Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Latin America & Caribbean

Rural population share in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 18.5%. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 32.6 pp.

2025 18.5% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 51.1%1960
Period minimum 18.5%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Latin America & Caribbean, 1960–202510203040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 51.1%1962: 49.7%1964: 48.2%1966: 46.7%1968: 45.1%1970: 43.5%1972: 41.8%1974: 40%1976: 38.1%1978: 36.4%1980: 34.8%1982: 33.6%1984: 32.4%1986: 31.3%1988: 30.2%1990: 29.2%1992: 28.3%1994: 27.4%1996: 26.5%1998: 25.4%2000: 24.4%2002: 23.6%2004: 23%2006: 22.5%2008: 22%2010: 21.6%2012: 21.2%2014: 20.8%2016: 20.4%2018: 20%2020: 19.6%2022: 19.2%2024: 18.7%2025: 18.5%
Change over the period: −32.6 pp Annual average: -0.5 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 18.5%
World 42.2%
Rural population share — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.5 −0.2 pp
2024 18.7 −0.2 pp
2023 19 −0.2 pp
2022 19.2 −0.2 pp
2021 19.4 −0.2 pp
2020 19.6 −0.2 pp
2019 19.8 −0.2 pp
2018 20 −0.2 pp
2017 20.2 −0.2 pp
2016 20.4 −0.2 pp
2015 20.6 −0.2 pp
2014 20.8 −0.2 pp
2013 21 −0.2 pp
2012 21.2 −0.2 pp
2011 21.4 −0.2 pp
2010 21.6 −0.2 pp
2009 21.8 −0.2 pp
2008 22 −0.2 pp
2007 22.3 −0.2 pp
2006 22.5 −0.2 pp
2005 22.7 −0.3 pp
2004 23 −0.3 pp
2003 23.3 −0.3 pp
2002 23.6 −0.4 pp
2001 24 −0.4 pp
2000 24.4 −0.5 pp
1999 24.9 −0.5 pp
1998 25.4 −0.5 pp
1997 26 −0.5 pp
1996 26.5 −0.5 pp
1995 27 −0.5 pp
1994 27.4 −0.4 pp
1993 27.9 −0.4 pp
1992 28.3 −0.5 pp
1991 28.8 −0.5 pp
1990 29.2 −0.5 pp
1989 29.7 −0.5 pp
1988 30.2 −0.5 pp
1987 30.8 −0.5 pp
1986 31.3 −0.5 pp
1985 31.8 −0.6 pp
1984 32.4 −0.6 pp
1983 33 −0.6 pp
1982 33.6 −0.6 pp
1981 34.2 −0.7 pp
1980 34.8 −0.7 pp
1979 35.6 −0.8 pp
1978 36.4 −0.9 pp
1977 37.2 −0.9 pp
1976 38.1 −0.9 pp
1975 39 −0.9 pp
1974 40 −0.9 pp
1973 40.9 −0.9 pp
1972 41.8 −0.9 pp
1971 42.7 −0.8 pp
1970 43.5 −0.8 pp
1969 44.3 −0.8 pp
1968 45.1 −0.8 pp
1967 45.9 −0.8 pp
1966 46.7 −0.8 pp
1965 47.5 −0.8 pp
1964 48.2 −0.7 pp
1963 49 −0.7 pp
1962 49.7 −0.7 pp
1961 50.4 −0.7 pp
1960 51.1

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.