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Low income
Rural population (% of total population)

Within the “Low income” group, Malawi leads Rural population (% of total population) in 2025 at 82, while Syrian Arab Republic sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 28. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.020.641.261.882.4MalawiMalawi: 8282.4NigerNiger: 8281.6South SudanSouth Sudan: 7878.3EthiopiaEthiopia: 7675.9BurundiBurundi: 7474.3AfghanistanAfghanistan: 7474.1ChadChad: 7272.4Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 7171.1RwandaRwanda: 6969.1UgandaUganda: 6868.1MaliMali: 6867.8MadagascarMadagascar: 6767.1

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Malawi 82
2 Niger 82
3 South Sudan 78
4 Ethiopia 76
5 Burundi 74
6 Afghanistan 74
7 Chad 72
8 Burkina Faso 71
9 Rwanda 69
10 Uganda 68
11 Mali 68
12 Madagascar 67
13 Eritrea 65
14 Sudan 65
15 Yemen, Rep. 63
16 Mozambique 63
17 Central African Republic 55
18 Congo, Dem. Rep. 55
19 Sierra Leone 54
20 Guinea-Bissau 53
21 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 45
22 Liberia 44
23 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 36
24 Gambia, The 35
25 Syrian Arab Republic 28

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Low income group for Rural population (% of total population) in 2025, Malawi leads with a gap of 1 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 25 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Syrian Arab Republic at 28.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.