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Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Puerto Rico

Rural population share in Puerto Rico in 2025 — 5.7%. Ranked 197 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 50 pp.

2025 5.7% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 197of 217
Period maximum 55.7%1960
Period minimum 5.6%2000

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Puerto Rico, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.7%1962: 53.9%1964: 51.4%1966: 48.6%1968: 45.7%1970: 43.2%1972: 41.1%1974: 39.2%1976: 37.2%1978: 35.2%1980: 32.9%1982: 30.2%1984: 27%1986: 23.4%1988: 19.7%1990: 16.1%1992: 12.7%1994: 9.8%1996: 7.5%1998: 6%2000: 5.6%2002: 5.7%2004: 5.8%2006: 6%2008: 6.2%2010: 6.2%2012: 6.2%2014: 6.2%2016: 6.2%2018: 6.1%2020: 6%2022: 5.9%2024: 5.7%2025: 5.7%
Change over the period: −50 pp Annual average: -0.77 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Puerto Rico 5.7%
World 42.2%
Latin America & Caribbean 18.5%
Caribbean computed 31%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 5.7 −0.1 pp
2024 5.7 −0.1 pp
2023 5.8 −0.1 pp
2022 5.9 −0.1 pp
2021 5.9 −0 pp
2020 6 −0.1 pp
2019 6 −0.1 pp
2018 6.1 −0 pp
2017 6.1 −0 pp
2016 6.2 −0 pp
2015 6.2 −0 pp
2014 6.2 −0 pp
2013 6.2 −0 pp
2012 6.2 −0 pp
2011 6.2 −0 pp
2010 6.2 +0 pp
2009 6.2 +0 pp
2008 6.2 +0.1 pp
2007 6.1 +0.1 pp
2006 6 +0.1 pp
2005 5.9 +0.1 pp
2004 5.8 +0.1 pp
2003 5.8 +0.1 pp
2002 5.7 +0.1 pp
2001 5.6 +0 pp
2000 5.6 −0.1 pp
1999 5.7 −0.4 pp
1998 6 −0.6 pp
1997 6.6 −0.8 pp
1996 7.5 −1.1 pp
1995 8.5 −1.2 pp
1994 9.8 −1.4 pp
1993 11.2 −1.5 pp
1992 12.7 −1.6 pp
1991 14.3 −1.7 pp
1990 16.1 −1.8 pp
1989 17.9 −1.8 pp
1988 19.7 −1.9 pp
1987 21.6 −1.8 pp
1986 23.4 −1.8 pp
1985 25.2 −1.8 pp
1984 27 −1.7 pp
1983 28.6 −1.6 pp
1982 30.2 −1.4 pp
1981 31.6 −1.3 pp
1980 32.9 −1.2 pp
1979 34.1 −1.1 pp
1978 35.2 −1 pp
1977 36.2 −1 pp
1976 37.2 −1 pp
1975 38.2 −1 pp
1974 39.2 −1 pp
1973 40.1 −1 pp
1972 41.1 −1 pp
1971 42.2 −1.1 pp
1970 43.2 −1.2 pp
1969 44.4 −1.3 pp
1968 45.7 −1.4 pp
1967 47.1 −1.5 pp
1966 48.6 −1.5 pp
1965 50 −1.4 pp
1964 51.4 −1.3 pp
1963 52.8 −1.2 pp
1962 53.9 −1 pp
1961 54.9 −0.8 pp
1960 55.7 —

Caribbean, 2025

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

AG Antigua and Barbuda 75.7 LC Saint Lucia 70.9 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 68.1 GD Grenada 63.3 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 52 TT Trinidad and Tobago 46 HT Haiti 44.4 VG British Virgin Islands 42.6 JM Jamaica 40.6 BB Barbados 40.3 AW Aruba 38.3 DO Dominican Republic 27.5 DM Dominica 26 CU Cuba 22.8 BS Bahamas 18.7 CW Curaçao 8.5 PR Puerto Rico 5.7 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 5.6 VI United States Virgin Islands 4.6 SX Sint Maarten 0 KY Cayman Islands 0 MF Saint Martin 0
Full table for all countries

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.

Other indicators for Puerto Rico

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How many people live outside cities — in absolute numbers.

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What part of a country's residents lives in cities — the level of urbanization.

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The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Puerto Rico by year Agriculture Agricultural land share

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