Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Belize

Rural population share in Belize in 2025 — 58.4%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 12.3 pp.

2025 58.4% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 49of 217
Period maximum 58.4%2025
Period minimum 45.7%1970

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Belize, 1960–20254550556019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.1%1962: 46.1%1964: 46%1966: 45.9%1968: 45.8%1970: 45.7%1972: 45.9%1974: 46.4%1976: 47%1978: 47.7%1980: 48.3%1982: 49.2%1984: 50.2%1986: 51.2%1988: 52.1%1990: 52.6%1992: 52.7%1994: 52.6%1996: 52.5%1998: 52.4%2000: 52.3%2002: 52.5%2004: 53%2006: 53.6%2008: 54.2%2010: 54.8%2012: 55.3%2014: 55.8%2016: 56.3%2018: 56.8%2020: 57.4%2022: 57.9%2024: 58.2%2025: 58.4%
Change over the period: +12.3 pp Annual average: 0.19 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Belize 58.4%
World 42.2%
Central America computed 25%
Rural population share — Belize, by year Belize All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 58.4 +0.2 pp
2024 58.2 +0.2 pp
2023 58.1 +0.2 pp
2022 57.9 +0.3 pp
2021 57.6 +0.3 pp
2020 57.4 +0.3 pp
2019 57.1 +0.3 pp
2018 56.8 +0.3 pp
2017 56.6 +0.3 pp
2016 56.3 +0.3 pp
2015 56.1 +0.3 pp
2014 55.8 +0.3 pp
2013 55.6 +0.3 pp
2012 55.3 +0.3 pp
2011 55.1 +0.2 pp
2010 54.8 +0.3 pp
2009 54.5 +0.3 pp
2008 54.2 +0.3 pp
2007 53.9 +0.3 pp
2006 53.6 +0.3 pp
2005 53.3 +0.3 pp
2004 53 +0.3 pp
2003 52.7 +0.2 pp
2002 52.5 +0.1 pp
2001 52.4 +0.1 pp
2000 52.3 −0 pp
1999 52.3 −0 pp
1998 52.4 −0 pp
1997 52.4 −0.1 pp
1996 52.5 −0.1 pp
1995 52.5 −0.1 pp
1994 52.6 −0.1 pp
1993 52.6 −0 pp
1992 52.7 −0 pp
1991 52.7 +0.1 pp
1990 52.6 +0.2 pp
1989 52.4 +0.3 pp
1988 52.1 +0.4 pp
1987 51.7 +0.5 pp
1986 51.2 +0.5 pp
1985 50.7 +0.5 pp
1984 50.2 +0.5 pp
1983 49.7 +0.5 pp
1982 49.2 +0.4 pp
1981 48.7 +0.4 pp
1980 48.3 +0.3 pp
1979 48 +0.3 pp
1978 47.7 +0.3 pp
1977 47.3 +0.3 pp
1976 47 +0.3 pp
1975 46.7 +0.3 pp
1974 46.4 +0.3 pp
1973 46.1 +0.2 pp
1972 45.9 +0.1 pp
1971 45.8 +0.1 pp
1970 45.7 −0 pp
1969 45.7 −0 pp
1968 45.8 −0 pp
1967 45.8 −0 pp
1966 45.9 −0.1 pp
1965 45.9 −0.1 pp
1964 46 −0.1 pp
1963 46 −0 pp
1962 46.1 −0 pp
1961 46.1 −0 pp
1960 46.1

Central America, 2025

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

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.