demographic2100
Projected share of population living in rural areas
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2100; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
23.3%
Median: 18.4%
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
Cook Islands
100.0%
Lowest
Monaco
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Cook Islands100.0%
2Falkland Islands (Malvinas)100.0%
3Montserrat100.0%
4Niue100.0%
5Saint Helena100.0%
By Region
Other26.8%(155 countries)
Europe25.5%(32 countries)
North America18.7%(4 countries)
Oceania18.0%(2 countries)
South America12.2%(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0%)High (100.0%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 23.3%)
Other (155)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Asia (27)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2100; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook Islands | 100.0% |
| 2 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 100.0% |
| 3 | Montserrat | 100.0% |
| 4 | Niue | 100.0% |
| 5 | Saint Helena | 100.0% |
| 6 | Anguilla | 100.0% |
| 7 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100.0% |
| 8 | Tokelau | 100.0% |
| 9 | Wallis and Futuna | 100.0% |
| 10 | Eswatini | 69.8% |
| 11 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 69.1% |
| 12 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 66.4% |
| 13 | Bhutan | 60.5% |
| 14 | Greenland | 58.6% |
| 15 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 57.0% |
| 16 | Dominica | 56.9% |
| 17 | Faroe Islands | 54.8% |
| 18 | Solomon Islands | 53.4% |
| 19 | Palau | 51.8% |
| 20 | Vanuatu | 49.9% |
| 21 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 46.1% |
| 22 | Slovenia | 45.3% |
| 23 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.3% |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 42.0% |
| 25 | Moldova, Republic of | 40.4% |
| 26 | Slovakia | 40.3% |
| 27 | Lesotho | 39.7% |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 38.4% |
| 29 | Timor-Leste | 38.2% |
| 30 | Puerto Rico | 37.9% |
| 31 | Isle of Man | 37.8% |
| 32 | Ireland | 36.9% |
| 33 | Fiji | 36.6% |
| 34 | Papua New Guinea | 35.5% |
| 35 | Namibia | 35.3% |
| 36 | Marshall Islands | 35.1% |
| 37 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34.9% |
| 38 | Saint Lucia | 34.9% |
| 39 | Austria | 34.8% |
| 40 | Czech Republic | 34.8% |
| 41 | Chad | 34.7% |
| 42 | Martinique | 34.2% |
| 43 | Maldives | 33.8% |
| 44 | Liberia | 33.7% |
| 45 | France | 33.7% |
| 46 | Hungary | 33.7% |
| 47 | Romania | 33.5% |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 33.2% |
| 49 | Grenada | 33.2% |
| 50 | Belize | 33.1% |
| 51 | Croatia | 31.7% |
| 52 | Central African Republic | 31.6% |
| 53 | Tonga | 31.3% |
| 54 | Denmark | 31.3% |
| 55 | Finland | 30.3% |
| 56 | Virgin Islands, British | 30.2% |
| 57 | Guadeloupe | 30.2% |
| 58 | Paraguay | 30.1% |
| 59 | Mali | 29.9% |
| 60 | American Samoa | 29.5% |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | 29.5% |
| 62 | Northern Mariana Islands | 28.9% |
| 63 | Madagascar | 28.8% |
| 64 | Georgia | 28.7% |
| 65 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 28.7% |
| 66 | Nicaragua | 28.5% |
| 67 | Andorra | 28.4% |
| 68 | Guinea | 28.2% |
| 69 | Norway | 28.1% |
| 70 | Kiribati | 27.4% |
| 71 | New Caledonia | 27.2% |
| 72 | Niger | 26.3% |
| 73 | Honduras | 26.2% |
| 74 | French Polynesia | 26.2% |
| 75 | Poland | 25.8% |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 25.7% |
| 77 | Sweden | 25.5% |
| 78 | Mauritania | 25.5% |
| 79 | Myanmar | 25.2% |
| 80 | Zambia | 25.0% |
| 81 | Panama | 24.8% |
| 82 | Tunisia | 24.6% |
| 83 | Thailand | 24.4% |
| 84 | Germany | 24.4% |
| 85 | Mongolia | 24.3% |
| 86 | Luxembourg | 24.3% |
| 87 | Cambodia | 24.2% |
| 88 | Portugal | 23.9% |
| 89 | Liechtenstein | 23.4% |
| 90 | Serbia | 23.4% |
| 91 | Cape Verde | 22.4% |
| 92 | Seychelles | 21.9% |
| 93 | Eritrea | 21.6% |
| 94 | Botswana | 21.3% |
| 95 | Italy | 21.1% |
| 96 | El Salvador | 20.7% |
| 97 | Mozambique | 20.5% |
| 98 | New Zealand | 20.4% |
| 99 | Lithuania | 20.4% |
| 100 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.3% |
| 101 | Belgium | 20.2% |
| 102 | Estonia | 20.1% |
| 103 | Barbados | 20.0% |
