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Rural population share — Mauritius

Rural population share in Mauritius in 2025 — 61%. Ranked 43 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.8 pp.

2025 61% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 43of 217
Period maximum 61%2022
Period minimum 55.9%1972

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Mauritius, 1960–2025545658606219601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 60.1%1962: 59%1964: 58%1966: 57.1%1968: 56.5%1970: 56%1972: 55.9%1974: 56.1%1976: 56.6%1978: 57.3%1980: 57.9%1982: 58.2%1984: 58.2%1986: 57.4%1988: 56.5%1990: 56.1%1992: 56.2%1994: 56.6%1996: 57%1998: 57.5%2000: 57.9%2002: 58.3%2004: 58.7%2006: 59%2008: 59.4%2010: 59.7%2012: 60%2014: 60.2%2016: 60.4%2018: 60.7%2020: 60.8%2022: 61%2024: 61%2025: 61%
Change over the period: +0.8 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritius 61%
World 42.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3%
Eastern Africa computed 68.2%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 30.2%
Rural population share — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 61 −0 pp
2024 61 −0 pp
2023 61 −0 pp
2022 61 +0.1 pp
2021 60.9 +0.1 pp
2020 60.8 +0.1 pp
2019 60.7 +0.1 pp
2018 60.7 +0.1 pp
2017 60.6 +0.1 pp
2016 60.4 +0.1 pp
2015 60.3 +0.1 pp
2014 60.2 +0.1 pp
2013 60.1 +0.1 pp
2012 60 +0.1 pp
2011 59.8 +0.1 pp
2010 59.7 +0.2 pp
2009 59.5 +0.2 pp
2008 59.4 +0.2 pp
2007 59.2 +0.2 pp
2006 59 +0.2 pp
2005 58.9 +0.2 pp
2004 58.7 +0.2 pp
2003 58.5 +0.2 pp
2002 58.3 +0.2 pp
2001 58.1 +0.2 pp
2000 57.9 +0.2 pp
1999 57.7 +0.2 pp
1998 57.5 +0.2 pp
1997 57.3 +0.2 pp
1996 57 +0.2 pp
1995 56.8 +0.2 pp
1994 56.6 +0.2 pp
1993 56.4 +0.2 pp
1992 56.2 +0.1 pp
1991 56.1 +0 pp
1990 56.1 −0.1 pp
1989 56.2 −0.3 pp
1988 56.5 −0.4 pp
1987 57 −0.5 pp
1986 57.4 −0.4 pp
1985 57.9 −0.3 pp
1984 58.2 −0.1 pp
1983 58.3 +0.1 pp
1982 58.2 +0.2 pp
1981 58.1 +0.2 pp
1980 57.9 +0.3 pp
1979 57.6 +0.3 pp
1978 57.3 +0.3 pp
1977 56.9 +0.3 pp
1976 56.6 +0.3 pp
1975 56.3 +0.2 pp
1974 56.1 +0.2 pp
1973 56 +0.1 pp
1972 55.9 −0 pp
1971 55.9 −0.1 pp
1970 56 −0.2 pp
1969 56.2 −0.2 pp
1968 56.5 −0.3 pp
1967 56.8 −0.4 pp
1966 57.1 −0.4 pp
1965 57.5 −0.4 pp
1964 58 −0.5 pp
1963 58.5 −0.5 pp
1962 59 −0.6 pp
1961 59.5 −0.6 pp
1960 60.1 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

MW Malawi 82.4 SS South Sudan 78.3 ET Ethiopia 75.9 BI Burundi 74.3 RW Rwanda 69.1 UG Uganda 68.1 KE Kenya 67.8 MG Madagascar 67.1 KM Comoros 66.1 ER Eritrea 65.5 TZ Tanzania 63.1 MZ Mozambique 62.8 MU Mauritius 61 ZW Zimbabwe 59.5 SC Seychelles 54.5 ZM Zambia 54.1 SO Somalia 44.9 DJ Djibouti 27
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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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