Niue vs Yemen: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Niue
37.2%
in 2025
Yemen
37.0%
in 2025
Niue rank
195th
Yemen rank
196th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Niue
- Yemen
How they compare
Niue currently reports 37.2% against 37.0% in Yemen, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Niue ahead.
Niue ranks 195th and Yemen ranks 196th of 238 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Niue averaged higher in 7 and Yemen in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niue | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 21.0% | 2.5% | 18.5% | Niue |
| 1960s | 21.4% | 4.4% | 17.0% | Niue |
| 1970s | 24.6% | 8.5% | 16.1% | Niue |
| 1980s | 31.0% | 15.9% | 15.1% | Niue |
| 1990s | 32.9% | 23.3% | 9.6% | Niue |
| 2000s | 35.5% | 28.6% | 7.0% | Niue |
| 2010s | 36.9% | 32.4% | 4.5% | Niue |
| 2020s | 36.2% | 36.4% | 0.2% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Niue or Yemen?
- Niue, at 37.2% against 37.0% in Yemen as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Niue and Yemen?
- 0.2%, with Niue ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niue and Yemen?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Niue and Yemen rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Niue ranks 195th and Yemen ranks 196th 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.