demographic2020
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 2020; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
30.1%
Median: 26.1%
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
Europe33.7%(32 countries)
Other33.7%(155 countries)
North America24.9%(4 countries)
Africa21.6%(9 countries)
Oceania20.8%(2 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: 30.1%)
Europe (32)
Other (155)
North America (4)
Africa (9)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
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 2020; 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 | Solomon Islands | 78.1% |
| 11 | Eswatini | 76.5% |
| 12 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 70.6% |
| 13 | Vanuatu | 70.0% |
| 14 | Bhutan | 69.5% |
| 15 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 69.4% |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 66.4% |
| 17 | Lesotho | 62.3% |
| 18 | Faroe Islands | 62.2% |
| 19 | Palau | 60.7% |
| 20 | Namibia | 58.2% |
| 21 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 57.8% |
| 22 | Greenland | 57.5% |
| 23 | Madagascar | 57.1% |
| 24 | Dominica | 57.1% |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea | 53.7% |
| 26 | Mali | 52.9% |
| 27 | Timor-Leste | 50.6% |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 50.6% |
| 29 | Niger | 50.6% |
| 30 | Mozambique | 50.0% |
| 31 | Slovenia | 49.7% |
| 32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.8% |
| 33 | Chad | 48.5% |
| 34 | Zambia | 46.8% |
| 35 | Moldova, Republic of | 46.6% |
| 36 | United Republic of Tanzania | 46.5% |
| 37 | Slovakia | 46.5% |
| 38 | Guinea | 46.4% |
| 39 | Croatia | 45.6% |
| 40 | Romania | 45.3% |
| 41 | Ireland | 45.2% |
| 42 | Guinea-Bissau | 45.1% |
| 43 | Fiji | 44.4% |
| 44 | Central African Republic | 43.9% |
| 45 | Belize | 43.9% |
| 46 | Maldives | 43.5% |
| 47 | Latvia | 42.9% |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 42.3% |
| 49 | Samoa | 42.2% |
| 50 | Lithuania | 42.1% |
| 51 | Austria | 41.3% |
| 52 | Liberia | 41.0% |
| 53 | Honduras | 40.9% |
| 54 | Mauritania | 40.9% |
| 55 | Paraguay | 40.6% |
| 56 | Marshall Islands | 40.6% |
| 57 | Poland | 40.0% |
| 58 | Czech Republic | 39.9% |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 39.9% |
| 60 | Tonga | 39.4% |
| 61 | Thailand | 39.4% |
| 62 | Finland | 39.1% |
| 63 | French Polynesia | 38.4% |
| 64 | France | 37.9% |
| 65 | Hungary | 37.4% |
| 66 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 37.4% |
| 67 | Virgin Islands, British | 37.1% |
| 68 | Eritrea | 36.4% |
| 69 | Georgia | 35.7% |
| 70 | Ethiopia | 35.6% |
| 71 | Malawi | 35.6% |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 35.6% |
| 73 | Norway | 35.5% |
| 74 | Denmark | 35.2% |
| 75 | Serbia | 35.2% |
| 76 | Estonia | 35.0% |
| 77 | South Sudan | 34.8% |
| 78 | New Caledonia | 34.4% |
| 79 | Kiribati | 33.5% |
| 80 | Greece | 32.8% |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 32.7% |
| 82 | Isle of Man | 32.5% |
| 83 | Northern Mariana Islands | 32.3% |
| 84 | Albania | 32.1% |
| 85 | Cambodia | 31.9% |
| 86 | Panama | 31.7% |
| 87 | Luxembourg | 31.3% |
| 88 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31.2% |
| 89 | Sweden | 31.2% |
| 90 | Botswana | 30.8% |
| 91 | Myanmar | 30.6% |
| 92 | Uganda | 30.4% |
| 93 | Senegal | 30.1% |
| 94 | French Guiana | 29.9% |
| 95 | Mongolia | 29.5% |
| 96 | Portugal | 29.5% |
| 97 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 29.5% |
| 98 | Suriname | 29.2% |
| 99 | Bolivia | 28.8% |
| 100 | Tunisia | 28.7% |
| 101 | Togo | 28.7% |
| 102 | Martinique | 28.6% |
| 103 | Cape Verde | 28.4% |
| 104 | Jamaica | 27.6% |
| 105 | Tuvalu | 27.6% |
| 106 | Grenada | 27.5% |
| 107 | Benin | 27.4% |
| 108 | Nepal | 27.4% |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 27.3% |
| 110 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 27.1% |
