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Share of population living in rural areas

% · higher is better · 216 countries

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League table

216 shown
  1. 1Solomon Islands78.1%
  2. 2Eswatini76.5%
  3. 3Micronesia, Fed. Sts.70.6%
  4. 4Vanuatu70%
  5. 5Bhutan69.5%
  6. 6Lao PDR69.4%
  7. 7Zimbabwe66.4%
  8. 8Lesotho62.3%
  9. 9Faroe Islands62.2%
  10. 10Palau60.7%
  11. 11Namibia58.2%
  12. 12St. Kitts and Nevis57.8%
  13. 13Greenland57.5%
  14. 14Madagascar57.1%
  15. 15Dominica57.1%
  16. 16Papua New Guinea53.7%
  17. 17Mali52.9%
  18. 18Timor-Leste50.6%
  19. 19Burkina Faso50.6%
  20. 20Niger50.6%
  21. 21Mozambique50%
  22. 22Slovenia49.7%
  23. 23Bosnia and Herzegovina48.8%
  24. 24Chad48.5%
  25. 25Zambia46.8%
  26. 26Moldova46.6%
  27. 27Tanzania46.5%
  28. 28Slovak Republic46.5%
  29. 29Guinea46.4%
  30. 30Croatia45.6%
  31. 31Romania45.3%
  32. 32Ireland45.2%
  33. 33Guinea-Bissau45.1%
  34. 34Fiji44.4%
  35. 35Central African Republic43.9%
  36. 36Belize43.9%
  37. 37Maldives43.5%
  38. 38Latvia42.9%
  39. 39Sierra Leone42.3%
  40. 40Samoa42.2%
  41. 41Lithuania42.1%
  42. 42Austria41.3%
  43. 43Liberia41%
  44. 44Honduras40.9%
  45. 45Mauritania40.9%
  46. 46Paraguay40.6%
  47. 47Marshall Islands40.6%
  48. 48Poland40%
  49. 49Czechia39.9%
  50. 50Bulgaria39.9%
  51. 51Tonga39.4%
  52. 52Thailand39.4%
  53. 53Finland39.1%
  54. 54French Polynesia38.4%
  55. 55France37.9%
  56. 56Hungary37.4%
  57. 57British Virgin Islands37.1%
  58. 58Eritrea36.4%
  59. 59Georgia35.7%
  60. 60Ethiopia35.6%
  61. 61Malawi35.6%
  62. 62Nicaragua35.6%
  63. 63Norway35.5%
  64. 64Denmark35.2%
  65. 65Serbia35.2%
  66. 66Estonia35%
  67. 67South Sudan34.8%
  68. 68New Caledonia34.4%
  69. 69Kiribati33.5%
  70. 70Greece32.8%
  71. 71Cote d'Ivoire32.7%
  72. 72Isle of Man32.5%
  73. 73Northern Mariana Islands32.3%
  74. 74Albania32.1%
  75. 75Cambodia31.9%
  76. 76Panama31.7%
  77. 77Luxembourg31.3%
  78. 78St. Vincent and the Grenadines31.2%
  79. 79Sweden31.2%
  80. 80Botswana30.8%
  81. 81Myanmar30.6%
  82. 82Uganda30.4%
  83. 83Senegal30.1%
  84. 84Mongolia29.5%
  85. 85Portugal29.5%
  86. 86North Macedonia29.5%
  87. 87Suriname29.2%
  88. 88Bolivia28.8%
  89. 89Tunisia28.7%
  90. 90Togo28.7%
  91. 91Cabo Verde28.4%
  92. 92Jamaica27.6%
  93. 93Tuvalu27.6%
  94. 94Grenada27.5%
  95. 95Benin27.4%
  96. 96Nepal27.4%
  97. 97St. Lucia27.3%
  98. 98Congo, Dem. Rep.27.1%
  99. 99Guatemala27.1%
  100. 100Peru27%
  101. 101Germany27%
  102. 102Andorra26.6%
  103. 103Virgin Islands (U.S.)26.4%
  104. 104Guyana26.4%
  105. 105Costa Rica26.3%
  106. 106Belarus26.2%
  107. 107United States26%
  108. 108Ukraine26%
  109. 109Cameroon25.8%
  110. 110Sudan25.2%
  111. 111Gambia, The25.1%
