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Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Guyana

Rural population share in Guyana in 2025 — 73.5%. Ranked 16 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2.5 pp.

2025 73.5% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 16of 217
Period maximum 73.6%2011
Period minimum 69.9%1970

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Guyana, 1960–202569707172737419601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 71%1962: 70.7%1964: 70.4%1966: 70.1%1968: 69.9%1970: 69.9%1972: 70%1974: 70.1%1976: 70.3%1978: 70.4%1980: 70.5%1982: 70.5%1984: 70.5%1986: 70.5%1988: 70.4%1990: 70.4%1992: 70.4%1994: 70.6%1996: 70.7%1998: 71%2000: 71.2%2002: 71.5%2004: 71.9%2006: 72.5%2008: 73.1%2010: 73.5%2012: 73.6%2014: 73.6%2016: 73.6%2018: 73.6%2020: 73.6%2022: 73.5%2024: 73.5%2025: 73.5%
Change over the period: +2.5 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Guyana 73.5%
World 42.2%
Latin America & Caribbean 18.5%
South America computed 14.5%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Guyana, by year Guyana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 73.5 −0 pp
2024 73.5 −0 pp
2023 73.5 −0 pp
2022 73.5 −0 pp
2021 73.6 −0 pp
2020 73.6 −0 pp
2019 73.6 −0 pp
2018 73.6 −0 pp
2017 73.6 −0 pp
2016 73.6 −0 pp
2015 73.6 −0 pp
2014 73.6 −0 pp
2013 73.6 −0 pp
2012 73.6 +0 pp
2011 73.6 +0.1 pp
2010 73.5 +0.2 pp
2009 73.4 +0.2 pp
2008 73.1 +0.3 pp
2007 72.9 +0.3 pp
2006 72.5 +0.3 pp
2005 72.2 +0.3 pp
2004 71.9 +0.2 pp
2003 71.7 +0.2 pp
2002 71.5 +0.1 pp
2001 71.4 +0.1 pp
2000 71.2 +0.1 pp
1999 71.1 +0.1 pp
1998 71 +0.1 pp
1997 70.8 +0.1 pp
1996 70.7 +0.1 pp
1995 70.6 +0.1 pp
1994 70.6 +0.1 pp
1993 70.5 +0 pp
1992 70.4 +0 pp
1991 70.4 −0 pp
1990 70.4 −0 pp
1989 70.4 −0 pp
1988 70.4 −0 pp
1987 70.4 −0 pp
1986 70.5 −0 pp
1985 70.5 −0 pp
1984 70.5 −0 pp
1983 70.5 −0 pp
1982 70.5 −0 pp
1981 70.5 −0 pp
1980 70.5 +0 pp
1979 70.5 +0 pp
1978 70.4 +0.1 pp
1977 70.4 +0.1 pp
1976 70.3 +0.1 pp
1975 70.2 +0.1 pp
1974 70.1 +0.1 pp
1973 70 +0.1 pp
1972 70 +0.1 pp
1971 69.9 +0 pp
1970 69.9 −0 pp
1969 69.9 −0.1 pp
1968 69.9 −0.1 pp
1967 70 −0.1 pp
1966 70.1 −0.1 pp
1965 70.3 −0.1 pp
1964 70.4 −0.1 pp
1963 70.6 −0.1 pp
1962 70.7 −0.1 pp
1961 70.9 −0.1 pp
1960 71 —

South America, 2025

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

GY Guyana 73.5 EC Ecuador 36.6 SR Suriname 34.2 PY Paraguay 29.6 BO Bolivia 28.4 CO Colombia 21.2 PE Peru 14.4 BR Brazil 11.8 CL Chile 10.8 VE Venezuela 10.7 AR Argentina 7.6 UY Uruguay 4.3
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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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