Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Caribbean

Rural population share in the Caribbean in 2025 — 31%. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 29.9 pp.

2025 31% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 61%1960
Period minimum 31%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Caribbean, 1960–2025304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 61%1962: 59.9%1964: 58.6%1966: 57.1%1968: 55.6%1970: 54.3%1972: 52.8%1974: 51.3%1976: 49.7%1978: 48.3%1980: 47.1%1982: 46.3%1984: 45.3%1986: 44.4%1988: 43.4%1990: 42.3%1992: 41.3%1994: 40.4%1996: 39.4%1998: 38.3%2000: 37.2%2002: 36.2%2004: 35.3%2006: 34.3%2008: 33.3%2010: 32.6%2012: 32.3%2014: 32.1%2016: 31.9%2018: 31.8%2020: 31.6%2022: 31.5%2024: 31.2%2025: 31%
Change over the period: −29.9 pp Annual average: -0.46 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Caribbean 31%
World 42.2%
Rural population share — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 31 −0.2 pp
2024 31.2 −0.2 pp
2023 31.4 −0.1 pp
2022 31.5 −0 pp
2021 31.5 −0.1 pp
2020 31.6 −0.1 pp
2019 31.7 −0.1 pp
2018 31.8 −0 pp
2017 31.8 −0.1 pp
2016 31.9 −0.1 pp
2015 32 −0.1 pp
2014 32.1 −0.1 pp
2013 32.2 −0.1 pp
2012 32.3 −0.1 pp
2011 32.5 −0.2 pp
2010 32.6 −0.3 pp
2009 32.9 −0.4 pp
2008 33.3 −0.5 pp
2007 33.8 −0.5 pp
2006 34.3 −0.5 pp
2005 34.8 −0.5 pp
2004 35.3 −0.4 pp
2003 35.7 −0.5 pp
2002 36.2 −0.5 pp
2001 36.7 −0.6 pp
2000 37.2 −0.6 pp
1999 37.8 −0.5 pp
1998 38.3 −0.6 pp
1997 38.8 −0.6 pp
1996 39.4 −0.5 pp
1995 40 −0.5 pp
1994 40.4 −0.4 pp
1993 40.9 −0.4 pp
1992 41.3 −0.5 pp
1991 41.8 −0.5 pp
1990 42.3 −0.5 pp
1989 42.8 −0.6 pp
1988 43.4 −0.5 pp
1987 43.9 −0.5 pp
1986 44.4 −0.5 pp
1985 44.9 −0.4 pp
1984 45.3 −0.5 pp
1983 45.8 −0.5 pp
1982 46.3 −0.5 pp
1981 46.7 −0.4 pp
1980 47.1 −0.5 pp
1979 47.7 −0.6 pp
1978 48.3 −0.7 pp
1977 48.9 −0.7 pp
1976 49.7 −0.8 pp
1975 50.5 −0.8 pp
1974 51.3 −0.8 pp
1973 52.1 −0.7 pp
1972 52.8 −0.7 pp
1971 53.5 −0.8 pp
1970 54.3 −0.7 pp
1969 54.9 −0.7 pp
1968 55.6 −0.7 pp
1967 56.4 −0.7 pp
1966 57.1 −0.7 pp
1965 57.8 −0.7 pp
1964 58.6 −0.7 pp
1963 59.3 −0.7 pp
1962 59.9 −0.6 pp
1961 60.5 −0.5 pp
1960 61

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.