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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
101 French Polynesia 38
102 Aruba 38
103 Serbia 38
104 North Macedonia 38
105 Morocco 37
106 Ecuador 37
107 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 37
108 Gambia, The 37
109 Tuvalu 37
110 South Africa 37
111 Congo, Rep. 36
112 Ireland 36
113 China 35
114 Montenegro 35
115 Armenia 34
116 Panama 34
117 Suriname 34
118 Nepal 34
119 Botswana 33
120 Cyprus 33
121 New Caledonia 32
122 Latvia 32
123 Lithuania 32
124 Sao Tome and Principe 32
125 Paraguay 31
126 Austria 31
127 Angola 31
128 Ukraine 31
129 Italy 31
130 Tunisia 30
131 Mongolia 30
132 Iraq 30
133 Hungary 30
134 Estonia 30
135 Bolivia 29
136 Equatorial Guinea 29
137 Dominican Republic 28
138 Djibouti 27
139 Syrian Arab Republic 27
140 Dominica 27
141 Czechia 27
142 Bulgaria 27
143 Finland 26
144 El Salvador 26
145 Algeria 26
146 Brunei Darussalam 25
147 Russian Federation 25
148 Cabo Verde 25
149 Malaysia 24
150 Iran, Islamic Rep. 24

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.