Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Palestine

Rural population share in Palestine in 2025 — 12.6%. Ranked 175 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 43.2 pp.

2025 12.6% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 175of 217
Period maximum 55.8%1960
Period minimum 12.6%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Palestine, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.8%1962: 54.1%1964: 52%1966: 49.7%1968: 47.3%1970: 45%1972: 42.9%1974: 41.1%1976: 39.8%1978: 38.8%1980: 37.9%1982: 37.2%1984: 36.6%1986: 35.9%1988: 35.3%1990: 34.7%1992: 33.9%1994: 33%1996: 31.9%1998: 30.5%2000: 27.9%2002: 24.5%2004: 21%2006: 18.2%2008: 16.9%2010: 16.1%2012: 15.5%2014: 15%2016: 14.7%2018: 14.5%2020: 13.9%2022: 13.4%2024: 12.9%2025: 12.6%
Change over the period: −43.2 pp Annual average: -0.66 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Palestine 12.6%
World 42.2%
Western Asia computed 23.8%
Rural population share — Palestine, by year Palestine All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.6 −0.3 pp
2024 12.9 −0.3 pp
2023 13.1 −0.3 pp
2022 13.4 −0.3 pp
2021 13.7 −0.3 pp
2020 13.9 −0.3 pp
2019 14.2 −0.3 pp
2018 14.5 −0.2 pp
2017 14.6 −0 pp
2016 14.7 −0.1 pp
2015 14.8 −0.2 pp
2014 15 −0.2 pp
2013 15.2 −0.3 pp
2012 15.5 −0.3 pp
2011 15.8 −0.3 pp
2010 16.1 −0.4 pp
2009 16.5 −0.4 pp
2008 16.9 −0.5 pp
2007 17.4 −0.8 pp
2006 18.2 −1.2 pp
2005 19.5 −1.5 pp
2004 21 −1.7 pp
2003 22.7 −1.8 pp
2002 24.5 −1.8 pp
2001 26.3 −1.7 pp
2000 27.9 −1.4 pp
1999 29.4 −1.1 pp
1998 30.5 −0.8 pp
1997 31.3 −0.6 pp
1996 31.9 −0.6 pp
1995 32.5 −0.5 pp
1994 33 −0.5 pp
1993 33.5 −0.4 pp
1992 33.9 −0.4 pp
1991 34.3 −0.4 pp
1990 34.7 −0.3 pp
1989 35 −0.3 pp
1988 35.3 −0.3 pp
1987 35.6 −0.3 pp
1986 35.9 −0.3 pp
1985 36.3 −0.3 pp
1984 36.6 −0.3 pp
1983 36.9 −0.3 pp
1982 37.2 −0.4 pp
1981 37.6 −0.4 pp
1980 37.9 −0.4 pp
1979 38.3 −0.4 pp
1978 38.8 −0.5 pp
1977 39.3 −0.5 pp
1976 39.8 −0.6 pp
1975 40.4 −0.7 pp
1974 41.1 −0.8 pp
1973 41.9 −0.9 pp
1972 42.9 −1 pp
1971 43.9 −1.1 pp
1970 45 −1.2 pp
1969 46.1 −1.2 pp
1968 47.3 −1.2 pp
1967 48.5 −1.2 pp
1966 49.7 −1.2 pp
1965 50.9 −1.1 pp
1964 52 −1.1 pp
1963 53.1 −1 pp
1962 54.1 −0.9 pp
1961 55 −0.8 pp
1960 55.8

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.