Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Argentina

Rural population share in Argentina in 2025 — 7.6%. Ranked 193 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 20.6 pp.

2025 7.6% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 193of 217
Period maximum 28.3%1960
Period minimum 7.6%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Argentina, 1960–2025010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 28.3%1962: 26.8%1964: 25.3%1966: 23.8%1968: 22.4%1970: 21.2%1972: 20.3%1974: 19.4%1976: 18.6%1978: 17.9%1980: 17.1%1982: 16.3%1984: 15.4%1986: 14.6%1988: 13.8%1990: 13.1%1992: 12.5%1994: 12%1996: 11.6%1998: 11.2%2000: 10.8%2002: 10.4%2004: 10.1%2006: 9.7%2008: 9.3%2010: 9%2012: 8.8%2014: 8.6%2016: 8.4%2018: 8.2%2020: 8.1%2022: 7.9%2024: 7.7%2025: 7.6%
Change over the period: −20.6 pp Annual average: -0.32 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Argentina

Argentina 7.6%
World 42.2%
South America computed 14.5%
Rural population share — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 7.6 −0.1 pp
2024 7.7 −0.1 pp
2023 7.8 −0.1 pp
2022 7.9 −0.1 pp
2021 8 −0.1 pp
2020 8.1 −0.1 pp
2019 8.1 −0.1 pp
2018 8.2 −0.1 pp
2017 8.3 −0.1 pp
2016 8.4 −0.1 pp
2015 8.5 −0.1 pp
2014 8.6 −0.1 pp
2013 8.7 −0.1 pp
2012 8.8 −0.1 pp
2011 8.9 −0.1 pp
2010 9 −0.2 pp
2009 9.2 −0.2 pp
2008 9.3 −0.2 pp
2007 9.5 −0.2 pp
2006 9.7 −0.2 pp
2005 9.9 −0.2 pp
2004 10.1 −0.2 pp
2003 10.2 −0.2 pp
2002 10.4 −0.2 pp
2001 10.6 −0.2 pp
2000 10.8 −0.2 pp
1999 11 −0.2 pp
1998 11.2 −0.2 pp
1997 11.4 −0.2 pp
1996 11.6 −0.2 pp
1995 11.8 −0.2 pp
1994 12 −0.2 pp
1993 12.3 −0.2 pp
1992 12.5 −0.3 pp
1991 12.8 −0.3 pp
1990 13.1 −0.3 pp
1989 13.4 −0.4 pp
1988 13.8 −0.4 pp
1987 14.2 −0.4 pp
1986 14.6 −0.4 pp
1985 15 −0.4 pp
1984 15.4 −0.4 pp
1983 15.9 −0.4 pp
1982 16.3 −0.4 pp
1981 16.7 −0.4 pp
1980 17.1 −0.4 pp
1979 17.5 −0.4 pp
1978 17.9 −0.4 pp
1977 18.3 −0.4 pp
1976 18.6 −0.4 pp
1975 19 −0.4 pp
1974 19.4 −0.4 pp
1973 19.8 −0.4 pp
1972 20.3 −0.5 pp
1971 20.7 −0.5 pp
1970 21.2 −0.6 pp
1969 21.8 −0.6 pp
1968 22.4 −0.7 pp
1967 23.1 −0.7 pp
1966 23.8 −0.7 pp
1965 24.6 −0.8 pp
1964 25.3 −0.8 pp
1963 26.1 −0.8 pp
1962 26.8 −0.7 pp
1961 27.6 −0.7 pp
1960 28.3

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.