Guernsey vs Saint Lucia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Guernsey
29.6%
in 2025
Saint Lucia
29.1%
in 2025
Guernsey rank
214th
Saint Lucia rank
215th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Guernsey
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Guernsey currently reports 29.6% against 29.1% in Saint Lucia, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guernsey ahead.
Guernsey ranks 214th and Saint Lucia ranks 215th of 238 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Guernsey averaged higher in 7 and Saint Lucia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guernsey | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 35.6% | 19.5% | 16.1% | Guernsey |
| 1960s | 32.9% | 21.0% | 11.8% | Guernsey |
| 1970s | 30.7% | 24.0% | 6.7% | Guernsey |
| 1980s | 29.0% | 28.0% | 1.0% | Guernsey |
| 1990s | 27.8% | 29.1% | 1.3% | Saint Lucia |
| 2000s | 28.0% | 23.9% | 4.2% | Guernsey |
| 2010s | 29.6% | 20.4% | 9.2% | Guernsey |
| 2020s | 29.7% | 28.3% | 1.4% | Guernsey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Guernsey or Saint Lucia?
- Guernsey, at 29.6% against 29.1% in Saint Lucia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Guernsey and Saint Lucia?
- 0.5%, with Guernsey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guernsey and Saint Lucia?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Guernsey and Saint Lucia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Guernsey ranks 214th and Saint Lucia ranks 215th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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.