Lesotho vs Seychelles: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Lesotho
44.7%
in 2025
Seychelles
45.5%
in 2025
Lesotho rank
177th
Seychelles rank
175th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Lesotho
- Seychelles
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 45.5% against 44.7% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.8%.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Seychelles has been ahead every year.
Lesotho ranks 177th and Seychelles ranks 175th of 238 countries.
Seychelles has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.1% | 27.4% | 25.3% | Seychelles |
| 1960s | 6.2% | 31.4% | 25.1% | Seychelles |
| 1970s | 10.7% | 45.5% | 34.8% | Seychelles |
| 1980s | 11.4% | 49.3% | 37.9% | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 16.0% | 46.6% | 30.6% | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 22.4% | 42.9% | 20.5% | Seychelles |
| 2010s | 33.2% | 43.1% | 9.9% | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 42.2% | 44.9% | 2.8% | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Lesotho or Seychelles?
- Seychelles, at 45.5% against 44.7% in Lesotho as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Lesotho and Seychelles?
- 0.8%, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Seychelles?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Seychelles rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Lesotho ranks 177th and Seychelles ranks 175th 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.