Rural Population Percent by Country

Rural Population Percent by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 205 countries for 2024, sourced from World Bank Open Data. See also Population Largest City and Rural Population Growth.

HighestLiechtenstein85.3

LowestQatar0.68

Average39.3205 countries

Year2024latest available

💡 Liechtenstein tops the list, while Qatar sits at the lower end, showing wide variation.

Top 10 countries

Liechtenstein85.3

Papua New Guinea84.6

Malawi82.7

Samoa82.5

Niger82

Sri Lanka79.7

Tonga78.8

South Sudan78.6

Vanuatu77.7

Micronesia, Fed. Sts.77.5

Rural Population Percent: full country ranking (2024)

#	Country	Rural Population Percent
1	Liechtenstein	85.3
2	Papua New Guinea	84.6
3	Malawi	82.7
4	Samoa	82.5
5	Niger	82
6	Sri Lanka	79.7
7	Tonga	78.8
8	South Sudan	78.6
9	Vanuatu	77.7
10	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	77.5
11	Ethiopia	76.4
12	Antigua and Barbuda	75.6
13	Burundi	75.2
14	Afghanistan	74.3
15	Tajikistan	73.8
16	Eswatini	73.8
17	Guyana	73.5
18	Chad	73.1
19	Burkina Faso	71.7
20	Timor-Leste	71.3
21	St. Lucia	70.9
22	Rwanda	70.1
23	Myanmar	69.6
24	Solomon Islands	69.3
25	Uganda	68.7
26	Mali	68.4
27	St. Kitts and Nevis	68.2
28	Kenya	68.1
29	Madagascar	67.6
30	Bangladesh	67.3
31	Channel Islands	67.3
32	Comoros	66.5
33	Eritrea	65.5
34	Kyrgyz Republic	65.3
35	Sudan	65.1
36	India	64.6
37	Tanzania	63.8
38	Mozambique	63.6
39	Grenada	63.4
40	Yemen, Rep.	63.2
41	Guinea	61.9
42	Viet Nam	61.5
43	Mauritius	61
44	Pakistan	60.8
45	Faroe Islands	60.6
46	Lao PDR	60.4
47	Zimbabwe	60.1
48	Cambodia	59.1
49	Belize	58.2
50	Maldives	58
51	Bhutan	57.4
52	Egypt, Arab Rep.	57.2
53	Moldova	56.5
54	Lesotho	56.3
55	Togo	56.2
56	Central African Republic	55.9
57	Congo, Dem. Rep.	55.3
58	Seychelles	54.7
59	Sierra Leone	54.6
60	Zambia	54.5
61	Guinea-Bissau	53.9
62	Turkmenistan	52.9
63	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	52.2
64	Kosovo	49.7
65	Namibia	49.6
66	Uzbekistan	49
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.9
68	Isle of Man	47.8
69	Romania	47.8
70	Benin	47.5
71	Slovak Republic	46.8
72	Trinidad and Tobago	46
73	Cote d'Ivoire	46
74	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	45.4
75	Haiti	45
76	Senegal	44.8
77	Cameroon	44.6
78	Philippines	44.5
79	Liberia	44.5
80	Slovenia	44.2
81	Guatemala	44
82	British Virgin Islands	43.5
83	Croatia	42.5
84	Ghana	41.6
85	Albania	41.5
86	Azerbaijan	41.4
87	Indonesia	41.2
88	Honduras	41.2
89	Jamaica	41.1
90	Fiji	40.9
91	Nicaragua	40.7
92	Barbados	40.5
93	Poland	40
94	Mauritania	39.4
95	Georgia	38.9
96	Portugal	38.7
97	French Polynesia	38.3
98	Aruba	38.2
99	Thailand	38.1
100	Kazakhstan	37.9
101	Serbia	37.6
102	Kiribati	37.5
103	North Macedonia	37.4
104	Morocco	37.2
105	Nigeria	37
106	Ecuador	36.8
107	South Africa	36.3
108	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	36.1
109	Congo, Rep.	36.1
110	Gambia, The	35.7
111	Ireland	35.7
112	Tuvalu	35.3
113	Montenegro	34.5
114	Suriname	34.2
115	Armenia	34.2
116	China	34.1
117	Panama	34
118	Cyprus	33.3
119	Nepal	33.2
120	Botswana	32.5
121	New Caledonia	32
122	Latvia	31.5
123	Lithuania	31.2
124	Sao Tome and Principe	31.1
125	Austria	30.5
126	Ukraine	30.5
127	Italy	30.4
128	Paraguay	30.1
129	Iraq	30.1
130	Tunisia	29.6
131	Hungary	29.5
132	Angola	29.3
133	Estonia	29.3
134	Mongolia	29
135	Bolivia	28.8
136	Equatorial Guinea	28.6
137	Syrian Arab Republic	27.9
138	Dominican Republic	27.6
139	Czechia	27.2
140	Djibouti	27.1
141	Dominica	26.5
142	Bulgaria	26.1
143	Finland	25.7
144	Brunei Darussalam	25.1
145	El Salvador	24.9
146	Russian Federation	24.9
147	Algeria	24.7
148	Cabo Verde	23.2
149	Malaysia	23.1
150	Iran, Islamic Rep.	23
151	Cuba	22.8
152	Colombia	21.5
153	Marshall Islands	21.3
154	France	21.2
155	Greece	21
156	Belarus	20.8
157	Palau	20.8
158	Costa Rica	20.7
159	Oman	20.6
160	Mexico	20.2
161	United States	19.9
162	Spain	19.7
163	American Samoa	19.1
164	Korea, Rep.	18.8
165	Bahamas, The	18.7
166	Germany	18
167	Canada	17.3
168	United Kingdom	16.8
169	Norway	16.7
170	New Zealand	16.1
171	Saudi Arabia	15.5
172	Peru	14.8
173	Switzerland	14.5
174	United Arab Emirates	14.2
175	West Bank and Gaza	12.9
176	Australia	12.4
177	Belgium	12.4
178	Libya	12.1
179	Brazil	12.1
180	Greenland	11.7
181	Denmark	11.3
182	Sweden	11.1
183	Andorra	11.1
184	Chile	11
185	Venezuela, RB	10.7
186	Turkiye	10.7
187	Lebanon	9.3
188	Curacao	8.6
189	Israel	8.5
190	Gabon	8.1
191	Northern Mariana Islands	7.9
192	Japan	7.8
193	Argentina	7.7
194	Jordan	7
195	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.8
196	Guam	5.8
197	Iceland	5.8
198	Puerto Rico (US)	5.7
199	Luxembourg	5.2
200	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	4.7
201	Uruguay	4.4
202	Netherlands	4.4
203	Malta	4.3
204	San Marino	2.8
205	Qatar	0.68

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2024. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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