Working-age population, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural population) by country

Countries reporting
95
Highest
0.9%
Indonesia
Lowest
0.4%
Mali
Median
0.6%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,331

What the numbers show

Working-age population, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural population) is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Indonesia; the lowest is 0.4% in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 0.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 16.4%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 37.3%).

Working-age population, aged 15-64, rural: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 0.9% 2019 up 11.1% rising
2 China (People’s Republic of) 0.8% 2013 down 1.7% flat
3 Korea 0.7% 2017 down 1.8% falling
4 North Macedonia 0.7% 2020 up 2.5% rising
5 Slovakia 0.7% 2016 down 1.5% flat
6 Ukraine 0.7% 2014 up 9.7% rising
7 Hungary 0.7% 2016 up 2.2% rising
8 Armenia 0.7% 2020 up 1.5% flat
9 Luxembourg 0.7% 2016 up 4.7% rising
10 Thailand 0.7% 2021 down 3.2% rising
11 Norway 0.7% 2016 up 11.2% rising
12 Netherlands 0.7% 2004 up 2.9% flat
13 Kosovo 0.7% 2017 up 5.9% rising
14 Russian Federation 0.7% 2019 down 8.3% falling
15 Germany 0.7% 2011 up 2.2% flat
16 Cyprus 0.7% 2016 down 3.2% flat
17 Austria 0.7% 2003 up 1.4% flat
18 India 0.7% 2019 up 6.4% rising
19 Sri Lanka 0.7% 2019 down 0.6% flat
20 Brazil 0.7% 2021 up 5.3% rising
21 Costa Rica 0.7% 2021 up 1.0% rising
22 Belarus 0.7% 2020 down 0.6% rising
23 Lithuania 0.7% 2016 up 0.1% rising
24 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2021 down 8.7% rising
25 Cambodia 0.7% 2012 up 10.4% rising
26 Croatia 0.7% 2016 down 2.8% flat
27 Serbia 0.7% 2018 up 1.5% flat
28 Kazakhstan 0.7% 2017 down 6.3% flat
29 Chile 0.6% 2017 down 0.2% rising
30 Iceland 0.6% 2015 down 1.5% flat
31 Latvia 0.6% 2016 down 6.2% flat
32 Spain 0.6% 2016 down 1.8% flat
33 Uruguay 0.6% 2021 down 0.5% flat
34 Tunisia 0.6% 2015 up 4.7% rising
35 El Salvador 0.6% 2019 up 12.0% rising
36 Romania 0.6% 2018 down 3.9% flat
37 Montenegro 0.6% 2013 down 10.3% falling
38 Italy 0.6% 2016 down 1.0% falling
39 Tajikistan 0.6% 2013 up 12.7% rising
40 Estonia 0.6% 2016 down 4.2% flat
41 Poland 0.6% 2019 down 11.4% rising
42 Türkiye 0.6% 2013 up 2.8% flat
43 Egypt 0.6% 2019 up 1.9% rising
44 Nepal 0.6% 2014 up 16.4% rising
45 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2013 up 6.9% rising
46 Georgia 0.6% 2020 down 4.9% flat
47 Portugal 0.6% 2016 down 2.4% flat
48 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.6% 2018 up 10.6% rising
49 Philippines 0.6% 2019 up 5.2% rising
50 Morocco 0.6% 2013 up 3.9% rising
51 South Africa 0.6% 2020 up 7.1% rising
52 Czechia 0.6% 2016 down 14.1% falling
53 Colombia 0.6% 2021 up 3.6% rising
54 United States of America 0.6% 2018 down 4.7% flat
55 Ireland 0.6% 2016 down 4.6% falling
56 France 0.6% 2016 down 0.3% flat
57 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2002 up 8.0% rising
58 Mexico 0.6% 2020 up 5.2% rising
59 Mongolia 0.6% 2021 down 7.4% flat
60 Bangladesh 0.6% 2016 up 8.5% rising
61 Paraguay 0.6% 2021 up 3.4% rising
62 Belgium 0.6% 2003 down 4.4% flat
63 Nicaragua 0.6% 2014 up 10.9% rising
64 Guatemala 0.6% 2019 up 12.6% rising
65 Denmark 0.6% 2016 down 4.2% falling
66 Honduras 0.6% 2019 up 9.9% rising
67 Bulgaria 0.6% 2016 down 6.6% falling
68 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6% 2016 down 7.4% flat
69 Palestine, State of 0.6% 2017 down 37.3% falling
70 Sweden 0.6% 2016 down 9.1% falling
71 Finland 0.6% 2016 down 9.0% falling
72 Greece 0.6% 2016 down 8.9% falling
73 Zambia 0.6% 2015 down 4.0% falling
74 Peru 0.6% 2021 up 3.3% rising
75 Ecuador 0.6% 2021 up 2.2% rising
76 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.6% 2021 up 6.5% rising
77 Rwanda 0.6% 2021 up 8.2% rising
78 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 down 7.2% flat
79 Jordan 0.6% 2016 down 0.9% flat
80 Mozambique 0.6% 2014 up 15.6% flat
81 Jamaica 0.6% 2002 up 2.0% flat
82 Pakistan 0.5% 2020 up 3.6% rising
83 Panama 0.5% 2021 down 0.8% flat
84 Ghana 0.5% 2016 up 2.7% rising
85 Belize 0.5% 1999 up 5.6% rising
86 Ethiopia 0.5% 2021 up 6.4% flat
87 Namibia 0.5% 2015 down 0.1% rising
88 Nigeria 0.5% 2018 down 10.5% falling
89 Malawi 0.5% 2019 up 4.1% flat
90 Djibouti 0.5% 2017 down 12.0% rising
91 Madagascar 0.5% 2012 down 1.6% flat
92 Gambia 0.5% 2020 down 2.5% flat
93 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5% 2020 up 0.2% flat
94 Uganda 0.5% 2016 up 1.5% flat
95 Mali 0.4% 2018 down 15.4% falling

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Indicator
Working-age population, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural population)
Unit
% of rural population
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
95 places, 1,331 data points, 1970–2021
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