Maldives vs Zimbabwe: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Maldives
42.5%
in 2025
Zimbabwe
40.5%
in 2025
Maldives rank
183rd
Zimbabwe rank
186th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Maldives
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 42.5% against 40.5% in Zimbabwe, a difference of 2.0%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 183rd and Zimbabwe ranks 186th of 238 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 3 and Zimbabwe in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11.1% | 11.3% | 0.2% | Zimbabwe |
| 1960s | 11.4% | 14.4% | 3.0% | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 16.9% | 19.6% | 2.7% | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 25.0% | 25.4% | 0.5% | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 25.9% | 31.2% | 5.2% | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 32.7% | 32.6% | 0.1% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 38.4% | 33.8% | 4.6% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 41.4% | 38.9% | 2.5% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Maldives or Zimbabwe?
- Maldives, at 42.5% against 40.5% in Zimbabwe as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Maldives and Zimbabwe?
- 2.0%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Zimbabwe?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Maldives and Zimbabwe rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Maldives ranks 183rd and Zimbabwe ranks 186th 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.