Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Mercosur

Rural population share in Mercosur in 2025 — 12.2%. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 37.2 pp.

2025 12.2% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 49.4%1960
Period minimum 12.2%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Mercosur, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 49.4%1962: 48.1%1964: 46.7%1966: 45.3%1968: 43.9%1970: 42.3%1972: 40.3%1974: 37.9%1976: 35.3%1978: 32.9%1980: 30.9%1982: 29.3%1984: 27.8%1986: 26.5%1988: 25.3%1990: 24.1%1992: 23%1994: 22%1996: 21%1998: 19.8%2000: 18.7%2002: 17.9%2004: 17.3%2006: 16.7%2008: 16.2%2010: 15.7%2012: 15.2%2014: 14.8%2016: 14.3%2018: 13.8%2020: 13.4%2022: 13%2024: 12.5%2025: 12.2%
Change over the period: −37.2 pp Annual average: -0.57 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mercosur 12.2%
World 42.2%
Rural population share — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.2 −0.2 pp
2024 12.5 −0.2 pp
2023 12.7 −0.2 pp
2022 13 −0.2 pp
2021 13.2 −0.2 pp
2020 13.4 −0.2 pp
2019 13.6 −0.2 pp
2018 13.8 −0.2 pp
2017 14.1 −0.2 pp
2016 14.3 −0.2 pp
2015 14.5 −0.2 pp
2014 14.8 −0.2 pp
2013 15 −0.2 pp
2012 15.2 −0.2 pp
2011 15.5 −0.2 pp
2010 15.7 −0.3 pp
2009 16 −0.3 pp
2008 16.2 −0.3 pp
2007 16.5 −0.3 pp
2006 16.7 −0.3 pp
2005 17 −0.3 pp
2004 17.3 −0.3 pp
2003 17.6 −0.3 pp
2002 17.9 −0.4 pp
2001 18.3 −0.4 pp
2000 18.7 −0.5 pp
1999 19.2 −0.6 pp
1998 19.8 −0.7 pp
1997 20.5 −0.6 pp
1996 21 −0.5 pp
1995 21.6 −0.5 pp
1994 22 −0.5 pp
1993 22.5 −0.5 pp
1992 23 −0.5 pp
1991 23.5 −0.6 pp
1990 24.1 −0.6 pp
1989 24.7 −0.6 pp
1988 25.3 −0.6 pp
1987 25.9 −0.6 pp
1986 26.5 −0.7 pp
1985 27.2 −0.7 pp
1984 27.8 −0.7 pp
1983 28.6 −0.7 pp
1982 29.3 −0.8 pp
1981 30.1 −0.8 pp
1980 30.9 −0.9 pp
1979 31.8 −1.1 pp
1978 32.9 −1.2 pp
1977 34.1 −1.2 pp
1976 35.3 −1.3 pp
1975 36.6 −1.3 pp
1974 37.9 −1.2 pp
1973 39.1 −1.2 pp
1972 40.3 −1.1 pp
1971 41.3 −0.9 pp
1970 42.3 −0.8 pp
1969 43.1 −0.8 pp
1968 43.9 −0.7 pp
1967 44.6 −0.7 pp
1966 45.3 −0.7 pp
1965 46 −0.7 pp
1964 46.7 −0.7 pp
1963 47.4 −0.7 pp
1962 48.1 −0.7 pp
1961 48.7 −0.7 pp
1960 49.4

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.