Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Equatorial Guinea

Rural population share in Equatorial Guinea in 2025 — 28.4%. Ranked 136 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 45.5 pp.

2025 28.4% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 136of 217
Period maximum 74%1960
Period minimum 28.4%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Equatorial Guinea, 1960–20252040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 74%1962: 73.9%1964: 73.8%1966: 73.8%1968: 73.8%1970: 73.8%1972: 73.8%1974: 73.8%1976: 73.8%1978: 73.8%1980: 73.7%1982: 73.7%1984: 73.4%1986: 71.4%1988: 68.3%1990: 65%1992: 62.3%1994: 61.2%1996: 61.2%1998: 61.2%2000: 61.2%2002: 60.8%2004: 59.1%2006: 56.1%2008: 52%2010: 46.9%2012: 41%2014: 34.4%2016: 30.7%2018: 30.2%2020: 29.6%2022: 29.1%2024: 28.6%2025: 28.4%
Change over the period: −45.5 pp Annual average: -0.7 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Equatorial Guinea 28.4%
World 42.2%
Middle Africa computed 49.1%
Rural population share — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 28.4 −0.2 pp
2024 28.6 −0.2 pp
2023 28.9 −0.2 pp
2022 29.1 −0.2 pp
2021 29.4 −0.3 pp
2020 29.6 −0.3 pp
2019 29.9 −0.3 pp
2018 30.2 −0.3 pp
2017 30.4 −0.3 pp
2016 30.7 −0.3 pp
2015 31 −3.4 pp
2014 34.4 −3.3 pp
2013 37.8 −3.2 pp
2012 41 −3 pp
2011 44 −2.9 pp
2010 46.9 −2.6 pp
2009 49.5 −2.4 pp
2008 52 −2.2 pp
2007 54.1 −1.9 pp
2006 56.1 −1.6 pp
2005 57.7 −1.4 pp
2004 59.1 −1 pp
2003 60.1 −0.7 pp
2002 60.8 −0.3 pp
2001 61.1 −0 pp
2000 61.2 −0 pp
1999 61.2 −0 pp
1998 61.2 −0 pp
1997 61.2 −0 pp
1996 61.2 −0 pp
1995 61.2 −0 pp
1994 61.2 −0.3 pp
1993 61.5 −0.8 pp
1992 62.3 −1.2 pp
1991 63.5 −1.5 pp
1990 65 −1.6 pp
1989 66.6 −1.7 pp
1988 68.3 −1.6 pp
1987 69.9 −1.5 pp
1986 71.4 −1.2 pp
1985 72.6 −0.8 pp
1984 73.4 −0.3 pp
1983 73.7 −0 pp
1982 73.7 −0 pp
1981 73.7 −0 pp
1980 73.7 −0 pp
1979 73.7 −0 pp
1978 73.8 −0 pp
1977 73.8 −0 pp
1976 73.8 −0 pp
1975 73.8 −0 pp
1974 73.8 −0 pp
1973 73.8 −0 pp
1972 73.8 −0 pp
1971 73.8 −0 pp
1970 73.8 −0 pp
1969 73.8 −0 pp
1968 73.8 −0 pp
1967 73.8 −0 pp
1966 73.8 −0 pp
1965 73.8 −0 pp
1964 73.8 −0 pp
1963 73.9 −0 pp
1962 73.9 −0 pp
1961 73.9 −0.1 pp
1960 74

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.