. 84.22 2 1960 - 2025
Samoa 82.49 3 1960 - 2025
Malawi 82.41 4 1960 - 2025
Niger 81.63 5 1960 - 2025
Sri Lanka 79.55 6 1960 - 2025
Tonga 78.84 7 1960 - 2025
Vanuatu 77.68 8 1960 - 2025
Micronesia 77.52 9 1960 - 2025
Ethiopia 75.89 10 1960 - 2025
Ant.& Barb. 75.67 11 1960 - 2025
Burundi 74.31 12 1960 - 2025
Afghanistan 74.06 13 1960 - 2025
Tajikistan 73.84 14 1960 - 2025
Guyana 73.51 15 1960 - 2025
Swaziland 73.28 16 1960 - 2025
Chad 72.43 17 1960 - 2025
Burkina Faso 71.08 18 1960 - 2025
Saint Lucia 70.9 19 1960 - 2025
Burma 69.42 20 1960 - 2025
Rwanda 69.09 21 1960 - 2025
Solomon Isl. 68.69 22 1960 - 2025
Uganda 68.06 23 1960 - 2025
Kenya 67.79 24 1960 - 2025
Mali 67.79 25 1960 - 2025
Madagascar 67.1 26 1960 - 2025
Bangladesh 66.76 27 1960 - 2025
Comoros 66.06 28 1960 - 2025
Eritrea 65.46 29 1960 - 2025
Kyrgyzstan 65.25 30 1960 - 2025
Sudan 65.07 31 1960 - 2025
India 64.31 32 1960 - 2025
Grenada 63.33 33 1960 - 2025
Tanzania 63.12 34 1960 - 2025
Yemen 62.97 35 1960 - 2025
Mozambique 62.79 36 1960 - 2025
Guinea 61.48 37 1960 - 2025
Vietnam 61.17 38 1960 - 2025
Mauritius 60.96 39 1960 - 2025
Pakistan 60.47 40 1960 - 2025
Faroe Isl. 60.36 41 1960 - 2025
Laos 59.69 42 1960 - 2025
Zimbabwe 59.5 43 1960 - 2025
Cambodia 58.89 44 1960 - 2025
Belize 58.44 45 1960 - 2025
Maldives 57.49 46 1960 - 2025
Egypt 57.1 47 1960 - 2025
Bhutan 56.57 48 1960 - 2025
Moldova 56.27 49 1960 - 2025
Togo 55.61 50 1960 - 2025
C.A. Republic 55.45 51 1960 - 2025
Lesotho 55.33 52 1960 - 2025
DR Congo 54.89 53 1960 - 2025
Seychelles 54.52 54 1960 - 2025
Zambia 54.08 55 1960 - 2025
Sierra Leone 54.07 56 1960 - 2025
G.-Bissau 53.35 57 1960 - 2025
Turkmenistan 52.89 58 1960 - 2025
St. Vincent & ... 52.02 59 1960 - 2025
Namibia 49.13 60 1960 - 2025
Uzbekistan 48.98 61 1960 - 2025
Romania 47.83 62 1960 - 2025
Bosnia & Herz. 47.31 63 1960 - 2025
Slovakia 46.81 64 1960 - 2025
Benin 46.64 65 1960 - 2025
Tr.&Tobago 46.03 66 1960 - 2025
Ivory Coast 45.45 67 1960 - 2025
Somalia 44.86 68 1960 - 2025
Haiti 44.39 69 1960 - 2025
Cameroon 44.33 70 1960 - 2025
Philippines 44.23 71 1960 - 2025
Senegal 44.23 72 1960 - 2025
Slovenia 44.01 73 1960 - 2025
Liberia 43.92 74 1960 - 2025
Guatemala 43.7 75 1960 - 2025
Croatia 42.19 76 1960 - 2025
Azerbaijan 41.36 77 1960 - 2025
Albania 41.13 78 1960 - 2025
Ghana 41.08 79 1960 - 2025
Honduras 40.75 80 1960 - 2025
Indonesia 40.61 81 1960 - 2025
Jamaica 40.57 82 1960 - 2025
Nicaragua 40.56 83 1960 - 2025
Fiji 40.46 84 1960 - 2025
Barbados 40.3 85 1960 - 2025
Poland 39.91 86 1960 - 2025
Georgia 38.82 87 1960 - 2025
Mauritania 38.51 88 1960 - 2025
Portugal 38.5 89 1960 - 2025
Aruba 38.25 90 1960 - 2025
Kazakhstan 37.61 91 1960 - 2025
Serbia 37.36 92 1960 - 2025
Thailand 37.2 93 1960 - 2025
North Macedonia 37.11 94 1960 - 2025
Morocco 36.87 95 1960 - 2025
Ecuador 36.61 96 1960 - 2025
Kiribati 36.61 97 1960 - 2025
Nigeria 36.22 98 1960 - 2025
South Africa 36.18 99 1960 - 2025
