People living rurally
% of population · no best or worst — smallest to largest
216 of 216 countries report a figure for people living rurally
World average: 36.7%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #216 | Saint-Martin | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #215 | Sint Maarten | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #214 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #213 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #212 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #211 | Macau | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #210 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #209 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #208 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #207 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #206 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #205 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #204 | Qatar | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #203 | San Marino | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| #202 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| #201 | Malta | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| #200 | Uruguay | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| #199 | United States Virgin Islands | 4.6% | 2025 | |
| #198 | Luxembourg | 5.1% | 2025 | |
| #197 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.6% | 2025 | |
| #196 | Puerto Rico | 5.7% | 2025 | |
| #195 | Guam | 5.8% | 2025 | |
| #194 | Iceland | 5.8% | 2025 | |
| #193 | Jordan | 6.8% | 2025 | |
| #192 | Argentina | 7.6% | 2025 | |
| #191 | Japan | 7.7% | 2025 | |
| #190 | Northern Mariana Islands | 7.8% | 2025 | |
| #189 | Gabon | 7.9% | 2025 | |
| #188 | Israel | 8.4% | 2025 | |
| #187 | Curaçao | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| #186 | Lebanon | 9.0% | 2025 | |
| #185 | Turkey | 10.5% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Venezuela | 10.7% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Chile | 10.8% | 2025 | |
| #182 | Sweden | 10.9% | 2025 | |
| #181 | Andorra | 11.1% | 2025 | |
| #180 | Denmark | 11.2% | 2025 | |
| #179 | Greenland | 11.4% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Brazil | 11.8% | 2025 | |
| #177 | Libya | 12.1% | 2025 | |
| #176 | Australia | 12.3% | 2025 | |
| #175 | Belgium | 12.3% | 2025 | |
| #174 | Palestine | 12.6% | 2025 | |
| #173 | United Arab Emirates | 14.0% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Switzerland | 14.3% | 2025 | |
| #171 | Peru | 14.4% | 2025 | |
| #170 | Saudi Arabia | 15.4% | 2025 | |
| #169 | New Zealand | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| #168 | Norway | 16.4% | 2025 | |
| #167 | United Kingdom | 16.7% | 2025 | |
| #166 | Canada | 17.1% | 2025 | |
| #165 | Germany | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| #164 | The Bahamas | 18.7% | 2025 | |
| #163 | South Korea | 18.8% | 2025 | |
| #162 | Spain | 19.5% | 2025 | |
| #161 | American Samoa | 19.5% | 2025 | |
| #160 | United States | 19.8% | 2025 | |
| #159 | Mexico | 20.0% | 2025 | |
| #158 | Costa Rica | 20.3% | 2025 | |
| #157 | Belarus | 20.5% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Oman | 20.5% | 2025 | |
| #155 | Palau | 20.7% | 2025 | |
| #154 | Greece | 20.8% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Marshall Islands | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| #152 | France | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Colombia | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| #150 | Cape Verde | 22.4% | 2025 | |
| #149 | Malaysia | 22.6% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Iran | 22.6% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Cuba | 22.8% | 2025 | |
| #146 | Algeria | 24.2% | 2025 | |
| #145 | El Salvador | 24.5% | 2025 | |
| #144 | Russia | 24.7% | 2025 | |
| #143 | Brunei | 25.0% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Finland | 25.5% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Bulgaria | 25.8% | 2025 | |
| #140 | Dominica | 26.0% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Djibouti | 27.0% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Czech Republic | 27.1% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Dominican Republic | 27.5% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Syria | 27.9% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Equatorial Guinea | 28.4% | 2025 | |
| #134 | Bolivia | 28.4% | 2025 | |
| #133 | Angola | 28.5% | 2025 | |
| #132 | Mongolia | 28.9% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Estonia | 29.3% | 2025 | |
| #130 | Tunisia | 29.3% | 2025 | |
| #129 | Hungary | 29.3% | 2025 | |
| #128 | Paraguay | 29.6% | 2025 | |
| #127 | Iraq | 30.1% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Austria | 30.3% | 2025 | |
| #125 | Italy | 30.3% | 2025 | |
| #124 | Ukraine | 30.4% | 2025 | |
| #123 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 30.8% | 2025 | |
| #122 | Lithuania | 30.9% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Latvia | 31.4% | 2025 | |
| #120 | New Caledonia | 31.8% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Botswana | 32.0% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Nepal | 33.0% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Cyprus | 33.3% | 2025 | |
| #116 | People's Republic of China | 33.7% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Panama | 33.8% | 2025 | |
| #114 | Armenia | 34.1% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Suriname | 34.2% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Montenegro | 34.4% | 2025 | |
| #111 | Tuvalu | 34.6% | 2025 | |
| #110 | The Gambia | 35.0% | 2025 | |
| #109 | Ireland | 35.4% | 2025 | |
