Mozambique vs Niue: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Mozambique
37.2%
in 2025
Niue
37.2%
in 2025
Mozambique rank
194th
Niue rank
195th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Mozambique
- Niue
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 37.2% against 37.2% in Niue, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Niue ahead.
Mozambique ranks 194th and Niue ranks 195th of 238 countries.
Niue has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mozambique | Niue | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.8% | 21.0% | 18.2% | Niue |
| 1960s | 5.0% | 21.4% | 16.4% | Niue |
| 1970s | 9.8% | 24.6% | 14.8% | Niue |
| 1980s | 17.3% | 31.0% | 13.7% | Niue |
| 1990s | 26.8% | 32.9% | 6.1% | Niue |
| 2000s | 30.0% | 35.5% | 5.6% | Niue |
| 2010s | 32.1% | 36.9% | 4.8% | Niue |
| 2020s | 35.5% | 36.2% | 0.7% | Niue |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Mozambique or Niue?
- Mozambique, at 37.2% against 37.2% in Niue as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Mozambique and Niue?
- 0.0%, with Mozambique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Niue?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Mozambique and Niue rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Mozambique ranks 194th and Niue ranks 195th 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.