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Sub-Saharan Africa
Rural population (% of total population)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Malawi leads Rural population (% of total population) in 2025 at 82, while Gabon sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 8. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.020.641.261.882.4MalawiMalawi: 8282.4NigerNiger: 8281.6South SudanSouth Sudan: 7878.3EthiopiaEthiopia: 7675.9BurundiBurundi: 7474.3EswatiniEswatini: 7373.3ChadChad: 7272.4Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 7171.1RwandaRwanda: 6969.1UgandaUganda: 6868.1KenyaKenya: 6867.8MaliMali: 6867.8

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Malawi 82
2 Niger 82
3 South Sudan 78
4 Ethiopia 76
5 Burundi 74
6 Eswatini 73
7 Chad 72
8 Burkina Faso 71
9 Rwanda 69
10 Uganda 68
11 Kenya 68
12 Mali 68
13 Madagascar 67
14 Comoros 66
15 Eritrea 65
16 Sudan 65
17 Tanzania 63
18 Mozambique 63
19 Guinea 61
20 Mauritius 61
21 Zimbabwe 60
22 Togo 56
23 Central African Republic 55
24 Lesotho 55
25 Congo, Dem. Rep. 55
26 Seychelles 55
27 Zambia 54
28 Sierra Leone 54
29 Guinea-Bissau 53
30 Namibia 49
31 Benin 47
32 Cote d'Ivoire 45
33 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 45
34 Cameroon 44
35 Senegal 44
36 Liberia 44
37 Ghana 41
38 Mauritania 39
39 Nigeria 36
40 South Africa 36
41 Congo, Rep. 36
42 Gambia, The 35
43 Botswana 32
44 Sao Tome and Principe 31
45 Angola 29
46 Equatorial Guinea 28
47 Cabo Verde 22
48 Gabon 8

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Rural population (% of total population) in 2025, Malawi leads with a gap of 1 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 48 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Gabon at 8.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.