Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Cabo Verde

Rural population share in Cabo Verde in 2025 — 22.4%. Ranked 151 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 71.1 pp.

2025 22.4% −0.9 pp vs 2024
World rank 151of 217
Period maximum 93.5%1960
Period minimum 22.4%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Cabo Verde, 1960–2025025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 93.5%1962: 92.8%1964: 90.2%1966: 86.7%1968: 83.1%1970: 80.7%1972: 79.5%1974: 78.8%1976: 78.3%1978: 77.6%1980: 76.5%1982: 73.9%1984: 69.5%1986: 64.4%1988: 59.5%1990: 55.9%1992: 53.4%1994: 51.4%1996: 49.5%1998: 47.8%2000: 46.1%2002: 44.4%2004: 42.9%2006: 41.5%2008: 39.9%2010: 38.2%2012: 36.3%2014: 34.2%2016: 32%2018: 29.6%2020: 27.1%2022: 25%2024: 23.2%2025: 22.4%
Change over the period: −71.1 pp Annual average: -1.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cabo Verde 22.4%
World 42.2%
Western Africa computed 45.8%
Rural population share — Cabo Verde, by year Cabo Verde All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.4 −0.9 pp
2024 23.2 −0.9 pp
2023 24.1 −0.9 pp
2022 25 −0.9 pp
2021 25.8 −1.3 pp
2020 27.1 −1.3 pp
2019 28.4 −1.2 pp
2018 29.6 −1.2 pp
2017 30.8 −1.2 pp
2016 32 −1.1 pp
2015 33.1 −1.1 pp
2014 34.2 −1.1 pp
2013 35.3 −1 pp
2012 36.3 −1 pp
2011 37.3 −0.9 pp
2010 38.2 −0.9 pp
2009 39.1 −0.8 pp
2008 39.9 −0.8 pp
2007 40.7 −0.8 pp
2006 41.5 −0.7 pp
2005 42.2 −0.7 pp
2004 42.9 −0.7 pp
2003 43.7 −0.8 pp
2002 44.4 −0.8 pp
2001 45.2 −0.8 pp
2000 46.1 −0.9 pp
1999 46.9 −0.9 pp
1998 47.8 −0.9 pp
1997 48.6 −0.9 pp
1996 49.5 −0.9 pp
1995 50.4 −0.9 pp
1994 51.4 −1 pp
1993 52.4 −1.1 pp
1992 53.4 −1.2 pp
1991 54.6 −1.3 pp
1990 55.9 −1.6 pp
1989 57.5 −2 pp
1988 59.5 −2.3 pp
1987 61.8 −2.5 pp
1986 64.4 −2.6 pp
1985 67 −2.5 pp
1984 69.5 −2.4 pp
1983 71.9 −2 pp
1982 73.9 −1.6 pp
1981 75.5 −1 pp
1980 76.5 −0.6 pp
1979 77.1 −0.5 pp
1978 77.6 −0.4 pp
1977 78 −0.3 pp
1976 78.3 −0.3 pp
1975 78.6 −0.3 pp
1974 78.8 −0.3 pp
1973 79.2 −0.4 pp
1972 79.5 −0.5 pp
1971 80 −0.7 pp
1970 80.7 −1 pp
1969 81.7 −1.4 pp
1968 83.1 −1.7 pp
1967 84.8 −1.8 pp
1966 86.7 −1.8 pp
1965 88.5 −1.7 pp
1964 90.2 −1.5 pp
1963 91.7 −1.1 pp
1962 92.8 −0.6 pp
1961 93.4 −0.1 pp
1960 93.5

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.