Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Ukraine

Rural population share in Ukraine in 2025 — 30.4%. Ranked 125 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 22.2 pp.

2025 30.4% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 125of 217
Period maximum 52.6%1960
Period minimum 30.4%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Ukraine, 1960–20253040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 52.6%1962: 51.2%1964: 49.9%1966: 48.3%1968: 46.7%1970: 45.1%1972: 43.4%1974: 41.9%1976: 40.4%1978: 39%1980: 37.8%1982: 36.8%1984: 35.6%1986: 34.5%1988: 33.4%1990: 32.6%1992: 32.1%1994: 32.1%1996: 32.3%1998: 32.4%2000: 32.6%2002: 32.7%2004: 32.4%2006: 32%2008: 31.6%2010: 31.4%2012: 31.2%2014: 30.9%2016: 30.8%2018: 30.7%2020: 30.6%2022: 30.6%2024: 30.5%2025: 30.4%
Change over the period: −22.2 pp Annual average: -0.34 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ukraine 30.4%
World 42.2%
Eastern Europe computed 29.9%
Rural population share — Ukraine, by year Ukraine All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 30.4 −0.1 pp
2024 30.5 −0.1 pp
2023 30.5 −0.1 pp
2022 30.6 −0 pp
2021 30.6 −0 pp
2020 30.6 −0 pp
2019 30.6 −0 pp
2018 30.7 −0.1 pp
2017 30.7 −0.1 pp
2016 30.8 −0.1 pp
2015 30.8 −0.1 pp
2014 30.9 −0.1 pp
2013 31.1 −0.1 pp
2012 31.2 −0.1 pp
2011 31.3 −0.1 pp
2010 31.4 −0.1 pp
2009 31.5 −0.1 pp
2008 31.6 −0.2 pp
2007 31.8 −0.2 pp
2006 32 −0.2 pp
2005 32.2 −0.2 pp
2004 32.4 −0.2 pp
2003 32.6 −0.2 pp
2002 32.7 +0 pp
2001 32.7 +0.1 pp
2000 32.6 +0.1 pp
1999 32.5 +0.1 pp
1998 32.4 +0.1 pp
1997 32.4 +0.1 pp
1996 32.3 +0.1 pp
1995 32.2 +0.1 pp
1994 32.1 +0 pp
1993 32.1 −0.1 pp
1992 32.1 −0.2 pp
1991 32.3 −0.3 pp
1990 32.6 −0.3 pp
1989 32.9 −0.5 pp
1988 33.4 −0.5 pp
1987 33.9 −0.5 pp
1986 34.5 −0.5 pp
1985 35 −0.6 pp
1984 35.6 −0.6 pp
1983 36.2 −0.6 pp
1982 36.8 −0.5 pp
1981 37.3 −0.5 pp
1980 37.8 −0.6 pp
1979 38.4 −0.6 pp
1978 39 −0.7 pp
1977 39.8 −0.7 pp
1976 40.4 −0.7 pp
1975 41.2 −0.8 pp
1974 41.9 −0.7 pp
1973 42.6 −0.8 pp
1972 43.4 −0.9 pp
1971 44.3 −0.9 pp
1970 45.1 −0.7 pp
1969 45.9 −0.8 pp
1968 46.7 −0.8 pp
1967 47.6 −0.8 pp
1966 48.3 −0.8 pp
1965 49.1 −0.8 pp
1964 49.9 −0.7 pp
1963 50.6 −0.6 pp
1962 51.2 −0.5 pp
1961 51.8 −0.9 pp
1960 52.6

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.