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Upper middle income
Rural population (% of total population)

Within the “Upper middle income” group, Samoa leads Rural population (% of total population) in 2025 at 82, while Jordan sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 7. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.020.641.261.982.5SamoaSamoa: 8282.5Sri LankaSri Lanka: 8079.5TongaTonga: 7978.8Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 7877.5St. LuciaSt. Lucia: 7170.9GrenadaGrenada: 6363.3Viet NamViet Nam: 6161.2MauritiusMauritius: 6161.0BelizeBelize: 5858.4MaldivesMaldives: 5757.5MoldovaMoldova: 5656.3TurkmenistanTurkmenistan: 5352.9

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Samoa 82
2 Sri Lanka 80
3 Tonga 79
4 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 78
5 St. Lucia 71
6 Grenada 63
7 Viet Nam 61
8 Mauritius 61
9 Belize 58
10 Maldives 57
11 Moldova 56
12 Turkmenistan 53
13 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 52
14 Kosovo 49
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47
16 Philippines 44
17 Guatemala 44
18 Azerbaijan 41
19 Albania 41
20 Indonesia 41
21 Jamaica 41
22 Fiji 40
23 Georgia 39
24 Kazakhstan 38
25 Serbia 37
26 Thailand 37
27 North Macedonia 37
28 Ecuador 37
29 South Africa 36
30 Tuvalu 35
31 Montenegro 34
32 Suriname 34
33 Armenia 34
34 China 34
35 Botswana 32
36 Ukraine 30
37 Iraq 30
38 Paraguay 30
39 Mongolia 29
40 Equatorial Guinea 28
41 Dominican Republic 27
42 Dominica 26
43 El Salvador 24
44 Algeria 24
45 Cuba 23
46 Iran, Islamic Rep. 23
47 Malaysia 23
48 Cabo Verde 22
49 Colombia 21
50 Marshall Islands 21

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Upper middle income group for Rural population (% of total population) in 2025, Samoa leads with a gap of 3 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 59 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Jordan at 7.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.