R. of Congo 35.88 100 1960 - 2025
North Korea 35.81 101 1960 - 2025
Ireland 35.41 102 1960 - 2025
Gambia 35.01 103 1960 - 2025
Tuvalu 34.55 104 1960 - 2025
Montenegro 34.39 105 1960 - 2025
Suriname 34.21 106 1960 - 2025
Armenia 34.07 107 1960 - 2025
Panama 33.85 108 1960 - 2025
China 33.66 109 1960 - 2025
Cyprus 33.3 110 1960 - 2025
Nepal 33 111 1960 - 2025
Botswana 32.04 112 1960 - 2025
N. Caledonia 31.83 113 1960 - 2025
Latvia 31.37 114 1960 - 2025
Lithuania 30.92 115 1960 - 2025
S.T.&Principe 30.83 116 1960 - 2025
Ukraine 30.4 117 1960 - 2025
Italy 30.32 118 1960 - 2025
Austria 30.28 119 1960 - 2025
Iraq 30.06 120 1960 - 2025
Paraguay 29.61 121 1960 - 2025
Hungary 29.31 122 1960 - 2025
Tunisia 29.3 123 1960 - 2025
Estonia 29.28 124 1960 - 2025
Mongolia 28.85 125 1960 - 2025
Angola 28.54 126 1960 - 2025
Bolivia 28.44 127 1960 - 2025
Eq. Guinea 28.42 128 1960 - 2025
Syria 27.92 129 1960 - 2025
Domin. Rep. 27.48 130 1960 - 2025
Czechia 27.12 131 1960 - 2025
Djibouti 27.02 132 1960 - 2025
Dominica 26.01 133 1960 - 2025
Bulgaria 25.83 134 1960 - 2025
Finland 25.48 135 1960 - 2025
Brunei 24.99 136 1960 - 2025
Russia 24.75 137 1960 - 2025
El Salvador 24.48 138 1960 - 2025
Algeria 24.18 139 1960 - 2025
Iran 22.62 140 1960 - 2025
Malaysia 22.61 141 1960 - 2025
Cape Verde 22.37 142 1960 - 2025
Colombia 21.22 143 1960 - 2025
France 21.16 144 1960 - 2025
Greece 20.78 145 1960 - 2025
Palau 20.72 146 1960 - 2025
Oman 20.52 147 1960 - 2025
Belarus 20.51 148 1960 - 2025
Costa Rica 20.27 149 1960 - 2025
Mexico 19.96 150 1960 - 2025
USA 19.81 151 1960 - 2025
Spain 19.49 152 1960 - 2025
South Korea 18.83 153 1960 - 2025
Bahamas 18.67 154 1960 - 2025
Germany 17.86 155 1960 - 2025
Canada 17.12 156 1960 - 2025
UK 16.68 157 1960 - 2025
Norway 16.43 158 1960 - 2025
New Zealand 16 159 1960 - 2025
Saudi Arabia 15.39 160 1960 - 2025
Peru 14.4 161 1960 - 2025
Switzerland 14.27 162 1960 - 2025
UA Emirates 14.04 163 1960 - 2025
Palestine 12.62 164 1960 - 2025
Belgium 12.33 165 1960 - 2025
Australia 12.28 166 1960 - 2025
Libya 12.09 167 1960 - 2025
Brazil 11.82 168 1960 - 2025
Denmark 11.15 169 1960 - 2025
Andorra 11.05 170 1960 - 2025
Sweden 10.92 171 1960 - 2025
Chile 10.82 172 1960 - 2025
Venezuela 10.68 173 1960 - 2025
Turkey 10.51 174 1960 - 2025
Lebanon 9.04 175 1960 - 2025
Israel 8.42 176 1960 - 2025
Gabon 7.91 177 1960 - 2025
Japan 7.7 178 1960 - 2025
Argentina 7.65 179 1960 - 2025
Jordan 6.79 180 1960 - 2025
Iceland 5.78 181 1960 - 2025
Puerto Rico 5.66 182 1960 - 2025
Luxembourg 5.12 183 1960 - 2025
Uruguay 4.35 184 1960 - 2025
Malta 4.32 185 1960 - 2025
Netherlands 4.06 186 1960 - 2025
San Marino 2.81 187 1960 - 2025
Qatar 0.64 188 1960 - 2025
Bahrain 0 189 1960 - 2025
Bermuda 0 190 1960 - 2025
Gibraltar 0 191 1960 - 2025
Hong Kong 0 192 1960 - 2025
Kuwait 0 193 1960 - 2025
Macao 0 194 1960 - 2025
Monaco 0 195 1960 - 2025
Singapore 0 196 1960 - 2025


