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Rural population share — Côte d'Ivoire

Rural population share in Côte d'Ivoire in 2025 — 45.5%. Ranked 73 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 36.1 pp.

2025 45.5% −0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 73of 217
Period maximum 81.6%1960
Period minimum 45.5%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Côte d'Ivoire, 1960–202540506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 81.6%1962: 78.9%1964: 76.5%1966: 74.6%1968: 73.1%1970: 71.8%1972: 70.5%1974: 68.8%1976: 66.3%1978: 63.6%1980: 62.8%1982: 62.3%1984: 61.8%1986: 61.4%1988: 60.9%1990: 60.3%1992: 59.7%1994: 59%1996: 58.4%1998: 57.7%2000: 56.9%2002: 56.1%2004: 55.3%2006: 54.5%2008: 53.6%2010: 52.8%2012: 51.9%2014: 51%2016: 50.1%2018: 49.1%2020: 48.2%2022: 47.2%2024: 46%2025: 45.5%
Change over the period: −36.1 pp Annual average: -0.56 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire 45.5%
World 42.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3%
Western Africa computed 45.8%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 56.6%
Rural population share — Côte d'Ivoire, by year Côte d'Ivoire All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 45.5 −0.6 pp
2024 46 −0.6 pp
2023 46.6 −0.6 pp
2022 47.2 −0.5 pp
2021 47.7 −0.5 pp
2020 48.2 −0.5 pp
2019 48.6 −0.5 pp
2018 49.1 −0.5 pp
2017 49.6 −0.5 pp
2016 50.1 −0.5 pp
2015 50.5 −0.5 pp
2014 51 −0.4 pp
2013 51.4 −0.4 pp
2012 51.9 −0.4 pp
2011 52.3 −0.4 pp
2010 52.8 −0.4 pp
2009 53.2 −0.4 pp
2008 53.6 −0.4 pp
2007 54.1 −0.4 pp
2006 54.5 −0.4 pp
2005 54.9 −0.4 pp
2004 55.3 −0.4 pp
2003 55.7 −0.4 pp
2002 56.1 −0.4 pp
2001 56.5 −0.4 pp
2000 56.9 −0.4 pp
1999 57.3 −0.4 pp
1998 57.7 −0.4 pp
1997 58 −0.4 pp
1996 58.4 −0.3 pp
1995 58.7 −0.3 pp
1994 59 −0.3 pp
1993 59.4 −0.3 pp
1992 59.7 −0.3 pp
1991 60 −0.3 pp
1990 60.3 −0.3 pp
1989 60.6 −0.3 pp
1988 60.9 −0.3 pp
1987 61.2 −0.2 pp
1986 61.4 −0.2 pp
1985 61.6 −0.2 pp
1984 61.8 −0.2 pp
1983 62 −0.2 pp
1982 62.3 −0.3 pp
1981 62.5 −0.3 pp
1980 62.8 −0.3 pp
1979 63.1 −0.5 pp
1978 63.6 −1.1 pp
1977 64.7 −1.6 pp
1976 66.3 −1.5 pp
1975 67.8 −1 pp
1974 68.8 −0.9 pp
1973 69.7 −0.8 pp
1972 70.5 −0.7 pp
1971 71.2 −0.7 pp
1970 71.8 −0.6 pp
1969 72.5 −0.7 pp
1968 73.1 −0.7 pp
1967 73.8 −0.8 pp
1966 74.6 −0.9 pp
1965 75.5 −1 pp
1964 76.5 −1.2 pp
1963 77.7 −1.3 pp
1962 78.9 −1.3 pp
1961 80.3 −1.3 pp
1960 81.6 —

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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