Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Dominica

Rural population share in Dominica in 2025 — 26%. Ranked 141 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 36.1 pp.

2025 26% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 141of 217
Period maximum 62.1%1960
Period minimum 26%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Dominica, 1960–202520304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 62.1%1962: 62%1964: 61.9%1966: 61.8%1968: 61.7%1970: 61.5%1972: 60.8%1974: 59.5%1976: 57.7%1978: 55.7%1980: 53.5%1982: 50.9%1984: 47%1986: 42.5%1988: 38.5%1990: 35.9%1992: 35.4%1994: 35.2%1996: 35%1998: 34.9%2000: 34.8%2002: 34.5%2004: 34%2006: 33.5%2008: 32.8%2010: 32%2012: 31.2%2014: 30.5%2016: 29.7%2018: 29%2020: 28.2%2022: 27.3%2024: 26.5%2025: 26%
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: Dominica

Dominica 26%
World 42.2%
Caribbean computed 31%
Rural population share — Dominica, by year Dominica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 26 −0.4 pp
2024 26.5 −0.4 pp
2023 26.9 −0.4 pp
2022 27.3 −0.4 pp
2021 27.7 −0.4 pp
2020 28.2 −0.4 pp
2019 28.6 −0.4 pp
2018 29 −0.4 pp
2017 29.4 −0.4 pp
2016 29.7 −0.4 pp
2015 30.1 −0.4 pp
2014 30.5 −0.4 pp
2013 30.9 −0.4 pp
2012 31.2 −0.4 pp
2011 31.6 −0.4 pp
2010 32 −0.4 pp
2009 32.4 −0.4 pp
2008 32.8 −0.4 pp
2007 33.1 −0.3 pp
2006 33.5 −0.3 pp
2005 33.8 −0.3 pp
2004 34 −0.2 pp
2003 34.3 −0.2 pp
2002 34.5 −0.2 pp
2001 34.6 −0.1 pp
2000 34.8 −0.1 pp
1999 34.9 −0.1 pp
1998 34.9 −0.1 pp
1997 35 −0.1 pp
1996 35 −0.1 pp
1995 35.1 −0.1 pp
1994 35.2 −0.1 pp
1993 35.3 −0.1 pp
1992 35.4 −0.1 pp
1991 35.5 −0.4 pp
1990 35.9 −1 pp
1989 37 −1.5 pp
1988 38.5 −1.9 pp
1987 40.4 −2.1 pp
1986 42.5 −2.2 pp
1985 44.7 −2.2 pp
1984 47 −2.1 pp
1983 49.1 −1.8 pp
1982 50.9 −1.4 pp
1981 52.3 −1.1 pp
1980 53.5 −1.1 pp
1979 54.6 −1.1 pp
1978 55.7 −1.1 pp
1977 56.7 −1 pp
1976 57.7 −0.9 pp
1975 58.6 −0.8 pp
1974 59.5 −0.7 pp
1973 60.2 −0.6 pp
1972 60.8 −0.4 pp
1971 61.2 −0.3 pp
1970 61.5 −0.1 pp
1969 61.6 −0.1 pp
1968 61.7 −0.1 pp
1967 61.7 −0.1 pp
1966 61.8 −0 pp
1965 61.8 −0 pp
1964 61.9 −0 pp
1963 61.9 −0.1 pp
1962 62 −0.1 pp
1961 62.1 −0.1 pp
1960 62.1

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.