Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Brazil

Rural population share in Brazil in 2025 — 11.8%. Ranked 179 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 43.5 pp.

2025 11.8% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 179of 217
Period maximum 55.3%1960
Period minimum 11.8%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Brazil, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.3%1962: 53.7%1964: 52.1%1966: 50.5%1968: 48.8%1970: 46.8%1972: 44.3%1974: 41.3%1976: 38.1%1978: 35%1980: 32.6%1982: 30.7%1984: 29.1%1986: 27.7%1988: 26.4%1990: 25.1%1992: 23.9%1994: 22.8%1996: 21.7%1998: 20.2%2000: 18.9%2002: 18%2004: 17.3%2006: 16.7%2008: 16.2%2010: 15.7%2012: 15.1%2014: 14.6%2016: 14.1%2018: 13.6%2020: 13.1%2022: 12.7%2024: 12.1%2025: 11.8%
Change over the period: −43.5 pp Annual average: -0.67 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Brazil 11.8%
World 42.2%
South America computed 14.5%
Rural population share — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.8 −0.3 pp
2024 12.1 −0.3 pp
2023 12.4 −0.3 pp
2022 12.7 −0.2 pp
2021 12.9 −0.2 pp
2020 13.1 −0.2 pp
2019 13.3 −0.2 pp
2018 13.6 −0.2 pp
2017 13.8 −0.2 pp
2016 14.1 −0.3 pp
2015 14.3 −0.3 pp
2014 14.6 −0.3 pp
2013 14.8 −0.3 pp
2012 15.1 −0.3 pp
2011 15.4 −0.3 pp
2010 15.7 −0.3 pp
2009 15.9 −0.3 pp
2008 16.2 −0.3 pp
2007 16.5 −0.3 pp
2006 16.7 −0.3 pp
2005 17 −0.3 pp
2004 17.3 −0.3 pp
2003 17.6 −0.4 pp
2002 18 −0.4 pp
2001 18.4 −0.4 pp
2000 18.9 −0.6 pp
1999 19.5 −0.8 pp
1998 20.2 −0.8 pp
1997 21 −0.7 pp
1996 21.7 −0.6 pp
1995 22.3 −0.5 pp
1994 22.8 −0.5 pp
1993 23.4 −0.5 pp
1992 23.9 −0.6 pp
1991 24.5 −0.6 pp
1990 25.1 −0.6 pp
1989 25.8 −0.6 pp
1988 26.4 −0.6 pp
1987 27 −0.7 pp
1986 27.7 −0.7 pp
1985 28.4 −0.7 pp
1984 29.1 −0.8 pp
1983 29.9 −0.8 pp
1982 30.7 −0.9 pp
1981 31.6 −1 pp
1980 32.6 −1.1 pp
1979 33.7 −1.3 pp
1978 35 −1.5 pp
1977 36.5 −1.6 pp
1976 38.1 −1.6 pp
1975 39.7 −1.6 pp
1974 41.3 −1.6 pp
1973 42.9 −1.5 pp
1972 44.3 −1.3 pp
1971 45.7 −1.1 pp
1970 46.8 −1 pp
1969 47.8 −0.9 pp
1968 48.8 −0.9 pp
1967 49.7 −0.8 pp
1966 50.5 −0.8 pp
1965 51.3 −0.8 pp
1964 52.1 −0.8 pp
1963 52.9 −0.8 pp
1962 53.7 −0.8 pp
1961 54.5 −0.8 pp
1960 55.3

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.