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East Asia & Pacific
Rural population (% of total population)

Within the “East Asia & Pacific” group, Papua New Guinea leads Rural population (% of total population) in 2025 at 84, while Singapore sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0. 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: 8484.2SamoaSamoa: 8282.5TongaTonga: 7978.8VanuatuVanuatu: 7877.7Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 7877.5Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: 7171.2MyanmarMyanmar: 6969.4Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 6968.7Viet NamViet Nam: 6161.2Lao PDRLao PDR: 6059.7CambodiaCambodia: 5958.9PhilippinesPhilippines: 4444.2

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Papua New Guinea 84
2 Samoa 82
3 Tonga 79
4 Vanuatu 78
5 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 78
6 Timor-Leste 71
7 Myanmar 69
8 Solomon Islands 69
9 Viet Nam 61
10 Lao PDR 60
11 Cambodia 59
12 Philippines 44
13 Indonesia 41
14 Fiji 40
15 French Polynesia 38
16 Thailand 37
17 Kiribati 37
18 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 36
19 Tuvalu 35
20 China 34
21 New Caledonia 32
22 Mongolia 29
23 Brunei Darussalam 25
24 Malaysia 23
25 Marshall Islands 21
26 Palau 21
27 American Samoa 19
28 Korea, Rep. 19
29 New Zealand 16
30 Australia 12
31 Northern Mariana Islands 8
32 Japan 8
33 Guam 6
34 Hong Kong SAR, China 0
35 Macao SAR, China 0
36 Naoero 0
37 Singapore 0

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the East Asia & Pacific group for Rural population (% of total population) in 2025, Papua New Guinea leads with a gap of 2 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 37 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Singapore at 0.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.