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Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Kuwait

Rural population share in Kuwait in 2025 — 0%. Ranked 206 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 24.6 pp.

2025 0% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 206of 217
Period maximum 24.6%1960
Period minimum 0%2005

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Kuwait, 1960–2025010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 24.6%1962: 22.8%1964: 21.4%1966: 20.6%1968: 20.2%1970: 19.5%1972: 16.5%1974: 12.2%1976: 9.3%1978: 7.1%1980: 5.2%1982: 3.5%1984: 2.3%1986: 2.1%1988: 2%1990: 2%1992: 2%1994: 2%1996: 1.9%1998: 1.5%2000: 1%2002: 0.5%2004: 0.1%2006: 0%2008: 0%2010: 0%2012: 0%2014: 0%2016: 0%2018: 0%2020: 0%2022: 0%2024: 0%2025: 0%
Change over the period: −24.6 pp Annual average: -0.38 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Kuwait 0%
World 42.2%
Middle East & North Africa 44%
Western Asia computed 23.8%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0 +0 pp
2024 0 +0 pp
2023 0 +0 pp
2022 0 +0 pp
2021 0 +0 pp
2020 0 +0 pp
2019 0 +0 pp
2018 0 +0 pp
2017 0 +0 pp
2016 0 +0 pp
2015 0 +0 pp
2014 0 +0 pp
2013 0 +0 pp
2012 0 +0 pp
2011 0 +0 pp
2010 0 +0 pp
2009 0 +0 pp
2008 0 +0 pp
2007 0 +0 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 −0.1 pp
2004 0.1 −0.2 pp
2003 0.2 −0.3 pp
2002 0.5 −0.3 pp
2001 0.8 −0.2 pp
2000 1 −0.2 pp
1999 1.2 −0.2 pp
1998 1.5 −0.2 pp
1997 1.7 −0.2 pp
1996 1.9 −0.1 pp
1995 2 −0 pp
1994 2 −0 pp
1993 2 −0 pp
1992 2 −0 pp
1991 2 −0 pp
1990 2 −0 pp
1989 2 −0 pp
1988 2 −0 pp
1987 2.1 −0 pp
1986 2.1 −0 pp
1985 2.1 −0.2 pp
1984 2.3 −0.5 pp
1983 2.8 −0.7 pp
1982 3.5 −0.9 pp
1981 4.4 −0.9 pp
1980 5.2 −0.9 pp
1979 6.1 −1 pp
1978 7.1 −1.1 pp
1977 8.2 −1.2 pp
1976 9.3 −1.3 pp
1975 10.6 −1.6 pp
1974 12.2 −2.1 pp
1973 14.3 −2.2 pp
1972 16.5 −1.9 pp
1971 18.3 −1.2 pp
1970 19.5 −0.5 pp
1969 20 −0.3 pp
1968 20.2 −0.2 pp
1967 20.4 −0.2 pp
1966 20.6 −0.3 pp
1965 20.9 −0.5 pp
1964 21.4 −0.6 pp
1963 22 −0.8 pp
1962 22.8 −0.9 pp
1961 23.6 −1 pp
1960 24.6 —

Western Asia, 2025

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

YE Yemen 63 AZ Azerbaijan 41.4 GE Georgia 38.8 AM Armenia 34.1 CY Cyprus 33.3 IQ Iraq 30.1 SY Syria 27.9 OM Oman 20.5 SA Saudi Arabia 15.4 AE United Arab Emirates 14 PS Palestine 12.6 TR Türkiye 10.5 LB Lebanon 9 IL Israel 8.4 JO Jordan 6.8 QA Qatar 0.6 BH Bahrain 0 KW Kuwait 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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