Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Vanuatu

Rural population share in Vanuatu in 2025 — 77.7%. Ranked 9 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 14.3 pp.

2025 77.7% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 9of 217
Period maximum 92%1960
Period minimum 75.1%2016

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Vanuatu, 1960–2025758085909519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 92%1962: 91.5%1964: 90.9%1966: 90.3%1968: 89.7%1970: 89%1972: 88.3%1974: 87.5%1976: 86.8%1978: 86%1980: 85.2%1982: 84.4%1984: 83.5%1986: 82.7%1988: 81.9%1990: 81.2%1992: 80.6%1994: 80%1996: 79.5%1998: 78.9%2000: 78.3%2002: 77.8%2004: 77.3%2006: 76.7%2008: 76.1%2010: 75.3%2012: 75.2%2014: 75.1%2016: 75.1%2018: 75.7%2020: 77.6%2022: 77.7%2024: 77.7%2025: 77.7%
Change over the period: −14.3 pp Annual average: -0.22 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Vanuatu 77.7%
World 42.2%
Melanesia computed 78.8%
Rural population share — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 77.7 −0 pp
2024 77.7 −0 pp
2023 77.7 −0 pp
2022 77.7 −0 pp
2021 77.7 +0.2 pp
2020 77.6 +1.1 pp
2019 76.5 +0.8 pp
2018 75.7 +0.5 pp
2017 75.2 +0.1 pp
2016 75.1 −0 pp
2015 75.1 −0 pp
2014 75.1 −0 pp
2013 75.2 −0 pp
2012 75.2 −0 pp
2011 75.2 −0 pp
2010 75.3 −0.5 pp
2009 75.7 −0.4 pp
2008 76.1 −0.3 pp
2007 76.4 −0.3 pp
2006 76.7 −0.3 pp
2005 77 −0.3 pp
2004 77.3 −0.3 pp
2003 77.5 −0.3 pp
2002 77.8 −0.3 pp
2001 78.1 −0.3 pp
2000 78.3 −0.3 pp
1999 78.6 −0.3 pp
1998 78.9 −0.3 pp
1997 79.2 −0.3 pp
1996 79.5 −0.3 pp
1995 79.8 −0.3 pp
1994 80 −0.3 pp
1993 80.3 −0.3 pp
1992 80.6 −0.3 pp
1991 80.9 −0.3 pp
1990 81.2 −0.3 pp
1989 81.6 −0.4 pp
1988 81.9 −0.4 pp
1987 82.3 −0.4 pp
1986 82.7 −0.4 pp
1985 83.1 −0.4 pp
1984 83.5 −0.4 pp
1983 84 −0.4 pp
1982 84.4 −0.4 pp
1981 84.8 −0.4 pp
1980 85.2 −0.4 pp
1979 85.6 −0.4 pp
1978 86 −0.4 pp
1977 86.4 −0.4 pp
1976 86.8 −0.4 pp
1975 87.2 −0.4 pp
1974 87.5 −0.4 pp
1973 87.9 −0.4 pp
1972 88.3 −0.4 pp
1971 88.6 −0.4 pp
1970 89 −0.4 pp
1969 89.3 −0.3 pp
1968 89.7 −0.3 pp
1967 90 −0.3 pp
1966 90.3 −0.3 pp
1965 90.6 −0.3 pp
1964 90.9 −0.3 pp
1963 91.2 −0.3 pp
1962 91.5 −0.3 pp
1961 91.8 −0.3 pp
1960 92

Melanesia, 2025

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

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.