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Rural population share — Eritrea

Rural population share in Eritrea in 2025 — 65.5%. Ranked 33 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 24.1 pp.

2025 65.5% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 33of 217
Period maximum 89.6%1960
Period minimum 64.3%2012

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Eritrea, 1960–20256070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 89.6%1962: 89%1964: 88.5%1966: 88%1968: 87.6%1970: 87.2%1972: 86.9%1974: 86.6%1976: 86.3%1978: 86%1980: 85.6%1982: 85.3%1984: 84.8%1986: 84.2%1988: 83.3%1990: 81.4%1992: 78.6%1994: 74.8%1996: 70.8%1998: 67.6%2000: 65.9%2002: 65.5%2004: 65.1%2006: 64.7%2008: 64.5%2010: 64.4%2012: 64.3%2014: 64.4%2016: 64.5%2018: 64.7%2020: 64.9%2022: 65.2%2024: 65.5%2025: 65.5%
Change over the period: −24.1 pp Annual average: -0.37 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Eritrea 65.5%
World 42.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3%
Eastern Africa computed 68.2%
Low-income countries computed 64.4%
Rural population share — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 65.5 −0 pp
2024 65.5 +0.2 pp
2023 65.3 +0.2 pp
2022 65.2 +0.1 pp
2021 65 +0.1 pp
2020 64.9 +0.1 pp
2019 64.8 +0.1 pp
2018 64.7 +0.1 pp
2017 64.6 +0.1 pp
2016 64.5 +0.1 pp
2015 64.4 +0 pp
2014 64.4 +0 pp
2013 64.3 +0 pp
2012 64.3 −0 pp
2011 64.3 −0 pp
2010 64.4 −0.1 pp
2009 64.4 −0.1 pp
2008 64.5 −0.1 pp
2007 64.6 −0.1 pp
2006 64.7 −0.2 pp
2005 64.9 −0.2 pp
2004 65.1 −0.2 pp
2003 65.3 −0.2 pp
2002 65.5 −0.2 pp
2001 65.7 −0.2 pp
2000 65.9 −0.6 pp
1999 66.5 −1.1 pp
1998 67.6 −1.5 pp
1997 69.1 −1.8 pp
1996 70.8 −1.9 pp
1995 72.8 −2 pp
1994 74.8 −2 pp
1993 76.7 −1.8 pp
1992 78.6 −1.6 pp
1991 80.2 −1.3 pp
1990 81.4 −0.9 pp
1989 82.3 −1 pp
1988 83.3 −0.5 pp
1987 83.8 −0.4 pp
1986 84.2 −0.3 pp
1985 84.6 −0.3 pp
1984 84.8 −0.2 pp
1983 85.1 −0.2 pp
1982 85.3 −0.2 pp
1981 85.5 −0.2 pp
1980 85.6 −0.2 pp
1979 85.8 −0.2 pp
1978 86 −0.2 pp
1977 86.1 −0.2 pp
1976 86.3 −0.1 pp
1975 86.4 −0.1 pp
1974 86.6 −0.2 pp
1973 86.7 −0.2 pp
1972 86.9 −0.2 pp
1971 87 −0.2 pp
1970 87.2 −0.2 pp
1969 87.4 −0.2 pp
1968 87.6 −0.2 pp
1967 87.8 −0.2 pp
1966 88 −0.2 pp
1965 88.3 −0.2 pp
1964 88.5 −0.3 pp
1963 88.8 −0.3 pp
1962 89 −0.3 pp
1961 89.3 −0.3 pp
1960 89.6 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MW Malawi 82.4 SS South Sudan 78.3 ET Ethiopia 75.9 BI Burundi 74.3 RW Rwanda 69.1 UG Uganda 68.1 KE Kenya 67.8 MG Madagascar 67.1 KM Comoros 66.1 ER Eritrea 65.5 TZ Tanzania 63.1 MZ Mozambique 62.8 MU Mauritius 61 ZW Zimbabwe 59.5 SC Seychelles 54.5 ZM Zambia 54.1 SO Somalia 44.9 DJ Djibouti 27
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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How many people live outside cities — in absolute numbers.

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