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Rural share

% · higher is better · 171 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024
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  1. 1Niger78.1%
  2. 2Chad77.6%
  3. 3South Sudan75.4%
  4. 4Benin65.1%
  5. 5Solomon Islands58.9%
  6. 6Liberia57.5%
  7. 7Namibia53.5%
  8. 8Togo50.9%
  9. 9Kiribati49.7%
  10. 10Sao Tome and Principe43.2%
  11. 11Burkina Faso42.3%
  12. 12Central African Republic38.8%
  13. 13Madagascar36.5%
  14. 14Mauritania36.3%
  15. 15Nigeria31.2%
  16. 16Cote d'Ivoire31%
  17. 17Ghana30.8%
  18. 18Somalia, Fed. Rep.26.4%
  19. 19Bolivia24.9%
  20. 20Sierra Leone24.8%
  21. 21Sudan24.1%
  22. 22Mozambique23.5%
  23. 23Ethiopia20.4%
  24. 24Lesotho19.7%
  25. 25Congo, Dem. Rep.18.8%
  26. 26Zimbabwe18.8%
  27. 27Marshall Islands18.7%
  28. 28Papua New Guinea17.3%
  29. 29Botswana16.7%
  30. 30Afghanistan15.4%
  31. 31Lao PDR14.3%
  32. 32Guinea-Bissau14.2%
  33. 33Mongolia13.7%
  34. 34Pakistan13%
  35. 35Timor-Leste11.7%
  36. 36Senegal11.3%
  37. 37India10.7%
  38. 38Tanzania10.6%
  39. 39Cabo Verde10.1%
  40. 40Colombia9.9%
  41. 41Panama9.8%
  42. 42Cameroon9.7%
  43. 43Myanmar9.6%
  44. 44Kenya8.1%
  45. 45Yemen, Rep.8%
  46. 46Peru7.2%
  47. 47Guinea7.2%
  48. 48Cambodia7.1%
  49. 49Honduras7%
  50. 50Mali6.1%
  51. 51Vanuatu6.1%
  52. 52Dominican Republic5.1%
  53. 53Ecuador4.9%
  54. 54Uganda4.2%
  55. 55Indonesia3.8%
  56. 56Philippines3.2%
  57. 57Zambia3.2%
  58. 58Suriname3.2%
  59. 59Gabon2.6%
  60. 60El Salvador2.4%
  61. 61Burundi2.3%
  62. 62Malawi2.2%
  63. 63Tuvalu2.2%
  64. 64Comoros2.1%
  65. 65Guatemala1.4%
  66. 66Rwanda1.3%
  67. 67Paraguay0.94%
  68. 68Turkiye0.61%
  69. 69Saudi Arabia0.59%
  70. 70West Bank and Gaza0.58%
  71. 71Cuba0.45%
  72. 72Belize0.44%
  73. 73Jamaica0.36%
  74. 74North Macedonia0.27%
  75. 75Mauritius0.27%
  76. 76Trinidad and Tobago0.24%
  77. 77Moldova0.23%
  78. 78Turks and Caicos Islands0.23%
  79. 79Montenegro0.13%
  80. 80Costa Rica0.11%
  81. 81Jordan0.11%
  82. 82Uzbekistan0.1%
  83. 83Samoa0.09%
  84. 84Tonga0.08%
  85. 85Serbia0.07%
  86. 86Azerbaijan0.06%
  87. 87Armenia0.03%
  88. 88Ukraine0%
  89. 89Oman0%
  90. 89Albania0%
  91. 89Italy0%
  92. 89Cyprus0%
  93. 89Czechia0%
  94. 89Eswatini0%
  95. 89Israel0%
  96. 89Germany0%
  97. 89Sweden0%
  98. 89Iceland0%
  99. 89Slovak Republic0%
  100. 89Denmark0%
  101. 89Romania0%
  102. 89Iraq0%
  103. 89Ireland0%
  104. 89Algeria0%
  105. 89Palau0%
  106. 89Egypt, Arab Rep.0%
  107. 89Spain0%
  108. 89Estonia0%
  109. 89Poland0%
  110. 89Hungary0%
  111. 89Finland0%
  112. 89Fiji0%
  113. 89France0%
  114. 89Portugal0%
  115. 89Guyana0%
  116. 89United Kingdom0%
  117. 89Georgia0%
  118. 89Mexico0%
  119. 89Austria0%
  120. 89Viet Nam0%
  121. 89United Arab Emirates0%
  122. 89Belgium0%
  123. 89Morocco0%
  124. 89United States0%
  125. 89Bangladesh0%
  126. 89Latvia0%
  127. 89Uruguay0%
  128. 89Bulgaria0%
  129. 89Luxembourg0%
  130. 89Lithuania0%
  131. 89Belarus0%
  132. 89Sri Lanka0%
  133. 89Brazil0%
  134. 89Bhutan0%
  135. 89Andorra0%
  136. 89Tunisia0%
  137. 89Netherlands0%
  138. 89Canada0%
  139. 89Switzerland0%
  140. 89Chile0%
  141. 89Norway0%
  142. 89China0%
  143. 89Nepal0%
  144. 89Kyrgyz Republic0%
  145. 89Turkmenistan0%
  146. 89New Zealand0%
  147. 89South Africa0%
  148. 89Kazakhstan0%
  149. 89Thailand0%
  150. 89Greece0%
  151. 89Gambia, The0%
  152. 89Russian Federation0%
  153. 89Antigua and Barbuda0%
  154. 89Maldives0%
  155. 89Malta0%

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