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Rural population share — Seychelles

Rural population share in the Seychelles in 2025 — 54.5%. Ranked 58 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 18 pp.

2025 54.5% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 58of 217
Period maximum 72.5%1960
Period minimum 50.6%1977

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Seychelles, 1960–20255060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 72.5%1962: 71.8%1964: 69.9%1966: 67.3%1968: 64.3%1970: 61.3%1972: 58.3%1974: 54.2%1976: 51.1%1978: 50.6%1980: 50.6%1982: 50.6%1984: 50.7%1986: 50.7%1988: 50.8%1990: 51.1%1992: 51.6%1994: 52.3%1996: 54.6%1998: 56%2000: 56.6%2002: 56.9%2004: 57.1%2006: 57.2%2008: 57.3%2010: 57.3%2012: 57.3%2014: 57.1%2016: 56.7%2018: 56.3%2020: 55.7%2022: 55.1%2024: 54.7%2025: 54.5%
Change over the period: −18 pp Annual average: -0.28 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Seychelles 54.5%
World 42.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3%
Eastern Africa computed 68.2%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 54.5 −0.2 pp
2024 54.7 −0.2 pp
2023 54.9 −0.2 pp
2022 55.1 −0.3 pp
2021 55.4 −0.3 pp
2020 55.7 −0.3 pp
2019 56 −0.3 pp
2018 56.3 −0.2 pp
2017 56.5 −0.2 pp
2016 56.7 −0.2 pp
2015 56.9 −0.2 pp
2014 57.1 −0.1 pp
2013 57.2 −0.1 pp
2012 57.3 −0.1 pp
2011 57.3 −0 pp
2010 57.3 +0 pp
2009 57.3 +0 pp
2008 57.3 +0 pp
2007 57.3 +0.1 pp
2006 57.2 +0.1 pp
2005 57.1 +0.1 pp
2004 57.1 +0.1 pp
2003 57 +0.1 pp
2002 56.9 +0.1 pp
2001 56.8 +0.2 pp
2000 56.6 +0.2 pp
1999 56.4 +0.3 pp
1998 56 +0.4 pp
1997 55.6 +1.1 pp
1996 54.6 +1.4 pp
1995 53.1 +0.8 pp
1994 52.3 +0.4 pp
1993 51.9 +0.3 pp
1992 51.6 +0.3 pp
1991 51.3 +0.2 pp
1990 51.1 +0.2 pp
1989 50.9 +0.1 pp
1988 50.8 +0.1 pp
1987 50.7 +0 pp
1986 50.7 +0 pp
1985 50.7 +0 pp
1984 50.7 +0 pp
1983 50.6 +0 pp
1982 50.6 +0 pp
1981 50.6 +0 pp
1980 50.6 +0 pp
1979 50.6 +0 pp
1978 50.6 +0 pp
1977 50.6 −0.5 pp
1976 51.1 −1.3 pp
1975 52.4 −1.8 pp
1974 54.2 −2.1 pp
1973 56.3 −2 pp
1972 58.3 −1.6 pp
1971 59.9 −1.4 pp
1970 61.3 −1.5 pp
1969 62.8 −1.5 pp
1968 64.3 −1.5 pp
1967 65.8 −1.5 pp
1966 67.3 −1.4 pp
1965 68.7 −1.2 pp
1964 69.9 −1 pp
1963 71 −0.8 pp
1962 71.8 −0.5 pp
1961 72.3 −0.2 pp
1960 72.5 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

MW Malawi 82.4 SS South Sudan 78.3 ET Ethiopia 75.9 BI Burundi 74.3 RW Rwanda 69.1 UG Uganda 68.1 KE Kenya 67.8 MG Madagascar 67.1 KM Comoros 66.1 ER Eritrea 65.5 TZ Tanzania 63.1 MZ Mozambique 62.8 MU Mauritius 61 ZW Zimbabwe 59.5 SC Seychelles 54.5 ZM Zambia 54.1 SO Somalia 44.9 DJ Djibouti 27
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.

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