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Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Luxembourg

Rural population share in Luxembourg in 2025 — 5.1%. Ranked 199 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 25.4 pp.

2025 5.1% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 199of 217
Period maximum 30.5%1960
Period minimum 5.1%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Luxembourg, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 30.5%1962: 29.8%1964: 28.9%1966: 27.9%1968: 26.8%1970: 25.7%1972: 24.5%1974: 23.1%1976: 21.7%1978: 20.5%1980: 19.7%1982: 19.5%1984: 19.4%1986: 19.3%1988: 19.2%1990: 19.1%1992: 18.8%1994: 18.2%1996: 17.4%1998: 16.5%2000: 15.6%2002: 14.8%2004: 14%2006: 13.2%2008: 12.4%2010: 11.5%2012: 10.6%2014: 9.5%2016: 8.5%2018: 7.3%2020: 6.1%2022: 5.2%2024: 5.2%2025: 5.1%
Change over the period: −25.4 pp Annual average: -0.39 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Luxembourg 5.1%
World 42.2%
Europe & Central Asia 25.9%
Western Europe computed 17.8%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Luxembourg, by year Luxembourg All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 5.1 −0 pp
2024 5.2 −0 pp
2023 5.2 −0 pp
2022 5.2 −0.2 pp
2021 5.4 −0.7 pp
2020 6.1 −0.6 pp
2019 6.7 −0.6 pp
2018 7.3 −0.6 pp
2017 7.9 −0.6 pp
2016 8.5 −0.5 pp
2015 9 −0.5 pp
2014 9.5 −0.5 pp
2013 10.1 −0.5 pp
2012 10.6 −0.5 pp
2011 11 −0.5 pp
2010 11.5 −0.5 pp
2009 12 −0.4 pp
2008 12.4 −0.4 pp
2007 12.8 −0.4 pp
2006 13.2 −0.4 pp
2005 13.6 −0.4 pp
2004 14 −0.4 pp
2003 14.4 −0.4 pp
2002 14.8 −0.4 pp
2001 15.2 −0.4 pp
2000 15.6 −0.4 pp
1999 16 −0.5 pp
1998 16.5 −0.5 pp
1997 16.9 −0.5 pp
1996 17.4 −0.4 pp
1995 17.8 −0.4 pp
1994 18.2 −0.3 pp
1993 18.5 −0.3 pp
1992 18.8 −0.2 pp
1991 19 −0.1 pp
1990 19.1 −0.1 pp
1989 19.1 −0.1 pp
1988 19.2 −0 pp
1987 19.2 −0 pp
1986 19.3 −0 pp
1985 19.3 −0 pp
1984 19.4 −0 pp
1983 19.4 −0.1 pp
1982 19.5 −0.1 pp
1981 19.5 −0.2 pp
1980 19.7 −0.3 pp
1979 20 −0.5 pp
1978 20.5 −0.6 pp
1977 21 −0.6 pp
1976 21.7 −0.7 pp
1975 22.4 −0.7 pp
1974 23.1 −0.7 pp
1973 23.8 −0.7 pp
1972 24.5 −0.6 pp
1971 25.1 −0.5 pp
1970 25.7 −0.5 pp
1969 26.2 −0.6 pp
1968 26.8 −0.6 pp
1967 27.3 −0.5 pp
1966 27.9 −0.5 pp
1965 28.4 −0.5 pp
1964 28.9 −0.5 pp
1963 29.4 −0.4 pp
1962 29.8 −0.4 pp
1961 30.2 −0.3 pp
1960 30.5 —

Western Europe, 2025

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

LI Liechtenstein 85.4 AT Austria 30.3 FR France 21.2 DE Germany 17.9 CH Switzerland 14.3 BE Belgium 12.3 LU Luxembourg 5.1 NL Netherlands 4.1
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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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