Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Curaçao

Rural population share in Curaçao in 2025 — 8.5%. Ranked 188 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 16.3 pp.

2025 8.5% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 188of 217
Period maximum 24.8%1960
Period minimum 8.5%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Curaçao, 1960–2025010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 24.8%1962: 23.9%1964: 23.1%1966: 22.4%1968: 21.7%1970: 21.2%1972: 20.7%1974: 20.2%1976: 19.7%1978: 19.3%1980: 18.8%1982: 18.3%1984: 17.8%1986: 17.2%1988: 16.5%1990: 15.8%1992: 14.9%1994: 13.6%1996: 11.9%1998: 10.2%2000: 9.1%2002: 8.9%2004: 8.8%2006: 8.8%2008: 8.8%2010: 8.8%2012: 8.7%2014: 8.7%2016: 8.7%2018: 8.6%2020: 8.6%2022: 8.6%2024: 8.6%2025: 8.5%
Change over the period: −16.3 pp Annual average: -0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Curaçao 8.5%
World 42.2%
Caribbean computed 31%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Curaçao, by year Curaçao All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.5 −0 pp
2024 8.6 −0 pp
2023 8.6 −0 pp
2022 8.6 −0 pp
2021 8.6 −0 pp
2020 8.6 −0 pp
2019 8.6 −0 pp
2018 8.6 −0 pp
2017 8.7 −0 pp
2016 8.7 −0 pp
2015 8.7 −0 pp
2014 8.7 −0 pp
2013 8.7 −0 pp
2012 8.7 −0 pp
2011 8.7 −0 pp
2010 8.8 −0 pp
2009 8.8 −0 pp
2008 8.8 −0 pp
2007 8.8 −0 pp
2006 8.8 −0 pp
2005 8.8 −0 pp
2004 8.8 −0 pp
2003 8.9 −0 pp
2002 8.9 −0 pp
2001 8.9 −0.2 pp
2000 9.1 −0.5 pp
1999 9.6 −0.7 pp
1998 10.2 −0.8 pp
1997 11 −0.9 pp
1996 11.9 −0.9 pp
1995 12.8 −0.8 pp
1994 13.6 −0.7 pp
1993 14.3 −0.6 pp
1992 14.9 −0.4 pp
1991 15.3 −0.4 pp
1990 15.8 −0.4 pp
1989 16.1 −0.4 pp
1988 16.5 −0.3 pp
1987 16.8 −0.3 pp
1986 17.2 −0.3 pp
1985 17.5 −0.3 pp
1984 17.8 −0.3 pp
1983 18 −0.3 pp
1982 18.3 −0.3 pp
1981 18.5 −0.2 pp
1980 18.8 −0.2 pp
1979 19 −0.2 pp
1978 19.3 −0.2 pp
1977 19.5 −0.2 pp
1976 19.7 −0.2 pp
1975 19.9 −0.2 pp
1974 20.2 −0.2 pp
1973 20.4 −0.2 pp
1972 20.7 −0.3 pp
1971 20.9 −0.3 pp
1970 21.2 −0.3 pp
1969 21.5 −0.3 pp
1968 21.7 −0.3 pp
1967 22.1 −0.3 pp
1966 22.4 −0.3 pp
1965 22.7 −0.4 pp
1964 23.1 −0.4 pp
1963 23.5 −0.4 pp
1962 23.9 −0.4 pp
1961 24.4 −0.5 pp
1960 24.8

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.