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Rural population share — Mexico

Rural population share in Mexico in 2025 — 20%. Ranked 160 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 29.3 pp.

2025 20% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 160of 217
Period maximum 49.3%1960
Period minimum 20%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Mexico, 1960–2025102030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 49.3%1962: 47.6%1964: 45.9%1966: 44.2%1968: 42.6%1970: 41%1972: 39.4%1974: 37.9%1976: 36.4%1978: 35%1980: 33.7%1982: 32.5%1984: 31.4%1986: 30.4%1988: 29.4%1990: 28.5%1992: 27.8%1994: 27%1996: 26.4%1998: 25.7%2000: 25.1%2002: 24.3%2004: 23.7%2006: 23.5%2008: 23.5%2010: 23.5%2012: 23.3%2014: 23%2016: 22.6%2018: 22%2020: 21.3%2022: 20.8%2024: 20.2%2025: 20%
Change over the period: −29.3 pp Annual average: -0.45 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mexico 20%
World 42.2%
Latin America & Caribbean 18.5%
Central America computed 25%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 30.2%
Rural population share — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 20 −0.3 pp
2024 20.2 −0.3 pp
2023 20.5 −0.3 pp
2022 20.8 −0.3 pp
2021 21.1 −0.3 pp
2020 21.3 −0.3 pp
2019 21.6 −0.3 pp
2018 22 −0.3 pp
2017 22.3 −0.3 pp
2016 22.6 −0.3 pp
2015 22.8 −0.2 pp
2014 23 −0.2 pp
2013 23.2 −0.1 pp
2012 23.3 −0.1 pp
2011 23.4 −0 pp
2010 23.5 −0 pp
2009 23.5 −0 pp
2008 23.5 −0 pp
2007 23.5 −0 pp
2006 23.5 −0 pp
2005 23.5 −0.1 pp
2004 23.7 −0.3 pp
2003 24 −0.4 pp
2002 24.3 −0.4 pp
2001 24.7 −0.4 pp
2000 25.1 −0.3 pp
1999 25.4 −0.3 pp
1998 25.7 −0.3 pp
1997 26 −0.3 pp
1996 26.4 −0.3 pp
1995 26.7 −0.3 pp
1994 27 −0.4 pp
1993 27.4 −0.4 pp
1992 27.8 −0.4 pp
1991 28.1 −0.4 pp
1990 28.5 −0.4 pp
1989 29 −0.4 pp
1988 29.4 −0.5 pp
1987 29.9 −0.5 pp
1986 30.4 −0.5 pp
1985 30.9 −0.5 pp
1984 31.4 −0.5 pp
1983 31.9 −0.6 pp
1982 32.5 −0.6 pp
1981 33.1 −0.6 pp
1980 33.7 −0.6 pp
1979 34.3 −0.7 pp
1978 35 −0.7 pp
1977 35.7 −0.7 pp
1976 36.4 −0.7 pp
1975 37.1 −0.8 pp
1974 37.9 −0.8 pp
1973 38.6 −0.8 pp
1972 39.4 −0.8 pp
1971 40.2 −0.8 pp
1970 41 −0.8 pp
1969 41.8 −0.8 pp
1968 42.6 −0.8 pp
1967 43.4 −0.8 pp
1966 44.2 −0.8 pp
1965 45 −0.8 pp
1964 45.9 −0.8 pp
1963 46.7 −0.8 pp
1962 47.6 −0.8 pp
1961 48.4 −0.8 pp
1960 49.3 —

Central America, 2025

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

BZ Belize 58.4 GT Guatemala 43.7 HN Honduras 40.7 NI Nicaragua 40.6 PA Panama 33.8 SV El Salvador 24.5 CR Costa Rica 20.3 MX Mexico 20
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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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How many people live outside cities — in absolute numbers.

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