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1. Liechtenstein
2. Papua N.G.
3. Samoa
4. Malawi
5. Niger
6. Sri Lanka
7. Tonga
8. Vanuatu
9. Micronesia
10. Ethiopia
11. Ant.& Barb.
12. Burundi
13. Afghanistan
14. Tajikistan
15. Guyana
16. Swaziland
17. Chad
18. Burkina Faso
19. Saint Lucia
20. Burma
21. Rwanda
22. Solomon Isl.
23. Uganda
24. Kenya
25. Mali
26. Madagascar
27. Bangladesh
28. Comoros
29. Eritrea
30. Kyrgyzstan
31. Sudan
32. India
33. Grenada
34. Tanzania
35. Yemen
36. Mozambique
37. Guinea
38. Vietnam
39. Mauritius
40. Pakistan
41. Faroe Isl.
42. Laos
43. Zimbabwe
44. Cambodia
45. Belize
46. Maldives
47. Egypt
48. Bhutan
49. Moldova
50. Togo
51. C.A. Republic
52. Lesotho
53. DR Congo
54. Seychelles
55. Zambia
56. Sierra Leone
57. G.-Bissau
58. Turkmenistan
59. St. Vincent & ...
60. Namibia
61. Uzbekistan
62. Romania
63. Bosnia & Herz.
64. Slovakia
65. Benin
66. Tr.&Tobago
67. Ivory Coast
68. Somalia
69. Haiti
70. Cameroon
71. Philippines
72. Senegal
73. Slovenia
74. Liberia
75. Guatemala
76. Croatia
77. Azerbaijan
78. Albania
79. Ghana
80. Honduras
81. Indonesia
82. Jamaica
83. Nicaragua
84. Fiji
85. Barbados
86. Poland
87. Georgia
88. Mauritania
89. Portugal
90. Aruba
91. Kazakhstan
92. Serbia
93. Thailand
94. North Macedonia
95. Morocco
96. Ecuador
97. Kiribati
98. Nigeria
99. South Africa
100. R. of Congo
101. North Korea
102. Ireland
103. Gambia
104. Tuvalu
105. Montenegro
106. Suriname
107. Armenia
108. Panama
109. China
110. Cyprus
111. Nepal
112. Botswana
113. N. Caledonia
114. Latvia
115. Lithuania
116. S.T.&Principe
117. Ukraine
118. Italy
119. Austria
120. Iraq
121. Paraguay
122. Hungary
123. Tunisia
124. Estonia
125. Mongolia
126. Angola
127. Bolivia
128. Eq. Guinea
129. Syria
130. Domin. Rep.
131. Czechia
132. Djibouti
133. Dominica
134. Bulgaria
135. Finland
136. Brunei
137. Russia
138. El Salvador
139. Algeria
140. Iran
141. Malaysia
142. Cape Verde
143. Colombia
144. France
145. Greece
146. Palau
147. Oman
148. Belarus
149. Costa Rica
150. Mexico
151. USA
152. Spain
153. South Korea
154. Bahamas
155. Germany
156. Canada
157. UK
158. Norway
159. New Zealand
160. Saudi Arabia
161. Peru
162. Switzerland
163. UA Emirates
164. Palestine
165. Belgium
166. Australia
167. Libya
168. Brazil
169. Denmark
170. Andorra
171. Sweden
172. Chile
173. Venezuela
174. Turkey
175. Lebanon
176. Israel
177. Gabon
178. Japan
179. Argentina
180. Jordan
181. Iceland
182. Puerto Rico
183. Luxembourg
184. Uruguay
185. Malta
186. Netherlands
187. San Marino
188. Qatar
189. Bahrain
190. Bermuda
191. Gibraltar
192. Hong Kong
193. Kuwait
194. Macao
195. Monaco
196. Singapore
85.37
84.22
82.49
82.41
81.63
79.55
78.84
77.68
77.52
75.89
75.67
74.31
74.06
73.84
73.51
73.28
72.43
71.08
70.90
69.42
69.09
68.69
68.06
67.79
67.79
67.10
66.76
66.06
65.46
65.25
65.07
64.31
63.33
63.12
62.97
62.79
61.48
61.17
60.96
60.47
60.36
59.69
59.50
58.89
58.44
57.49
57.10
56.57
56.27
55.61
55.45
55.33
54.89
54.52
54.08
54.07
53.35
52.89
52.02
49.13
48.98
47.83
47.31
46.81
46.64
46.03
45.45
44.86
44.39
44.33
44.23
44.23
44.01
43.92
43.70
42.19
41.36
41.13
41.08
40.75
40.61
40.57
40.56
40.46
40.30
39.91
38.82
38.51
38.50
38.25
37.61
37.36
37.20
37.11
36.87
36.61
36.61
36.22
36.18
35.88
35.81
35.41
35.01
34.55
34.39
34.21
34.07
33.85
33.66
33.30
33.00
32.04
31.83
31.37
30.92
30.83
30.40
30.32
30.28
30.06
29.61
29.31
29.30
29.28
28.85
28.54
28.44
28.42
27.92
27.48
27.12
27.02
26.01
25.83
25.48
24.99
24.75
24.48
24.18
22.62
22.61
22.37
21.22
21.16
20.78
20.72
20.52
20.51
20.27
19.96
19.81
19.49
18.83
18.67
17.86
17.12
16.68
16.43
16.00
15.39
14.40
14.27
14.04
12.62
12.33
12.28
12.09
11.82
11.15
11.05
10.92
10.82
10.68
10.51
9.04
8.42
7.91
7.70
7.65
6.79
5.78
5.66
5.12
4.35
4.32
4.06
2.81
0.64
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0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
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42.7
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85.37


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