Rural population, percent - Country rankings
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Rural population, percent of total population, 2025:
The average for 2025 based on 53 countries was 50.77 percent. The highest value was in Malawi: 82.41 percent and the lowest value was in Gabon: 7.91 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 82.41 | 1 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Niger | 81.63 | 2 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Ethiopia | 75.89 | 3 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Burundi | 74.31 | 4 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Swaziland | 73.28 | 5 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Chad | 72.43 | 6 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Burkina Faso | 71.08 | 7 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Rwanda | 69.09 | 8 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Uganda | 68.06 | 9 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Kenya | 67.79 | 10 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Mali | 67.79 | 11 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Madagascar | 67.1 | 12 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Comoros | 66.06 | 13 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Eritrea | 65.46 | 14 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Sudan | 65.07 | 15 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Tanzania | 63.12 | 16 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Mozambique | 62.79 | 17 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Guinea | 61.48 | 18 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Mauritius | 60.96 | 19 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Zimbabwe | 59.5 | 20 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Egypt | 57.1 | 21 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Togo | 55.61 | 22 | 1960 - 2025 |
| C.A. Republic | 55.45 | 23 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Lesotho | 55.33 | 24 | 1960 - 2025 |
| DR Congo | 54.89 | 25 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Seychelles | 54.52 | 26 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Zambia | 54.08 | 27 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Sierra Leone | 54.07 | 28 | 1960 - 2025 |
| G.-Bissau | 53.35 | 29 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Namibia | 49.13 | 30 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Benin | 46.64 | 31 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Ivory Coast | 45.45 | 32 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Somalia | 44.86 | 33 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Cameroon | 44.33 | 34 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Senegal | 44.23 | 35 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Liberia | 43.92 | 36 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Ghana | 41.08 | 37 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Mauritania | 38.51 | 38 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Morocco | 36.87 | 39 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Nigeria | 36.22 | 40 | 1960 - 2025 |
| South Africa | 36.18 | 41 | 1960 - 2025 |
| R. of Congo | 35.88 | 42 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Gambia | 35.01 | 43 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Botswana | 32.04 | 44 | 1960 - 2025 |
| S.T.&Principe | 30.83 | 45 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Tunisia | 29.3 | 46 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Angola | 28.54 | 47 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Eq. Guinea | 28.42 | 48 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Djibouti | 27.02 | 49 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Algeria | 24.18 | 50 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Cape Verde | 22.37 | 51 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Libya | 12.09 | 52 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Gabon | 7.91 | 53 | 1960 - 2025 |
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