| 111 | Guatemala | 27.1% |
| 112 | Peru | 27.0% |
| 113 | Germany | 27.0% |
| 114 | Andorra | 26.6% |
| 115 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 26.4% |
| 116 | Guyana | 26.4% |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 26.3% |
| 118 | Belarus | 26.2% |
| 119 | United States of America | 26.0% |
| 120 | Ukraine | 26.0% |
| 121 | Cameroon | 25.8% |
| 122 | Sudan | 25.2% |
| 123 | Republic of The Gambia | 25.1% |
| 124 | Guadeloupe | 25.0% |
| 125 | Angola | 24.8% |
| 126 | Kenya | 24.7% |
| 127 | Libya | 24.6% |
| 128 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.5% |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.5% |
| 130 | Liechtenstein | 24.5% |
| 131 | Cyprus | 24.3% |
| 132 | Iceland | 24.1% |
| 133 | Switzerland | 24.0% |
| 134 | El Salvador | 23.9% |
| 135 | Canada | 23.8% |
| 136 | New Zealand | 23.7% |
| 137 | Turkmenistan | 23.5% |
| 138 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 23.4% |
| 139 | Kazakhstan | 23.3% |
| 140 | Italy | 23.2% |
| 141 | Ghana | 23.2% |
| 142 | Armenia | 23.0% |
| 143 | Oman | 22.9% |
| 144 | Mexico | 22.7% |
| 145 | Ecuador | 22.5% |
| 146 | Morocco | 21.9% |
| 147 | Belgium | 21.6% |
| 148 | South Africa | 21.4% |
| 149 | Spain | 21.4% |
| 150 | American Samoa | 21.3% |
| 151 | Seychelles | 21.3% |
| 152 | Russian Federation | 21.2% |
| 153 | Azerbaijan | 21.1% |
| 154 | Syrian Arab Republic | 21.0% |
| 155 | Brazil | 20.8% |
| 156 | Algeria | 20.2% |
| 157 | San Marino | 19.5% |
| 158 | Nigeria | 19.4% |
| 159 | Brunei Darussalam | 19.2% |
| 160 | Puerto Rico | 19.1% |
| 161 | Colombia | 18.5% |
| 162 | Chile | 18.2% |
| 163 | Montenegro | 18.2% |
| 164 | Cuba | 17.9% |
| 165 | Australia | 17.8% |
| 166 | Malaysia | 17.7% |
| 167 | Türkiye | 17.7% |
| 168 | Bahamas | 17.7% |
| 169 | Haiti | 17.4% |
| 170 | Somalia | 17.3% |
| 171 | Tajikistan | 17.2% |
| 172 | Gabon | 16.9% |
| 173 | India | 16.6% |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16.6% |
| 175 | People's Republic of China | 16.4% |
| 176 | Saudi Arabia | 16.4% |
| 177 | Netherlands | 15.7% |
| 178 | Afghanistan | 15.6% |
| 179 | Guam | 15.5% |
| 180 | Burundi | 15.4% |
| 181 | Sri Lanka | 15.3% |
| 182 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 15.3% |
| 183 | Philippines | 15.2% |
| 184 | Uzbekistan | 14.6% |
| 185 | Dominican Republic | 14.5% |
| 186 | Yemen | 14.3% |
| 187 | Indonesia | 14.1% |
| 188 | United Kingdom | 14.0% |
| 189 | Argentina | 14.0% |
| 190 | Uruguay | 13.8% |
| 191 | Comoros | 13.7% |
| 192 | Barbados | 13.6% |
| 193 | North Korea | 13.4% |
| 194 | Vietnam | 13.1% |
| 195 | Saint Barthélemy | 12.8% |
| 196 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.6% |
| 197 | Iraq | 12.5% |
| 198 | Pakistan | 12.0% |
| 199 | Reunion | 11.7% |
| 200 | Venezuela | 11.5% |
| 201 | Equatorial Guinea | 10.5% |
| 202 | Lebanon | 10.4% |
| 203 | Saint Martin (French part) | 10.3% |
| 204 | Djibouti | 10.1% |
| 205 | South Korea | 9.9% |
| 206 | Western Sahara | 9.9% |
| 207 | United Arab Emirates | 9.7% |
| 208 | Jersey | 9.2% |
| 209 | Mauritius | 9.1% |
| 210 | Guernsey | 9.1% |
| 211 | Mayotte | 9.0% |
| 212 | Japan | 8.9% |
| 213 | Republic of the Congo | 8.3% |
| 214 | Rwanda | 7.9% |
| 215 | Cayman Islands | 7.7% |
| 216 | Nauru | 7.6% |
| 217 | Qatar | 6.7% |
| 218 | Jordan | 6.5% |
| 219 | Israel | 6.4% |
| 220 | State of Palestine | 5.9% |
| 221 | Taiwan, Province of China | 5.4% |
| 222 | Curaçao | 5.4% |
| 223 | Malta | 4.9% |
| 224 | Aruba | 4.7% |
| 225 | Kuwait | 3.8% |
| 226 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.2% |
| 227 | Egypt | 3.1% |
| 228 | Bahrain | 2.1% |
| 229 | Bangladesh | 2.0% |
| 230 | Bermuda | 1.6% |
| 231 | Hong Kong | 0.5% |
| 232 | Macao | 0.2% |
| 233 | Singapore | 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 (2020).
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