  112. 112Angola24.8%
  113. 113Kenya24.7%
  114. 114Libya24.6%
  115. 115Antigua and Barbuda24.5%
  116. 116Kyrgyz Republic24.5%
  117. 117Liechtenstein24.5%
  118. 118Cyprus24.3%
  119. 119Iceland24.1%
  120. 120Switzerland24%
  121. 121El Salvador23.9%
  122. 122Canada23.8%
  123. 123New Zealand23.7%
  124. 124Turkmenistan23.5%
  125. 125Turks and Caicos Islands23.4%
  126. 126Kazakhstan23.3%
  127. 127Italy23.2%
  128. 128Ghana23.2%
  129. 129Armenia23%
  130. 130Oman22.9%
  131. 131Mexico22.7%
  132. 132Ecuador22.5%
  133. 133Morocco21.9%
  134. 134Belgium21.6%
  135. 135South Africa21.4%
  136. 136Spain21.4%
  137. 137American Samoa21.3%
  138. 138Seychelles21.3%
  139. 139Russian Federation21.2%
  140. 140Azerbaijan21.1%
  141. 141Syrian Arab Republic21%
  142. 142Brazil20.8%
  143. 143Algeria20.2%
  144. 144San Marino19.5%
  145. 145Nigeria19.4%
  146. 146Brunei Darussalam19.2%
  147. 147Puerto Rico (US)19.1%
  148. 148Colombia18.5%
  149. 149Chile18.2%
  150. 150Montenegro18.2%
  151. 151Cuba17.9%
  152. 152Australia17.8%
  153. 153Malaysia17.7%
  154. 154Turkiye17.7%
  155. 155Bahamas, The17.7%
  156. 156Haiti17.4%
  157. 157Somalia, Fed. Rep.17.3%
  158. 158Tajikistan17.2%
  159. 159Gabon16.9%
  160. 160India16.6%
  161. 161Sao Tome and Principe16.6%
  162. 162China16.4%
  163. 163Saudi Arabia16.4%
  164. 164Netherlands15.7%
  165. 165Afghanistan15.6%
  166. 166Guam15.5%
  167. 167Burundi15.4%
  168. 168Sri Lanka15.3%
  169. 169Iran, Islamic Rep.15.3%
  170. 170Philippines15.2%
  171. 171Uzbekistan14.6%
  172. 172Dominican Republic14.5%
  173. 173Yemen, Rep.14.3%
  174. 174Indonesia14.1%
  175. 175United Kingdom14%
  176. 176Argentina14%
  177. 177Uruguay13.8%
  178. 178Comoros13.7%
  179. 179Barbados13.6%
  180. 180Korea, Dem. People's Rep.13.4%
  181. 181Viet Nam13.1%
  182. 182Trinidad and Tobago12.6%
  183. 183Iraq12.5%
  184. 184Pakistan12%
  185. 185Venezuela, RB11.5%
  186. 186Equatorial Guinea10.5%
  187. 187Lebanon10.4%
  188. 188St. Martin (French part)10.3%
  189. 189Djibouti10.1%
  190. 190Korea, Rep.9.9%
  191. 191United Arab Emirates9.7%
  192. 192Mauritius9.1%
  193. 193Japan8.9%
  194. 194Congo, Rep.8.3%
  195. 195Rwanda7.9%
  196. 196Cayman Islands7.7%
  197. 197Naoero7.6%
  198. 198Qatar6.7%
  199. 199Jordan6.5%
  200. 200Israel6.4%
  201. 201West Bank and Gaza5.9%
  202. 202Taiwan5.4%
  203. 203Curacao5.4%
  204. 204Malta4.9%
  205. 205Aruba4.7%
  206. 206Kuwait3.8%
  207. 207Sint Maarten (Dutch part)3.2%
  208. 208Egypt, Arab Rep.3.1%
  209. 209Bahrain2.1%
  210. 210Bangladesh2%
  211. 211Bermuda1.6%
  212. 212Hong Kong SAR, China0.46%
  213. 213Macao SAR, China0.16%
  214. 214Singapore0.08%
  215. 215Gibraltar0%
  216. 215Monaco0%

Share of population living in rural areas