Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Uruguay

Rural population share in Uruguay in 2025 — 4.3%. Ranked 201 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 15.5 pp.

2025 4.3% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 201of 217
Period maximum 19.8%1960
Period minimum 4.3%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Uruguay, 1960–20250510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 19.8%1962: 19.4%1964: 19%1966: 18.7%1968: 18.4%1970: 18%1972: 17.7%1974: 17.2%1976: 16.7%1978: 15.9%1980: 15%1982: 14.1%1984: 13.2%1986: 12.4%1988: 11.7%1990: 10.9%1992: 10.2%1994: 9.6%1996: 9.2%1998: 8.9%2000: 8.7%2002: 8.5%2004: 8.2%2006: 7.5%2008: 6.5%2010: 5.7%2012: 5.2%2014: 5%2016: 4.8%2018: 4.7%2020: 4.6%2022: 4.5%2024: 4.4%2025: 4.3%
Change over the period: −15.5 pp Annual average: -0.24 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Uruguay 4.3%
World 42.2%
South America computed 14.5%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.3 −0.1 pp
2024 4.4 −0.1 pp
2023 4.5 −0 pp
2022 4.5 −0 pp
2021 4.6 −0 pp
2020 4.6 −0.1 pp
2019 4.7 −0.1 pp
2018 4.7 −0.1 pp
2017 4.8 −0.1 pp
2016 4.8 −0.1 pp
2015 4.9 −0.1 pp
2014 5 −0.1 pp
2013 5.1 −0.1 pp
2012 5.2 −0.2 pp
2011 5.4 −0.3 pp
2010 5.7 −0.4 pp
2009 6.1 −0.5 pp
2008 6.5 −0.5 pp
2007 7 −0.5 pp
2006 7.5 −0.4 pp
2005 7.9 −0.3 pp
2004 8.2 −0.2 pp
2003 8.4 −0.1 pp
2002 8.5 −0.1 pp
2001 8.6 −0.1 pp
2000 8.7 −0.1 pp
1999 8.8 −0.1 pp
1998 8.9 −0.1 pp
1997 9 −0.2 pp
1996 9.2 −0.2 pp
1995 9.4 −0.2 pp
1994 9.6 −0.3 pp
1993 9.9 −0.3 pp
1992 10.2 −0.3 pp
1991 10.6 −0.4 pp
1990 10.9 −0.4 pp
1989 11.3 −0.4 pp
1988 11.7 −0.4 pp
1987 12 −0.4 pp
1986 12.4 −0.4 pp
1985 12.8 −0.4 pp
1984 13.2 −0.4 pp
1983 13.6 −0.5 pp
1982 14.1 −0.5 pp
1981 14.5 −0.5 pp
1980 15 −0.5 pp
1979 15.5 −0.4 pp
1978 15.9 −0.4 pp
1977 16.3 −0.4 pp
1976 16.7 −0.3 pp
1975 17 −0.3 pp
1974 17.2 −0.2 pp
1973 17.4 −0.2 pp
1972 17.7 −0.2 pp
1971 17.8 −0.2 pp
1970 18 −0.2 pp
1969 18.2 −0.2 pp
1968 18.4 −0.2 pp
1967 18.5 −0.2 pp
1966 18.7 −0.2 pp
1965 18.9 −0.2 pp
1964 19 −0.2 pp
1963 19.2 −0.2 pp
1962 19.4 −0.2 pp
1961 19.6 −0.2 pp
1960 19.8

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.