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Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Aruba

Rural population share in Aruba in 2025 — 38.3%. Ranked 97 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 2.7 pp.

2025 38.3% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 97of 217
Period maximum 41%1960
Period minimum 33.9%1981

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Aruba, 1960–202532343638404219601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 41%1962: 40.8%1964: 40.3%1966: 39.5%1968: 38.6%1970: 37.6%1972: 36.6%1974: 35.6%1976: 34.8%1978: 34.2%1980: 33.9%1982: 33.9%1984: 34.1%1986: 34.2%1988: 34.4%1990: 34.6%1992: 34.6%1994: 34.6%1996: 34.6%1998: 34.6%2000: 34.6%2002: 34.7%2004: 34.9%2006: 35.2%2008: 35.5%2010: 35.8%2012: 36.2%2014: 36.6%2016: 37%2018: 37.5%2020: 38%2022: 38.1%2024: 38.2%2025: 38.3%
Change over the period: −2.7 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Aruba 38.3%
World 42.2%
Latin America & Caribbean 18.5%
Caribbean computed 31%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Aruba, by year Aruba All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 38.3 +0 pp
2024 38.2 +0 pp
2023 38.2 +0 pp
2022 38.1 +0 pp
2021 38.1 +0.1 pp
2020 38 +0.3 pp
2019 37.7 +0.2 pp
2018 37.5 +0.2 pp
2017 37.2 +0.2 pp
2016 37 +0.2 pp
2015 36.8 +0.2 pp
2014 36.6 +0.2 pp
2013 36.4 +0.2 pp
2012 36.2 +0.2 pp
2011 36 +0.2 pp
2010 35.8 +0.2 pp
2009 35.7 +0.2 pp
2008 35.5 +0.2 pp
2007 35.3 +0.2 pp
2006 35.2 +0.1 pp
2005 35 +0.1 pp
2004 34.9 +0.1 pp
2003 34.8 +0.1 pp
2002 34.7 +0.1 pp
2001 34.7 +0 pp
2000 34.6 +0 pp
1999 34.6 +0 pp
1998 34.6 +0 pp
1997 34.6 +0 pp
1996 34.6 +0 pp
1995 34.6 +0 pp
1994 34.6 +0 pp
1993 34.6 +0 pp
1992 34.6 +0 pp
1991 34.6 +0 pp
1990 34.6 +0.1 pp
1989 34.5 +0.1 pp
1988 34.4 +0.1 pp
1987 34.3 +0.1 pp
1986 34.2 +0.1 pp
1985 34.1 +0.1 pp
1984 34.1 +0.1 pp
1983 34 +0.1 pp
1982 33.9 +0 pp
1981 33.9 −0 pp
1980 33.9 −0.1 pp
1979 34 −0.2 pp
1978 34.2 −0.3 pp
1977 34.5 −0.3 pp
1976 34.8 −0.4 pp
1975 35.2 −0.4 pp
1974 35.6 −0.5 pp
1973 36.1 −0.5 pp
1972 36.6 −0.5 pp
1971 37.1 −0.5 pp
1970 37.6 −0.5 pp
1969 38.1 −0.5 pp
1968 38.6 −0.5 pp
1967 39.1 −0.4 pp
1966 39.5 −0.4 pp
1965 39.9 −0.4 pp
1964 40.3 −0.3 pp
1963 40.6 −0.2 pp
1962 40.8 −0.1 pp
1961 40.9 −0 pp
1960 41 —

Caribbean, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AG Antigua and Barbuda 75.7 LC Saint Lucia 70.9 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 68.1 GD Grenada 63.3 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 52 TT Trinidad and Tobago 46 HT Haiti 44.4 VG British Virgin Islands 42.6 JM Jamaica 40.6 BB Barbados 40.3 AW Aruba 38.3 DO Dominican Republic 27.5 DM Dominica 26 CU Cuba 22.8 BS Bahamas 18.7 CW Curaçao 8.5 PR Puerto Rico 5.7 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 5.6 VI United States Virgin Islands 4.6 SX Sint Maarten 0 KY Cayman Islands 0 MF Saint Martin 0
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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.

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