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Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Benin

Rural population share in Benin in 2025 — 46.6%. Ranked 71 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 43.6 pp.

2025 46.6% −0.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 71of 217
Period maximum 90.2%1960
Period minimum 46.6%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Benin, 1960–202540608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 90.2%1962: 89.2%1964: 87.8%1966: 86.2%1968: 84.3%1970: 82.3%1972: 80.2%1974: 78.1%1976: 76.1%1978: 74.3%1980: 72.7%1982: 71.1%1984: 69.4%1986: 67.9%1988: 66.4%1990: 65.2%1992: 64.2%1994: 63.5%1996: 62.9%1998: 62.3%2000: 61.7%2002: 61%2004: 60.1%2006: 59.2%2008: 58.2%2010: 57.1%2012: 56%2014: 54.7%2016: 53.4%2018: 52%2020: 50.6%2022: 49%2024: 47.5%2025: 46.6%
Change over the period: −43.6 pp Annual average: -0.67 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Benin 46.6%
World 42.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3%
Western Africa computed 45.8%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 56.6%
Rural population share — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 46.6 −0.8 pp
2024 47.5 −0.8 pp
2023 48.3 −0.8 pp
2022 49 −0.8 pp
2021 49.8 −0.8 pp
2020 50.6 −0.7 pp
2019 51.3 −0.7 pp
2018 52 −0.7 pp
2017 52.7 −0.7 pp
2016 53.4 −0.7 pp
2015 54.1 −0.7 pp
2014 54.7 −0.6 pp
2013 55.3 −0.6 pp
2012 56 −0.6 pp
2011 56.5 −0.6 pp
2010 57.1 −0.6 pp
2009 57.7 −0.5 pp
2008 58.2 −0.5 pp
2007 58.7 −0.5 pp
2006 59.2 −0.5 pp
2005 59.7 −0.5 pp
2004 60.1 −0.4 pp
2003 60.6 −0.4 pp
2002 61 −0.4 pp
2001 61.4 −0.3 pp
2000 61.7 −0.3 pp
1999 62 −0.3 pp
1998 62.3 −0.3 pp
1997 62.6 −0.3 pp
1996 62.9 −0.3 pp
1995 63.2 −0.3 pp
1994 63.5 −0.3 pp
1993 63.8 −0.4 pp
1992 64.2 −0.4 pp
1991 64.7 −0.5 pp
1990 65.2 −0.6 pp
1989 65.8 −0.6 pp
1988 66.4 −0.7 pp
1987 67.1 −0.7 pp
1986 67.9 −0.8 pp
1985 68.6 −0.8 pp
1984 69.4 −0.8 pp
1983 70.2 −0.8 pp
1982 71.1 −0.8 pp
1981 71.9 −0.8 pp
1980 72.7 −0.8 pp
1979 73.5 −0.8 pp
1978 74.3 −0.9 pp
1977 75.2 −0.9 pp
1976 76.1 −1 pp
1975 77.1 −1 pp
1974 78.1 −1 pp
1973 79.2 −1 pp
1972 80.2 −1 pp
1971 81.2 −1 pp
1970 82.3 −1 pp
1969 83.3 −1 pp
1968 84.3 −1 pp
1967 85.3 −0.9 pp
1966 86.2 −0.9 pp
1965 87 −0.8 pp
1964 87.8 −0.7 pp
1963 88.6 −0.6 pp
1962 89.2 −0.6 pp
1961 89.8 −0.5 pp
1960 90.2 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

NE Niger 81.6 BF Burkina Faso 71.1 ML Mali 67.8 GN Guinea 61.5 TG Togo 55.6 SL Sierra Leone 54.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 53.3 BJ Benin 46.6 CI Côte d'Ivoire 45.5 SN Senegal 44.2 LR Liberia 43.9 GH Ghana 41.1 MR Mauritania 38.5 NG Nigeria 36.2 GM Gambia 35 CV Cabo Verde 22.4
Full table for all countries

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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