Mozambique vs Saint Helena: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Mozambique
37.2%
in 2025
Saint Helena
37.2%
in 2025
Mozambique rank
194th
Saint Helena rank
193rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Mozambique
- Saint Helena
How they compare
Saint Helena currently reports 37.2% against 37.2% in Mozambique, a difference of 0.0%.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Saint Helena has been ahead every year.
Mozambique ranks 194th and Saint Helena ranks 193rd of 238 countries.
Saint Helena has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mozambique | Saint Helena | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.8% | 50.3% | 47.5% | Saint Helena |
| 1960s | 5.0% | 48.2% | 43.2% | Saint Helena |
| 1970s | 9.8% | 44.7% | 34.9% | Saint Helena |
| 1980s | 17.3% | 43.5% | 26.2% | Saint Helena |
| 1990s | 26.8% | 41.4% | 14.6% | Saint Helena |
| 2000s | 30.0% | 39.9% | 10.0% | Saint Helena |
| 2010s | 32.1% | 37.8% | 5.7% | Saint Helena |
| 2020s | 35.5% | 37.3% | 1.9% | Saint Helena |
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 Saint Helena?
- Saint Helena, at 37.2% against 37.2% in Mozambique as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Mozambique and Saint Helena?
- 0.0%, with Saint Helena ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Saint Helena?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Mozambique and Saint Helena rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Mozambique ranks 194th and Saint Helena ranks 193rd 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 modelled historical data.