| 104 | Nepal | 19.8% |
| 105 | Canada | 19.8% |
| 106 | Latvia | 19.7% |
| 107 | United States of America | 19.7% |
| 108 | Cyprus | 19.6% |
| 109 | Switzerland | 19.4% |
| 110 | San Marino | 19.2% |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 19.0% |
| 112 | Greece | 18.9% |
| 113 | Jamaica | 18.9% |
| 114 | Suriname | 18.9% |
| 115 | Libya | 18.8% |
| 116 | Armenia | 18.7% |
| 117 | Tuvalu | 18.5% |
| 118 | Bolivia | 18.4% |
| 119 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18.4% |
| 120 | Bermuda | 18.3% |
| 121 | Mauritius | 18.1% |
| 122 | Sudan | 17.9% |
| 123 | Mexico | 17.9% |
| 124 | Guyana | 17.8% |
| 125 | Morocco | 17.6% |
| 126 | Guatemala | 17.3% |
| 127 | Peru | 17.3% |
| 128 | South Sudan | 17.2% |
| 129 | Brunei Darussalam | 17.0% |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 16.9% |
| 131 | Montenegro | 16.7% |
| 132 | Turkmenistan | 16.7% |
| 133 | Senegal | 16.5% |
| 134 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 16.5% |
| 135 | People's Republic of China | 16.5% |
| 136 | Russian Federation | 16.3% |
| 137 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 15.9% |
| 138 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15.8% |
| 139 | Albania | 15.6% |
| 140 | Australia | 15.5% |
| 141 | Ukraine | 15.4% |
| 142 | Samoa | 15.4% |
| 143 | Kazakhstan | 15.2% |
| 144 | Sri Lanka | 15.0% |
| 145 | Republic of The Gambia | 14.8% |
| 146 | Angola | 14.6% |
| 147 | Iceland | 14.1% |
| 148 | Netherlands | 14.0% |
| 149 | Ethiopia | 13.9% |
| 150 | Benin | 13.9% |
| 151 | India | 13.9% |
| 152 | Indonesia | 13.9% |
| 153 | Saint Martin (French part) | 13.9% |
| 154 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.8% |
| 155 | Spain | 13.8% |
| 156 | Ghana | 13.7% |
| 157 | Togo | 13.5% |
| 158 | Brazil | 13.5% |
| 159 | Ecuador | 13.4% |
| 160 | Philippines | 13.1% |
| 161 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.0% |
| 162 | Saint Barthélemy | 12.9% |
| 163 | South Africa | 12.9% |
| 164 | Haiti | 12.7% |
| 165 | Algeria | 12.7% |
| 166 | Malaysia | 12.6% |
| 167 | Cuba | 12.2% |
| 168 | Syrian Arab Republic | 12.1% |
| 169 | Chile | 11.6% |
| 170 | Nigeria | 11.5% |
| 171 | United Kingdom | 11.4% |
| 172 | Oman | 11.4% |
| 173 | Reunion | 11.3% |
| 174 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 11.3% |
| 175 | Cameroon | 11.2% |
| 176 | Guam | 11.1% |
| 177 | Kenya | 11.0% |
| 178 | Bahamas | 11.0% |
| 179 | Gabon | 11.0% |
| 180 | Vietnam | 10.9% |
| 181 | Belarus | 10.3% |
| 182 | Jersey | 10.0% |
| 183 | North Korea | 10.0% |
| 184 | Colombia | 9.9% |
| 185 | Dominican Republic | 9.9% |
| 186 | Uruguay | 9.8% |
| 187 | Argentina | 9.8% |
| 188 | United Republic of Tanzania | 9.7% |
| 189 | French Guiana | 9.7% |
| 190 | Saudi Arabia | 9.6% |
| 191 | Western Sahara | 9.5% |
| 192 | Afghanistan | 9.3% |
| 193 | Iraq | 8.7% |
| 194 | Türkiye | 8.6% |
| 195 | Djibouti | 8.1% |
| 196 | Venezuela | 8.0% |
| 197 | Guernsey | 7.8% |
| 198 | Tajikistan | 7.7% |
| 199 | Japan | 7.6% |
| 200 | Aruba | 7.5% |
| 201 | Somalia | 7.5% |
| 202 | Lebanon | 6.8% |
| 203 | Malawi | 6.8% |
| 204 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.7% |
| 205 | Yemen | 6.3% |
| 206 | Republic of the Congo | 6.3% |
| 207 | Malta | 6.0% |
| 208 | Uganda | 6.0% |
| 209 | Taiwan, Province of China | 5.6% |
| 210 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.6% |
| 211 | Uzbekistan | 5.3% |
| 212 | Curaçao | 5.2% |
| 213 | Pakistan | 5.0% |
| 214 | South Korea | 4.9% |
| 215 | United Arab Emirates | 4.2% |
| 216 | Nauru | 4.0% |
| 217 | Jordan | 4.0% |
| 218 | Comoros | 3.4% |
| 219 | Qatar | 3.1% |
| 220 | Cayman Islands | 2.8% |
| 221 | Israel | 2.5% |
| 222 | Burundi | 2.4% |
| 223 | Kuwait | 2.3% |
| 224 | Bangladesh | 2.0% |
| 225 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.0% |
| 226 | State of Palestine | 1.9% |
| 227 | Mayotte | 1.5% |
| 228 | Rwanda | 1.3% |
| 229 | Hong Kong | 1.1% |
| 230 | Egypt | 1.0% |
| 231 | Bahrain | 0.8% |
| 232 | Singapore | 0.1% |
| 233 | Macao | 0.1% |
| 234 | Gibraltar | 0.0% |
| 235 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 0.0% |
| 236 | Monaco | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2100).
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