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Rural population share — Mozambique

Rural population share in Mozambique in 2025 — 62.8%. Ranked 40 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 33.6 pp.

2025 62.8% −0.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 40of 217
Period maximum 96.4%1960
Period minimum 62.8%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Mozambique, 1960–20256070809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 96.4%1962: 95.9%1964: 95.3%1966: 94.6%1968: 93.7%1970: 92.7%1972: 91.7%1974: 90.5%1976: 89.4%1978: 88.1%1980: 86.9%1982: 85.4%1984: 83.5%1986: 81.3%1988: 79%1990: 76.8%1992: 74.8%1994: 73.1%1996: 71.8%1998: 71.2%2000: 70.8%2002: 70.4%2004: 70.1%2006: 69.8%2008: 69.4%2010: 69%2012: 68.6%2014: 68.1%2016: 67.6%2018: 67%2020: 66.1%2022: 64.9%2024: 63.6%2025: 62.8%
Change over the period: −33.6 pp Annual average: -0.52 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mozambique 62.8%
World 42.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3%
Eastern Africa computed 68.2%
Low-income countries computed 64.4%
Rural population share — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 62.8 −0.8 pp
2024 63.6 −0.7 pp
2023 64.3 −0.7 pp
2022 64.9 −0.6 pp
2021 65.6 −0.5 pp
2020 66.1 −0.5 pp
2019 66.6 −0.4 pp
2018 67 −0.4 pp
2017 67.4 −0.2 pp
2016 67.6 −0.2 pp
2015 67.9 −0.2 pp
2014 68.1 −0.2 pp
2013 68.3 −0.2 pp
2012 68.6 −0.2 pp
2011 68.8 −0.2 pp
2010 69 −0.2 pp
2009 69.2 −0.2 pp
2008 69.4 −0.2 pp
2007 69.6 −0.2 pp
2006 69.8 −0.2 pp
2005 70 −0.2 pp
2004 70.1 −0.1 pp
2003 70.3 −0.1 pp
2002 70.4 −0.2 pp
2001 70.6 −0.2 pp
2000 70.8 −0.2 pp
1999 71 −0.2 pp
1998 71.2 −0.3 pp
1997 71.4 −0.4 pp
1996 71.8 −0.5 pp
1995 72.4 −0.7 pp
1994 73.1 −0.8 pp
1993 73.9 −0.9 pp
1992 74.8 −1 pp
1991 75.8 −1.1 pp
1990 76.8 −1.1 pp
1989 77.9 −1.1 pp
1988 79 −1.1 pp
1987 80.2 −1.1 pp
1986 81.3 −1.1 pp
1985 82.4 −1.1 pp
1984 83.5 −1 pp
1983 84.5 −0.9 pp
1982 85.4 −0.8 pp
1981 86.2 −0.7 pp
1980 86.9 −0.6 pp
1979 87.5 −0.6 pp
1978 88.1 −0.6 pp
1977 88.7 −0.6 pp
1976 89.4 −0.6 pp
1975 90 −0.6 pp
1974 90.5 −0.6 pp
1973 91.1 −0.6 pp
1972 91.7 −0.5 pp
1971 92.2 −0.5 pp
1970 92.7 −0.5 pp
1969 93.2 −0.5 pp
1968 93.7 −0.4 pp
1967 94.2 −0.4 pp
1966 94.6 −0.4 pp
1965 95 −0.4 pp
1964 95.3 −0.3 pp
1963 95.6 −0.3 pp
1962 95.9 −0.2 pp
1961 96.2 −0.2 pp
1960 96.4 —

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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