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Countries with the highest
Rural population (% of total population)

In 2022, Liechtenstein leads Rural population (% of total population) with 85. Papua New Guinea follows at 85, and the gap between the top two positions is 0. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

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Ranking leaders

0.021.342.764.085.3LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 8585.3Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 8585.3MalawiMalawi: 8383.3NigerNiger: 8382.5SamoaSamoa: 8282.5Sri LankaSri Lanka: 8080.0South SudanSouth Sudan: 7979.2TongaTonga: 7978.9VanuatuVanuatu: 7877.7BurundiBurundi: 7877.7Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 7877.6EthiopiaEthiopia: 7777.3

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Lesotho 58
52 Belize 58
53 Moldova 58
54 Egypt, Arab Rep. 57
55 Togo 57
56 Central African Republic 57
57 Congo, Dem. Rep. 56
58 Sierra Leone 56
59 Zambia 55
60 Seychelles 55
61 Guinea-Bissau 55
62 Turkmenistan 53
63 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 52
64 Kosovo 52
65 Namibia 50
66 Benin 49
67 Uzbekistan 49
68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 49
69 Romania 48
70 Isle of Man 48
71 Cote d'Ivoire 47
72 Slovak Republic 47
73 Senegal 47
74 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 46
75 Haiti 46
76 Trinidad and Tobago 46
77 Liberia 46
78 Philippines 45
79 British Virgin Islands 45
80 Cameroon 45
81 Guatemala 45
82 Slovenia 45
83 Croatia 43
84 Ghana 43
85 Indonesia 43
86 Honduras 42
87 Albania 42
88 Jamaica 42
89 Fiji 42
90 Azerbaijan 42
91 Mauritania 41
92 Nicaragua 41
93 Barbados 41
94 Thailand 40
95 Poland 40
96 Georgia 40
97 Kiribati 39
98 Portugal 39
99 Nigeria 39
100 Kazakhstan 39

Analytical takeaways

  • Liechtenstein leads the global ranking for Rural population (% of total population) in 2022, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Ethiopia at 77.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.