Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Micronesia

Rural population share in Micronesia in 2025 — 77.5%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.5 pp.

2025 77.5% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 10of 217
Period maximum 77.7%2010
Period minimum 73.5%1980

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Micronesia, 1960–20257274767819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 77%1962: 76.5%1964: 76%1966: 75.6%1968: 75.2%1970: 74.8%1972: 74.5%1974: 74.2%1976: 73.9%1978: 73.6%1980: 73.5%1982: 73.5%1984: 73.6%1986: 73.7%1988: 73.8%1990: 74%1992: 74.2%1994: 74.4%1996: 75.4%1998: 77%2000: 77.7%2002: 77.7%2004: 77.7%2006: 77.7%2008: 77.7%2010: 77.7%2012: 77.7%2014: 77.7%2016: 77.7%2018: 77.7%2020: 77.6%2022: 77.6%2024: 77.5%2025: 77.5%
Change over the period: +0.5 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Micronesia 77.5%
World 42.2%
Micronesia (subregion) computed 30.7%
Rural population share — Micronesia, by year Micronesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 77.5 −0 pp
2024 77.5 −0 pp
2023 77.6 −0 pp
2022 77.6 −0 pp
2021 77.6 −0 pp
2020 77.6 −0 pp
2019 77.6 −0 pp
2018 77.7 −0 pp
2017 77.7 −0 pp
2016 77.7 −0 pp
2015 77.7 −0 pp
2014 77.7 −0 pp
2013 77.7 −0 pp
2012 77.7 −0 pp
2011 77.7 −0 pp
2010 77.7 +0 pp
2009 77.7 +0 pp
2008 77.7 +0 pp
2007 77.7 +0 pp
2006 77.7 +0 pp
2005 77.7 +0 pp
2004 77.7 +0 pp
2003 77.7 +0 pp
2002 77.7 +0 pp
2001 77.7 +0 pp
2000 77.7 +0.2 pp
1999 77.5 +0.6 pp
1998 77 +0.8 pp
1997 76.2 +0.8 pp
1996 75.4 +0.6 pp
1995 74.7 +0.3 pp
1994 74.4 +0.1 pp
1993 74.3 +0.1 pp
1992 74.2 +0.1 pp
1991 74.1 +0.1 pp
1990 74 +0.1 pp
1989 73.9 +0.1 pp
1988 73.8 +0.1 pp
1987 73.8 +0.1 pp
1986 73.7 +0 pp
1985 73.6 +0 pp
1984 73.6 +0 pp
1983 73.6 +0 pp
1982 73.5 +0 pp
1981 73.5 +0 pp
1980 73.5 −0 pp
1979 73.6 −0.1 pp
1978 73.6 −0.1 pp
1977 73.7 −0.1 pp
1976 73.9 −0.2 pp
1975 74 −0.2 pp
1974 74.2 −0.2 pp
1973 74.4 −0.2 pp
1972 74.5 −0.2 pp
1971 74.7 −0.2 pp
1970 74.8 −0.2 pp
1969 75 −0.2 pp
1968 75.2 −0.2 pp
1967 75.4 −0.2 pp
1966 75.6 −0.2 pp
1965 75.8 −0.2 pp
1964 76 −0.2 pp
1963 76.3 −0.2 pp
1962 76.5 −0.2 pp
1961 76.7 −0.3 pp
1960 77

Micronesia, 2025

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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.