Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Euro area

Rural population share in the Euro area in 2025 — 22.5%. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 16.8 pp.

2025 22.5% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 39.4%1960
Period minimum 22.5%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Euro area, 1960–2025202530354019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 39.4%1962: 38.2%1964: 36.7%1966: 35.1%1968: 33.9%1970: 32.8%1972: 32%1974: 31.3%1976: 30.9%1978: 30.4%1980: 30%1982: 29.6%1984: 29.2%1986: 28.9%1988: 28.6%1990: 28.2%1992: 28%1994: 27.7%1996: 27.3%1998: 26.9%2000: 26.5%2002: 26%2004: 25.7%2006: 25.4%2008: 25.2%2010: 24.9%2012: 24.6%2014: 24.2%2016: 23.7%2018: 23.4%2020: 23.1%2022: 22.9%2024: 22.7%2025: 22.5%
Change over the period: −16.8 pp Annual average: -0.26 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Euro area 22.5%
World 42.2%
Rural population share — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.5 −0.1 pp
2024 22.7 −0.1 pp
2023 22.8 −0.1 pp
2022 22.9 −0.1 pp
2021 23 −0.1 pp
2020 23.1 −0.1 pp
2019 23.3 −0.2 pp
2018 23.4 −0.2 pp
2017 23.6 −0.1 pp
2016 23.7 −0.3 pp
2015 24 −0.2 pp
2014 24.2 −0.2 pp
2013 24.4 −0.2 pp
2012 24.6 −0.2 pp
2011 24.8 −0.1 pp
2010 24.9 −0.2 pp
2009 25 −0.1 pp
2008 25.2 −0.1 pp
2007 25.3 −0.1 pp
2006 25.4 −0.2 pp
2005 25.6 −0.2 pp
2004 25.7 −0.2 pp
2003 25.9 −0.2 pp
2002 26 −0.2 pp
2001 26.2 −0.3 pp
2000 26.5 −0.2 pp
1999 26.7 −0.2 pp
1998 26.9 −0.2 pp
1997 27.1 −0.3 pp
1996 27.3 −0.2 pp
1995 27.5 −0.1 pp
1994 27.7 −0.2 pp
1993 27.8 −0.1 pp
1992 28 −0.1 pp
1991 28.1 −0.1 pp
1990 28.2 −0.1 pp
1989 28.4 −0.2 pp
1988 28.6 −0.2 pp
1987 28.7 −0.2 pp
1986 28.9 −0.2 pp
1985 29.1 −0.1 pp
1984 29.2 −0.2 pp
1983 29.4 −0.2 pp
1982 29.6 −0.2 pp
1981 29.8 −0.2 pp
1980 30 −0.2 pp
1979 30.2 −0.2 pp
1978 30.4 −0.2 pp
1977 30.7 −0.2 pp
1976 30.9 −0.2 pp
1975 31.1 −0.2 pp
1974 31.3 −0.3 pp
1973 31.7 −0.4 pp
1972 32 −0.4 pp
1971 32.4 −0.4 pp
1970 32.8 −0.5 pp
1969 33.3 −0.5 pp
1968 33.9 −0.6 pp
1967 34.4 −0.7 pp
1966 35.1 −0.8 pp
1965 35.9 −0.8 pp
1964 36.7 −0.8 pp
1963 37.5 −0.7 pp
1962 38.2 −0.6 pp
1961 38.8 −0.6 pp
1960 39.4

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.