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Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Italy

Rural population share in Italy in 2025 — 30.3%. Ranked 126 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 10.4 pp.

2025 30.3% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 126of 217
Period maximum 40.7%1960
Period minimum 30.3%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Italy, 1960–20253035404519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 40.7%1962: 39.7%1964: 38.6%1966: 37.5%1968: 36.4%1970: 35.5%1972: 34.9%1974: 34.3%1976: 33.8%1978: 33.4%1980: 33.2%1982: 33.1%1984: 33.1%1986: 33.2%1988: 33.2%1990: 33.3%1992: 33.3%1994: 33.2%1996: 33.1%1998: 33%2000: 32.8%2002: 32.6%2004: 32.5%2006: 32.3%2008: 32.1%2010: 31.8%2012: 31.2%2014: 30.4%2016: 30.4%2018: 30.5%2020: 30.5%2022: 30.5%2024: 30.4%2025: 30.3%
Change over the period: −10.4 pp Annual average: -0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Italy 30.3%
World 42.2%
Europe & Central Asia 25.9%
Southern Europe computed 28.2%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 30.3 −0.1 pp
2024 30.4 −0.1 pp
2023 30.5 −0.1 pp
2022 30.5 −0 pp
2021 30.5 +0 pp
2020 30.5 −0 pp
2019 30.5 −0 pp
2018 30.5 +0 pp
2017 30.5 +0.1 pp
2016 30.4 +0 pp
2015 30.4 −0 pp
2014 30.4 −0.3 pp
2013 30.7 −0.5 pp
2012 31.2 −0.4 pp
2011 31.6 −0.2 pp
2010 31.8 −0.2 pp
2009 32 −0.1 pp
2008 32.1 −0.1 pp
2007 32.2 −0.1 pp
2006 32.3 −0.1 pp
2005 32.4 −0.1 pp
2004 32.5 −0.1 pp
2003 32.6 −0.1 pp
2002 32.6 −0.1 pp
2001 32.7 −0.1 pp
2000 32.8 −0.1 pp
1999 32.9 −0.1 pp
1998 33 −0.1 pp
1997 33 −0.1 pp
1996 33.1 −0.1 pp
1995 33.2 −0.1 pp
1994 33.2 −0 pp
1993 33.3 −0 pp
1992 33.3 −0 pp
1991 33.3 +0 pp
1990 33.3 +0 pp
1989 33.3 +0 pp
1988 33.2 +0 pp
1987 33.2 +0 pp
1986 33.2 +0 pp
1985 33.2 +0 pp
1984 33.1 +0 pp
1983 33.1 +0 pp
1982 33.1 −0 pp
1981 33.1 −0 pp
1980 33.2 −0.1 pp
1979 33.3 −0.2 pp
1978 33.4 −0.2 pp
1977 33.6 −0.2 pp
1976 33.8 −0.2 pp
1975 34.1 −0.3 pp
1974 34.3 −0.3 pp
1973 34.6 −0.3 pp
1972 34.9 −0.3 pp
1971 35.2 −0.3 pp
1970 35.5 −0.4 pp
1969 36 −0.5 pp
1968 36.4 −0.5 pp
1967 36.9 −0.5 pp
1966 37.5 −0.6 pp
1965 38 −0.6 pp
1964 38.6 −0.6 pp
1963 39.1 −0.5 pp
1962 39.7 −0.5 pp
1961 40.2 −0.5 pp
1960 40.7 —

Southern Europe, 2025

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

XK Kosovo 49.1 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 47.3 SI Slovenia 44 HR Croatia 42.2 AL Albania 41.1 PT Portugal 38.5 RS Serbia 37.4 MK North Macedonia 37.1 ME Montenegro 34.4 IT Italy 30.3 GR Greece 20.8 ES Spain 19.5 AD Andorra 11.1 MT Malta 4.3 SM San Marino 2.8 GI Gibraltar 0 MC Monaco 0
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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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