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Rural population share — Samoa

Rural population share in Samoa in 2025 — 82.5%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1.4 pp.

2025 82.5% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 3of 217
Period maximum 82.5%2022
Period minimum 78%2001

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Samoa, 1960–20257880828419601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 81.1%1962: 81%1964: 80.8%1966: 80.7%1968: 80.3%1970: 79.7%1972: 79.3%1974: 79%1976: 78.9%1978: 78.8%1980: 78.8%1982: 78.8%1984: 79.2%1986: 79.5%1988: 79.4%1990: 79%1992: 78.8%1994: 78.6%1996: 78.3%1998: 78.2%2000: 78%2002: 78.1%2004: 78.5%2006: 79%2008: 79.6%2010: 80.2%2012: 80.5%2014: 80.7%2016: 80.9%2018: 81.3%2020: 81.9%2022: 82.5%2024: 82.5%2025: 82.5%
Change over the period: +1.4 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Samoa 82.5%
World 42.2%
East Asia & Pacific 35.2%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 56.6%
Rural population share — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 82.5 −0 pp
2024 82.5 −0 pp
2023 82.5 −0 pp
2022 82.5 +0.1 pp
2021 82.4 +0.5 pp
2020 81.9 +0.4 pp
2019 81.6 +0.3 pp
2018 81.3 +0.2 pp
2017 81 +0.2 pp
2016 80.9 +0.1 pp
2015 80.8 +0.1 pp
2014 80.7 +0.1 pp
2013 80.6 +0.1 pp
2012 80.5 +0.1 pp
2011 80.4 +0.2 pp
2010 80.2 +0.3 pp
2009 79.9 +0.3 pp
2008 79.6 +0.3 pp
2007 79.3 +0.3 pp
2006 79 +0.3 pp
2005 78.8 +0.3 pp
2004 78.5 +0.3 pp
2003 78.2 +0.2 pp
2002 78.1 +0 pp
2001 78 −0 pp
2000 78 −0 pp
1999 78.1 −0.1 pp
1998 78.2 −0.1 pp
1997 78.2 −0.1 pp
1996 78.3 −0.1 pp
1995 78.4 −0.1 pp
1994 78.6 −0.1 pp
1993 78.7 −0.1 pp
1992 78.8 −0.1 pp
1991 78.9 −0.2 pp
1990 79 −0.2 pp
1989 79.2 −0.2 pp
1988 79.4 −0.1 pp
1987 79.5 −0 pp
1986 79.5 +0.1 pp
1985 79.4 +0.2 pp
1984 79.2 +0.2 pp
1983 79 +0.2 pp
1982 78.8 +0 pp
1981 78.8 −0 pp
1980 78.8 −0 pp
1979 78.8 −0 pp
1978 78.8 −0 pp
1977 78.9 −0 pp
1976 78.9 −0.1 pp
1975 79 −0.1 pp
1974 79 −0.1 pp
1973 79.1 −0.1 pp
1972 79.3 −0.2 pp
1971 79.4 −0.2 pp
1970 79.7 −0.3 pp
1969 80 −0.3 pp
1968 80.3 −0.3 pp
1967 80.5 −0.2 pp
1966 80.7 −0.1 pp
1965 80.8 −0.1 pp
1964 80.8 −0.1 pp
1963 80.9 −0.1 pp
1962 81 −0.1 pp
1961 81.1 −0.1 pp
1960 81.1 —

Polynesia, 2025

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

WS Samoa 82.5 TO Tonga 78.8 PF French Polynesia 38.2 TV Tuvalu 34.6 AS American Samoa 19.5
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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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