Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Lebanon

Rural population share in Lebanon in 2025 — 9%. Ranked 187 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 49.3 pp.

2025 9% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 187of 217
Period maximum 58.3%1960
Period minimum 9%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Lebanon, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 58.3%1962: 55%1964: 51.3%1966: 47.5%1968: 43.8%1970: 40.5%1972: 37.5%1974: 34.4%1976: 31.3%1978: 28.3%1980: 25.5%1982: 22.9%1984: 20.7%1986: 18.9%1988: 17.6%1990: 16.7%1992: 15.8%1994: 15.2%1996: 14.6%1998: 14.2%2000: 14%2002: 13.7%2004: 13.4%2006: 13.1%2008: 12.7%2010: 12.4%2012: 12%2014: 11.6%2016: 11.2%2018: 10.7%2020: 10.3%2022: 9.8%2024: 9.3%2025: 9%
Change over the period: −49.3 pp Annual average: -0.76 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Lebanon 9%
World 42.2%
Western Asia computed 23.8%
Rural population share — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 9 −0.3 pp
2024 9.3 −0.3 pp
2023 9.5 −0.2 pp
2022 9.8 −0.2 pp
2021 10 −0.2 pp
2020 10.3 −0.2 pp
2019 10.5 −0.2 pp
2018 10.7 −0.2 pp
2017 10.9 −0.2 pp
2016 11.2 −0.2 pp
2015 11.4 −0.2 pp
2014 11.6 −0.2 pp
2013 11.8 −0.2 pp
2012 12 −0.2 pp
2011 12.2 −0.2 pp
2010 12.4 −0.2 pp
2009 12.5 −0.2 pp
2008 12.7 −0.2 pp
2007 12.9 −0.2 pp
2006 13.1 −0.2 pp
2005 13.2 −0.2 pp
2004 13.4 −0.2 pp
2003 13.6 −0.2 pp
2002 13.7 −0.1 pp
2001 13.9 −0.1 pp
2000 14 −0.1 pp
1999 14.1 −0.1 pp
1998 14.2 −0.2 pp
1997 14.4 −0.2 pp
1996 14.6 −0.3 pp
1995 14.9 −0.3 pp
1994 15.2 −0.3 pp
1993 15.5 −0.4 pp
1992 15.8 −0.4 pp
1991 16.2 −0.4 pp
1990 16.7 −0.5 pp
1989 17.1 −0.5 pp
1988 17.6 −0.6 pp
1987 18.2 −0.7 pp
1986 18.9 −0.8 pp
1985 19.7 −1 pp
1984 20.7 −1.1 pp
1983 21.8 −1.2 pp
1982 22.9 −1.2 pp
1981 24.2 −1.3 pp
1980 25.5 −1.4 pp
1979 26.9 −1.4 pp
1978 28.3 −1.5 pp
1977 29.8 −1.5 pp
1976 31.3 −1.5 pp
1975 32.9 −1.5 pp
1974 34.4 −1.5 pp
1973 35.9 −1.5 pp
1972 37.5 −1.5 pp
1971 39 −1.5 pp
1970 40.5 −1.6 pp
1969 42.1 −1.7 pp
1968 43.8 −1.8 pp
1967 45.6 −1.9 pp
1966 47.5 −1.9 pp
1965 49.4 −1.9 pp
1964 51.3 −1.9 pp
1963 53.2 −1.8 pp
1962 55 −1.7 pp
1961 56.7 −1.6 pp
1960 58.3

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.