Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Rural population share in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2025 — 52%. Ranked 63 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 7.9 pp.

2025 52% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 63of 217
Period maximum 59.9%1960
Period minimum 52%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1960–2025525456586019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 59.9%1962: 59.2%1964: 58.5%1966: 57.8%1968: 57.3%1970: 57%1972: 56.8%1974: 56.7%1976: 56.6%1978: 56.6%1980: 56.5%1982: 56.4%1984: 56.3%1986: 56.3%1988: 56.2%1990: 56.1%1992: 56%1994: 55.8%1996: 55.6%1998: 55.4%2000: 55.1%2002: 54.9%2004: 54.6%2006: 54.4%2008: 54.2%2010: 53.9%2012: 53.7%2014: 53.4%2016: 53.2%2018: 52.9%2020: 52.7%2022: 52.4%2024: 52.2%2025: 52%
Change over the period: −7.9 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 52%
World 42.2%
Caribbean computed 31%
Rural population share — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, by year Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52 −0.1 pp
2024 52.2 −0.1 pp
2023 52.3 −0.1 pp
2022 52.4 −0.1 pp
2021 52.5 −0.1 pp
2020 52.7 −0.1 pp
2019 52.8 −0.1 pp
2018 52.9 −0.1 pp
2017 53.1 −0.1 pp
2016 53.2 −0.1 pp
2015 53.3 −0.1 pp
2014 53.4 −0.1 pp
2013 53.6 −0.1 pp
2012 53.7 −0.1 pp
2011 53.8 −0.1 pp
2010 53.9 −0.1 pp
2009 54.1 −0.1 pp
2008 54.2 −0.1 pp
2007 54.3 −0.1 pp
2006 54.4 −0.1 pp
2005 54.5 −0.1 pp
2004 54.6 −0.1 pp
2003 54.8 −0.1 pp
2002 54.9 −0.1 pp
2001 55 −0.1 pp
2000 55.1 −0.1 pp
1999 55.2 −0.1 pp
1998 55.4 −0.1 pp
1997 55.5 −0.1 pp
1996 55.6 −0.1 pp
1995 55.7 −0.1 pp
1994 55.8 −0.1 pp
1993 55.9 −0.1 pp
1992 56 −0.1 pp
1991 56.1 −0.1 pp
1990 56.1 −0 pp
1989 56.2 −0 pp
1988 56.2 −0 pp
1987 56.3 −0 pp
1986 56.3 −0 pp
1985 56.3 −0 pp
1984 56.3 −0 pp
1983 56.4 −0 pp
1982 56.4 −0 pp
1981 56.4 −0 pp
1980 56.5 −0 pp
1979 56.5 −0 pp
1978 56.6 −0 pp
1977 56.6 −0 pp
1976 56.6 −0 pp
1975 56.7 −0 pp
1974 56.7 −0.1 pp
1973 56.8 −0.1 pp
1972 56.8 −0.1 pp
1971 56.9 −0.1 pp
1970 57 −0.1 pp
1969 57.1 −0.2 pp
1968 57.3 −0.2 pp
1967 57.5 −0.3 pp
1966 57.8 −0.3 pp
1965 58.1 −0.4 pp
1964 58.5 −0.4 pp
1963 58.9 −0.4 pp
1962 59.2 −0.3 pp
1961 59.6 −0.3 pp
1960 59.9

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.