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Rural population share — Suriname

Rural population share in Suriname in 2025 — 34.2%. Ranked 114 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 4.8 pp.

2025 34.2% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 114of 217
Period maximum 39%1960
Period minimum 33.3%2004

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Suriname, 1960–2025323436384019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 39%1962: 35.4%1964: 34.2%1966: 34.1%1968: 34.1%1970: 34.1%1972: 34.1%1974: 34%1976: 34%1978: 34%1980: 33.9%1982: 33.9%1984: 33.8%1986: 33.8%1988: 33.7%1990: 33.6%1992: 33.5%1994: 33.5%1996: 33.4%1998: 33.3%2000: 33.3%2002: 33.3%2004: 33.3%2006: 33.3%2008: 33.4%2010: 33.6%2012: 33.7%2014: 33.8%2016: 33.9%2018: 33.9%2020: 34%2022: 34.1%2024: 34.2%2025: 34.2%
Change over the period: −4.8 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Suriname 34.2%
World 42.2%
Latin America & Caribbean 18.5%
South America computed 14.5%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 30.2%
Rural population share — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 34.2 −0 pp
2024 34.2 −0 pp
2023 34.2 +0.1 pp
2022 34.1 +0.1 pp
2021 34 +0 pp
2020 34 +0 pp
2019 34 +0 pp
2018 33.9 +0 pp
2017 33.9 +0 pp
2016 33.9 +0 pp
2015 33.8 +0 pp
2014 33.8 +0 pp
2013 33.7 +0 pp
2012 33.7 +0.1 pp
2011 33.6 +0.1 pp
2010 33.6 +0.1 pp
2009 33.5 +0.1 pp
2008 33.4 +0.1 pp
2007 33.4 +0.1 pp
2006 33.3 +0 pp
2005 33.3 +0 pp
2004 33.3 −0 pp
2003 33.3 −0 pp
2002 33.3 −0 pp
2001 33.3 −0 pp
2000 33.3 −0 pp
1999 33.3 −0 pp
1998 33.3 −0 pp
1997 33.4 −0 pp
1996 33.4 −0 pp
1995 33.4 −0 pp
1994 33.5 −0 pp
1993 33.5 −0 pp
1992 33.5 −0 pp
1991 33.6 −0 pp
1990 33.6 −0 pp
1989 33.7 −0 pp
1988 33.7 −0 pp
1987 33.7 −0 pp
1986 33.8 −0 pp
1985 33.8 −0 pp
1984 33.8 −0 pp
1983 33.9 −0 pp
1982 33.9 −0 pp
1981 33.9 −0 pp
1980 33.9 −0 pp
1979 34 −0 pp
1978 34 −0 pp
1977 34 −0 pp
1976 34 −0 pp
1975 34 −0 pp
1974 34 −0 pp
1973 34 −0 pp
1972 34.1 −0 pp
1971 34.1 −0 pp
1970 34.1 −0 pp
1969 34.1 −0 pp
1968 34.1 −0 pp
1967 34.1 −0 pp
1966 34.1 −0 pp
1965 34.2 −0 pp
1964 34.2 −0.3 pp
1963 34.4 −1 pp
1962 35.4 −1.6 pp
1961 37 −2.1 pp
1960 39 —

South America, 2025

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

GY Guyana 73.5 EC Ecuador 36.6 SR Suriname 34.2 PY Paraguay 29.6 BO Bolivia 28.4 CO Colombia 21.2 PE Peru 14.4 BR Brazil 11.8 CL Chile 10.8 VE Venezuela 10.7 AR Argentina 7.6 UY Uruguay 4.3
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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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