Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Philippines

Rural population share in the Philippines in 2025 — 44.2%. Ranked 78 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 25.8 pp.

2025 44.2% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 78of 217
Period maximum 70%1960
Period minimum 44.2%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Philippines, 1960–20254050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 70%1962: 69.5%1964: 69.2%1966: 68.9%1968: 68.5%1970: 68.1%1972: 67.7%1974: 67.3%1976: 66.9%1978: 66.5%1980: 66.2%1982: 65.8%1984: 65.4%1986: 64.9%1988: 64.5%1990: 64%1992: 63.5%1994: 62.9%1996: 62.3%1998: 61.6%2000: 60.9%2002: 60%2004: 59.1%2006: 58.2%2008: 56.8%2010: 54.5%2012: 52.1%2014: 49.8%2016: 48.1%2018: 46.8%2020: 45.9%2022: 45.2%2024: 44.5%2025: 44.2%
Change over the period: −25.8 pp Annual average: -0.4 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Philippines 44.2%
World 42.2%
South-Eastern Asia computed 45.6%
Rural population share — Philippines, by year Philippines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 44.2 −0.3 pp
2024 44.5 −0.3 pp
2023 44.9 −0.3 pp
2022 45.2 −0.3 pp
2021 45.5 −0.3 pp
2020 45.9 −0.4 pp
2019 46.3 −0.5 pp
2018 46.8 −0.6 pp
2017 47.4 −0.7 pp
2016 48.1 −0.8 pp
2015 48.8 −0.9 pp
2014 49.8 −1.1 pp
2013 50.9 −1.2 pp
2012 52.1 −1.2 pp
2011 53.3 −1.2 pp
2010 54.5 −1.2 pp
2009 55.7 −1.2 pp
2008 56.8 −0.8 pp
2007 57.7 −0.5 pp
2006 58.2 −0.5 pp
2005 58.7 −0.5 pp
2004 59.1 −0.5 pp
2003 59.6 −0.4 pp
2002 60 −0.4 pp
2001 60.5 −0.4 pp
2000 60.9 −0.4 pp
1999 61.2 −0.4 pp
1998 61.6 −0.3 pp
1997 62 −0.3 pp
1996 62.3 −0.3 pp
1995 62.6 −0.3 pp
1994 62.9 −0.3 pp
1993 63.2 −0.3 pp
1992 63.5 −0.3 pp
1991 63.7 −0.3 pp
1990 64 −0.2 pp
1989 64.2 −0.2 pp
1988 64.5 −0.2 pp
1987 64.7 −0.2 pp
1986 64.9 −0.2 pp
1985 65.1 −0.2 pp
1984 65.4 −0.2 pp
1983 65.6 −0.2 pp
1982 65.8 −0.2 pp
1981 66 −0.2 pp
1980 66.2 −0.2 pp
1979 66.3 −0.2 pp
1978 66.5 −0.2 pp
1977 66.7 −0.2 pp
1976 66.9 −0.2 pp
1975 67.1 −0.2 pp
1974 67.3 −0.2 pp
1973 67.5 −0.2 pp
1972 67.7 −0.2 pp
1971 67.9 −0.2 pp
1970 68.1 −0.2 pp
1969 68.3 −0.2 pp
1968 68.5 −0.2 pp
1967 68.7 −0.2 pp
1966 68.9 −0.2 pp
1965 69 −0.2 pp
1964 69.2 −0.2 pp
1963 69.3 −0.2 pp
1962 69.5 −0.2 pp
1961 69.7 −0.2 pp
1960 70

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.