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Lower middle income
Rural population (% of total population)

Within the “Lower middle income” group, Papua New Guinea leads Rural population (% of total population) in 2025 at 84, while Lebanon sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 9. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.021.142.163.284.2Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 8484.2VanuatuVanuatu: 7877.7TajikistanTajikistan: 7473.8EswatiniEswatini: 7373.3Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: 7171.2MyanmarMyanmar: 6969.4Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 6968.7KenyaKenya: 6867.8BangladeshBangladesh: 6766.8ComorosComoros: 6666.1Kyrgyz RepublicKyrgyz Republic: 6565.3IndiaIndia: 6464.3

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Papua New Guinea 84
2 Vanuatu 78
3 Tajikistan 74
4 Eswatini 73
5 Timor-Leste 71
6 Myanmar 69
7 Solomon Islands 69
8 Kenya 68
9 Bangladesh 67
10 Comoros 66
11 Kyrgyz Republic 65
12 India 64
13 Tanzania 63
14 Guinea 61
15 Pakistan 60
16 Lao PDR 60
17 Zimbabwe 60
18 Cambodia 59
19 Egypt, Arab Rep. 57
20 Bhutan 57
21 Togo 56
22 Lesotho 55
23 Zambia 54
24 Namibia 49
25 Uzbekistan 49
26 Benin 47
27 Cote d'Ivoire 45
28 Haiti 44
29 Cameroon 44
30 Senegal 44
31 Ghana 41
32 Honduras 41
33 Nicaragua 41
34 Mauritania 39
35 Morocco 37
36 Kiribati 37
37 Nigeria 36
38 Congo, Rep. 36
39 Nepal 33
40 Sao Tome and Principe 31
41 Tunisia 29
42 Angola 29
43 Bolivia 28
44 Djibouti 27
45 West Bank and Gaza 13
46 Venezuela, RB 11
47 Lebanon 9

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Lower middle income group for Rural population (% of total population) in 2025, Papua New Guinea leads with a gap of 7 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 47 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Lebanon at 9.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.