Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Vietnam

Rural population share in Vietnam in 2025 — 61.2%. Ranked 42 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 23.6 pp.

2025 61.2% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 42of 217
Period maximum 84.7%1960
Period minimum 61.2%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Vietnam, 1960–20256070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 84.7%1962: 83.9%1964: 83.1%1966: 81.6%1968: 79.9%1970: 79.3%1972: 79.4%1974: 79.5%1976: 79.6%1978: 80.8%1980: 80.8%1982: 80.9%1984: 80.9%1986: 80.9%1988: 81%1990: 80.8%1992: 80.2%1994: 79.1%1996: 77.9%1998: 76.7%2000: 75.6%2002: 74.4%2004: 73.2%2006: 72%2008: 70.8%2010: 69.7%2012: 68.9%2014: 68.1%2016: 67.2%2018: 66.1%2020: 64.4%2022: 62.5%2024: 61.5%2025: 61.2%
Change over the period: −23.6 pp Annual average: -0.36 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Vietnam 61.2%
World 42.2%
South-Eastern Asia computed 45.6%
Rural population share — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 61.2 −0.3 pp
2024 61.5 −0.4 pp
2023 61.9 −0.6 pp
2022 62.5 −0.9 pp
2021 63.3 −1.1 pp
2020 64.4 −0.9 pp
2019 65.4 −0.7 pp
2018 66.1 −0.6 pp
2017 66.6 −0.5 pp
2016 67.2 −0.5 pp
2015 67.6 −0.4 pp
2014 68.1 −0.4 pp
2013 68.5 −0.4 pp
2012 68.9 −0.4 pp
2011 69.3 −0.4 pp
2010 69.7 −0.5 pp
2009 70.2 −0.5 pp
2008 70.8 −0.6 pp
2007 71.4 −0.6 pp
2006 72 −0.6 pp
2005 72.6 −0.6 pp
2004 73.2 −0.6 pp
2003 73.8 −0.6 pp
2002 74.4 −0.6 pp
2001 75.1 −0.6 pp
2000 75.6 −0.5 pp
1999 76.2 −0.5 pp
1998 76.7 −0.6 pp
1997 77.3 −0.6 pp
1996 77.9 −0.6 pp
1995 78.5 −0.6 pp
1994 79.1 −0.6 pp
1993 79.7 −0.5 pp
1992 80.2 −0.4 pp
1991 80.6 −0.3 pp
1990 80.8 −0.1 pp
1989 80.9 −0 pp
1988 81 +0 pp
1987 80.9 +0 pp
1986 80.9 +0 pp
1985 80.9 +0 pp
1984 80.9 +0 pp
1983 80.9 +0 pp
1982 80.9 +0 pp
1981 80.9 +0 pp
1980 80.8 +0 pp
1979 80.8 +0.1 pp
1978 80.8 +0.4 pp
1977 80.4 +0.8 pp
1976 79.6 +0.1 pp
1975 79.4 −0 pp
1974 79.5 +0 pp
1973 79.5 +0.1 pp
1972 79.4 +0.1 pp
1971 79.3 +0 pp
1970 79.3 −0.1 pp
1969 79.4 −0.5 pp
1968 79.9 −0.8 pp
1967 80.7 −0.9 pp
1966 81.6 −0.8 pp
1965 82.5 −0.6 pp
1964 83.1 −0.4 pp
1963 83.5 −0.4 pp
1962 83.9 −0.4 pp
1961 84.3 −0.5 pp
1960 84.7

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.