Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Haiti

Rural population share in Haiti in 2025 — 44.4%. Ranked 75 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 40.4 pp.

2025 44.4% −0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 75of 217
Period maximum 84.8%1960
Period minimum 44.4%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Haiti, 1960–202540608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 84.8%1962: 84%1964: 83.2%1966: 82.4%1968: 81.6%1970: 80.7%1972: 79.6%1974: 79.5%1976: 79.5%1978: 79.5%1980: 79.4%1982: 79.4%1984: 79.1%1986: 78.3%1988: 77.1%1990: 75.6%1992: 73.6%1994: 71.4%1996: 68.9%1998: 66.1%2000: 63.2%2002: 60%2004: 58.1%2006: 56.7%2008: 55.3%2010: 53.9%2012: 52.6%2014: 51.2%2016: 49.9%2018: 48.6%2020: 47.4%2022: 46.1%2024: 45%2025: 44.4%
Change over the period: −40.4 pp Annual average: -0.62 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Haiti 44.4%
World 42.2%
Caribbean computed 31%
Low-income countries computed 64.4%
Rural population share — Haiti, by year Haiti All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 44.4 −0.6 pp
2024 45 −0.6 pp
2023 45.6 −0.6 pp
2022 46.1 −0.6 pp
2021 46.8 −0.6 pp
2020 47.4 −0.6 pp
2019 48 −0.6 pp
2018 48.6 −0.6 pp
2017 49.3 −0.6 pp
2016 49.9 −0.7 pp
2015 50.6 −0.7 pp
2014 51.2 −0.7 pp
2013 51.9 −0.7 pp
2012 52.6 −0.7 pp
2011 53.2 −0.7 pp
2010 53.9 −0.7 pp
2009 54.6 −0.7 pp
2008 55.3 −0.7 pp
2007 56 −0.7 pp
2006 56.7 −0.7 pp
2005 57.4 −0.7 pp
2004 58.1 −0.7 pp
2003 58.8 −1.2 pp
2002 60 −1.6 pp
2001 61.6 −1.5 pp
2000 63.2 −1.5 pp
1999 64.7 −1.5 pp
1998 66.1 −1.4 pp
1997 67.5 −1.4 pp
1996 68.9 −1.3 pp
1995 70.2 −1.2 pp
1994 71.4 −1.2 pp
1993 72.6 −1.1 pp
1992 73.6 −1 pp
1991 74.6 −0.9 pp
1990 75.6 −0.8 pp
1989 76.4 −0.7 pp
1988 77.1 −0.6 pp
1987 77.8 −0.5 pp
1986 78.3 −0.4 pp
1985 78.7 −0.3 pp
1984 79.1 −0.2 pp
1983 79.3 −0.1 pp
1982 79.4 −0 pp
1981 79.4 −0 pp
1980 79.4 −0 pp
1979 79.5 −0 pp
1978 79.5 −0 pp
1977 79.5 −0 pp
1976 79.5 −0 pp
1975 79.5 −0 pp
1974 79.5 −0 pp
1973 79.6 −0 pp
1972 79.6 −0.1 pp
1971 79.7 −1 pp
1970 80.7 −0.4 pp
1969 81.2 −0.4 pp
1968 81.6 −0.4 pp
1967 82 −0.4 pp
1966 82.4 −0.4 pp
1965 82.8 −0.4 pp
1964 83.2 −0.4 pp
1963 83.6 −0.4 pp
1962 84 −0.4 pp
1961 84.4 −0.4 pp
1960 84.8

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.