Urban vs rural majority, per unit of GDP by country
Urban vs rural majority divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
211
Highest
0 units per US$ of GDP
Tuvalu
Lowest
0 units per US$ of GDP
United States
Median
0 units per US$ of GDP
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
11,717
What the numbers show
Urban vs rural majority, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 0 units per US$ of GDP in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0 units per US$ of GDP in United States.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 units per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 units per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 194 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 103.0%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 84.2%).
Urban vs rural majority, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Nauru | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Palau | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Kiribati | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Dominica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 7 | American Samoa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 8 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 31.4% | flat |
| 9 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 72.8% | falling |
| 10 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 11 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 12 | San Marino | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 13 | Micronesia (country) | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Tonga | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Greenland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Grenada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Curacao | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 20 | Cape Verde | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Gambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 22 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 23 | Andorra | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Seychelles | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Comoros | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 27 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Lesotho | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Eritrea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 30 | Vanuatu | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Djibouti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 32 | East Timor | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Aruba | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Suriname | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Guam | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 37 | Samoa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Cayman Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 39 | Belize | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Bhutan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Bermuda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Liberia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 45 | French Polynesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Faroe Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Fiji | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Monaco | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 49 | New Caledonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Burundi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 46.3% | falling |
| 51 | Barbados | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Montenegro | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Isle of Man | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Sierra Leone | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Maldives | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Mauritania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Eswatini | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Bahamas | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Palestine | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Brunei | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Gabon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Somalia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Togo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Lebanon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Malta | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Botswana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Namibia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Syria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 103.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Mongolia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Nicaragua | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Jamaica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Iceland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Mauritius | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Armenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Laos | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Benin | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Moldova | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 82 | El Salvador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Bahrain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Albania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Macao | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Rwanda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Libya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Haiti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Madagascar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Mozambique | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Liechtenstein | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Cyprus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Georgia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Zambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Yemen | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 97 | South Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2015 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Jordan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Senegal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Estonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Honduras | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Nepal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Paraguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Latvia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 109 | Chad | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Tunisia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Malawi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Uruguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Bolivia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Mali | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Burkina Faso | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Guyana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Cameroon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Luxembourg | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Venezuela | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Belarus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Niger | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Cambodia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Zimbabwe | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Panama | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Puerto Rico | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Lithuania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Oman | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Cuba | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Slovenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Kuwait | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Serbia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Angola | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Bulgaria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Croatia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Ghana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Uganda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Ecuador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Qatar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Guatemala | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Tanzania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 149 | Myanmar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Morocco | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Slovakia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Ukraine | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 154 | New Zealand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Hungary | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Greece | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Iraq | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Algeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Peru | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Chile | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Kenya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Finland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Hong Kong | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Nigeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 94.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Iran | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Denmark | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Ethiopia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Czechia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Portugal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Colombia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Singapore | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Malaysia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Norway | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 176 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Israel | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 178 | South Africa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Argentina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Sweden | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 181 | Romania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Belgium | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Austria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Egypt | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Philippines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Thailand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Pakistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Ireland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Switzerland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 190 | Vietnam | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Bangladesh | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 192 | Netherlands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 193 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 194 | Poland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Turkey | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 196 | Australia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Mexico | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 198 | South Korea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Spain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 200 | Indonesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Brazil | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 202 | Canada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 203 | Russia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 204 | Italy | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 205 | France | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 206 | United Kingdom | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 207 | Japan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 208 | Germany | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 209 | India | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 210 | China | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 211 | United States | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.8% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Urban vs rural majority divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Urban vs rural majority ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Do more people live in urban or rural areas? HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Urban vs rural majority divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.