Greece vs Marshall Islands: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Greece
79.2%
in 2025
Marshall Islands
79.1%
in 2025
Greece rank
76th
Marshall Islands rank
77th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Greece
- Marshall Islands
How they compare
Greece currently reports 79.2% against 79.1% in Marshall Islands, a difference of 0.1%.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Greece has been ahead every year.
Greece ranks 76th and Marshall Islands ranks 77th of 238 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Marshall Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 53.8% | 29.5% | 24.3% | Greece |
| 1960s | 59.4% | 41.8% | 17.6% | Greece |
| 1970s | 66.9% | 59.7% | 7.2% | Greece |
| 1980s | 70.5% | 63.3% | 7.2% | Greece |
| 1990s | 72.0% | 67.5% | 4.5% | Greece |
| 2000s | 74.2% | 70.4% | 3.7% | Greece |
| 2010s | 77.4% | 75.2% | 2.1% | Greece |
| 2020s | 78.7% | 78.2% | 0.5% | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Greece or Marshall Islands?
- Greece, at 79.2% against 79.1% in Marshall Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Greece and Marshall Islands?
- 0.1%, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Marshall Islands?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Marshall Islands rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Greece ranks 76th and Marshall Islands ranks 77th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Do more people live in urban or rural areas?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.