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Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Liberia

Rural population share in Liberia in 2025 — 43.9%. Ranked 80 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 37.5 pp.

2025 43.9% −0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 80of 217
Period maximum 81.4%1960
Period minimum 42%1991

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Liberia, 1960–202540506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 81.4%1962: 80.1%1964: 78.6%1966: 77.1%1968: 75.5%1970: 73.9%1972: 72.2%1974: 70.5%1976: 68.5%1978: 66.3%1980: 64.2%1982: 62.3%1984: 60.9%1986: 63.3%1988: 58.7%1990: 56.7%1992: 43.6%1994: 51.7%1996: 57%1998: 56.8%2000: 56.2%2002: 55.4%2004: 54.6%2006: 53.8%2008: 52.9%2010: 51.9%2012: 50.8%2014: 49.8%2016: 48.7%2018: 47.7%2020: 46.6%2022: 45.5%2024: 44.5%2025: 43.9%
Change over the period: −37.5 pp Annual average: -0.58 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Liberia 43.9%
World 42.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3%
Western Africa computed 45.8%
Low-income countries computed 64.4%
Rural population share — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 43.9 −0.5 pp
2024 44.5 −0.5 pp
2023 45 −0.5 pp
2022 45.5 −0.5 pp
2021 46.1 −0.5 pp
2020 46.6 −0.5 pp
2019 47.1 −0.5 pp
2018 47.7 −0.5 pp
2017 48.2 −0.5 pp
2016 48.7 −0.5 pp
2015 49.3 −0.5 pp
2014 49.8 −0.5 pp
2013 50.3 −0.5 pp
2012 50.8 −0.5 pp
2011 51.3 −0.5 pp
2010 51.9 −0.5 pp
2009 52.4 −0.5 pp
2008 52.9 −0.5 pp
2007 53.4 −0.4 pp
2006 53.8 −0.4 pp
2005 54.1 −0.4 pp
2004 54.6 −0.4 pp
2003 55 −0.4 pp
2002 55.4 −0.4 pp
2001 55.8 −0.4 pp
2000 56.2 −0.3 pp
1999 56.6 −0.3 pp
1998 56.8 −0.2 pp
1997 57 −0.1 pp
1996 57 +1.6 pp
1995 55.5 +3.7 pp
1994 51.7 +4.5 pp
1993 47.3 +3.7 pp
1992 43.6 +1.6 pp
1991 42 −14.7 pp
1990 56.7 −1.5 pp
1989 58.1 −0.5 pp
1988 58.7 −0.6 pp
1987 59.3 −4 pp
1986 63.3 +2.8 pp
1985 60.5 −0.4 pp
1984 60.9 −0.6 pp
1983 61.5 −0.8 pp
1982 62.3 −0.9 pp
1981 63.2 −1 pp
1980 64.2 −1 pp
1979 65.2 −1.1 pp
1978 66.3 −1.1 pp
1977 67.4 −1.1 pp
1976 68.5 −1 pp
1975 69.5 −1 pp
1974 70.5 −0.9 pp
1973 71.4 −0.9 pp
1972 72.2 −0.8 pp
1971 73.1 −0.8 pp
1970 73.9 −0.8 pp
1969 74.7 −0.8 pp
1968 75.5 −0.8 pp
1967 76.3 −0.8 pp
1966 77.1 −0.8 pp
1965 77.9 −0.7 pp
1964 78.6 −0.7 pp
1963 79.4 −0.7 pp
1962 80.1 −0.7 pp
1961 80.8 −0.7 pp
1960 81.4 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

NE Niger 81.6 BF Burkina Faso 71.1 ML Mali 67.8 GN Guinea 61.5 TG Togo 55.6 SL Sierra Leone 54.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 53.3 BJ Benin 46.6 CI Côte d'Ivoire 45.5 SN Senegal 44.2 LR Liberia 43.9 GH Ghana 41.1 MR Mauritania 38.5 NG Nigeria 36.2 GM Gambia 35 CV Cabo Verde 22.4
Full table for all countries

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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