| #108 | North Korea | 35.8% | 2025 | |
| #107 | Republic of the Congo | 35.9% | 2025 | |
| #106 | South Africa | 36.2% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Nigeria | 36.2% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Ecuador | 36.6% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Kiribati | 36.6% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Morocco | 36.9% | 2025 | |
| #101 | North Macedonia | 37.1% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Thailand | 37.2% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Serbia | 37.4% | 2025 | |
| #98 | Kazakhstan | 37.6% | 2025 | |
| #97 | French Polynesia | 38.2% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Aruba | 38.3% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Portugal | 38.5% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Mauritania | 38.5% | 2025 | |
| #93 | Georgia | 38.8% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Poland | 39.9% | 2025 | |
| #91 | Barbados | 40.3% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Fiji | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| #89 | Nicaragua | 40.6% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Jamaica | 40.6% | 2025 | |
| #87 | Indonesia | 40.6% | 2025 | |
| #86 | Honduras | 40.7% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Ghana | 41.1% | 2025 | |
| #84 | Albania | 41.1% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Azerbaijan | 41.4% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Croatia | 42.2% | 2025 | |
| #81 | British Virgin Islands | 42.6% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Guatemala | 43.7% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Liberia | 43.9% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Slovenia | 44.0% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Philippines | 44.2% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Senegal | 44.2% | 2025 | |
| #75 | Cameroon | 44.3% | 2025 | |
| #74 | Haiti | 44.4% | 2025 | |
| #73 | Somalia | 44.9% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Ivory Coast | 45.5% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.0% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Benin | 46.6% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Slovakia | 46.8% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47.3% | 2025 | |
| #67 | Romania | 47.8% | 2025 | |
| #66 | Isle of Man | 47.9% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Uzbekistan | 49.0% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Kosovo | 49.1% | 2025 | |
| #63 | Namibia | 49.1% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 52.0% | 2025 | |
| #61 | Turkmenistan | 52.9% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Guinea-Bissau | 53.3% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Sierra Leone | 54.1% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Zambia | 54.1% | 2025 | |
| #57 | Seychelles | 54.5% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 54.9% | 2025 | |
| #55 | Lesotho | 55.3% | 2025 | |
| #54 | Central African Republic | 55.4% | 2025 | |
| #53 | Togo | 55.6% | 2025 | |
| #52 | Moldova | 56.3% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Bhutan | 56.6% | 2025 | |
| #50 | Egypt | 57.1% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Maldives | 57.5% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Belize | 58.4% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Cambodia | 58.9% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Zimbabwe | 59.5% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Laos | 59.7% | 2025 | |
| #44 | Faroe Islands | 60.4% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Pakistan | 60.5% | 2025 | |
| #42 | Mauritius | 61.0% | 2025 | |
| #41 | Vietnam | 61.2% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Guinea | 61.5% | 2025 | |
| #39 | Mozambique | 62.8% | 2025 | |
| #38 | Yemen | 63.0% | 2025 | |
| #37 | Tanzania | 63.1% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Grenada | 63.3% | 2025 | |
| #35 | India | 64.3% | 2025 | |
| #34 | Sudan | 65.1% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Kyrgyzstan | 65.3% | 2025 | |
| #32 | Eritrea | 65.5% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Comoros | 66.1% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Bangladesh | 66.8% | 2025 | |
| #29 | Madagascar | 67.1% | 2025 | |
| #28 | Mali | 67.8% | 2025 | |
| #27 | Kenya | 67.8% | 2025 | |
| #26 | Uganda | 68.1% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 68.1% | 2025 | |
| #24 | Solomon Islands | 68.7% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Rwanda | 69.1% | 2025 | |
| #22 | Myanmar | 69.4% | 2025 | |
| #21 | Saint Lucia | 70.9% | 2025 | |
| #20 | Burkina Faso | 71.1% | 2025 | |
| #19 | Timor-Leste | 71.2% | 2025 | |
| #18 | Chad | 72.4% | 2025 | |
| #17 | Eswatini | 73.3% | 2025 | |
| #16 | Guyana | 73.5% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Tajikistan | 73.8% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Afghanistan | 74.1% | 2025 | |
| #13 | Burundi | 74.3% | 2025 | |
| #12 | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.7% | 2025 | |
| #11 | Ethiopia | 75.9% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Federated States of Micronesia | 77.5% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Vanuatu | 77.7% | 2025 | |
| #8 | South Sudan | 78.3% | 2025 | |
| #7 | Tonga | 78.8% | 2025 | |
| #6 | Sri Lanka | 79.5% | 2025 | |
| #5 | Niger | 81.6% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Malawi | 82.4% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Samoa | 82.5% | 2025 | |
| #2 | Papua New Guinea | 84.2% | 2025 | |
| #1 | Liechtenstein | 85.4% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)