Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Yemen

Rural population share in Yemen in 2025 — 63%. Ranked 39 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 33.6 pp.

2025 63% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 39of 217
Period maximum 96.6%1960
Period minimum 63%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Yemen, 1960–20256070809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 96.6%1962: 96.2%1964: 95.8%1966: 95.2%1968: 94.7%1970: 94%1972: 93.1%1974: 92%1976: 90.6%1978: 89.2%1980: 87.6%1982: 86%1984: 84.5%1986: 83%1988: 81.4%1990: 79.8%1992: 78.2%1994: 76.8%1996: 75.6%1998: 74.5%2000: 73.4%2002: 72.4%2004: 71.5%2006: 70.8%2008: 70%2010: 69.4%2012: 68.8%2014: 68.1%2016: 67%2018: 65.8%2020: 64.3%2022: 63.7%2024: 63.2%2025: 63%
Change over the period: −33.6 pp Annual average: -0.52 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Yemen 63%
World 42.2%
Western Asia computed 23.8%
Low-income countries computed 64.4%
Rural population share — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 63 −0.2 pp
2024 63.2 −0.2 pp
2023 63.4 −0.2 pp
2022 63.7 −0.3 pp
2021 63.9 −0.4 pp
2020 64.3 −0.8 pp
2019 65.1 −0.7 pp
2018 65.8 −0.7 pp
2017 66.4 −0.6 pp
2016 67 −0.6 pp
2015 67.6 −0.5 pp
2014 68.1 −0.4 pp
2013 68.6 −0.2 pp
2012 68.8 −0.3 pp
2011 69.1 −0.3 pp
2010 69.4 −0.3 pp
2009 69.7 −0.3 pp
2008 70 −0.4 pp
2007 70.4 −0.4 pp
2006 70.8 −0.4 pp
2005 71.1 −0.4 pp
2004 71.5 −0.4 pp
2003 72 −0.4 pp
2002 72.4 −0.5 pp
2001 72.9 −0.5 pp
2000 73.4 −0.5 pp
1999 73.9 −0.5 pp
1998 74.5 −0.6 pp
1997 75 −0.6 pp
1996 75.6 −0.6 pp
1995 76.2 −0.6 pp
1994 76.8 −0.7 pp
1993 77.5 −0.7 pp
1992 78.2 −0.8 pp
1991 79 −0.8 pp
1990 79.8 −0.8 pp
1989 80.6 −0.8 pp
1988 81.4 −0.8 pp
1987 82.2 −0.8 pp
1986 83 −0.7 pp
1985 83.7 −0.8 pp
1984 84.5 −0.8 pp
1983 85.3 −0.8 pp
1982 86 −0.8 pp
1981 86.8 −0.8 pp
1980 87.6 −0.8 pp
1979 88.4 −0.8 pp
1978 89.2 −0.7 pp
1977 89.9 −0.7 pp
1976 90.6 −0.7 pp
1975 91.3 −0.6 pp
1974 92 −0.6 pp
1973 92.6 −0.5 pp
1972 93.1 −0.5 pp
1971 93.6 −0.4 pp
1970 94 −0.4 pp
1969 94.3 −0.3 pp
1968 94.7 −0.3 pp
1967 95 −0.3 pp
1966 95.2 −0.3 pp
1965 95.5 −0.2 pp
1964 95.8 −0.2 pp
1963 96 −0.2 pp
1962 96.2 −0.2 pp
1961 96.4 −0.2 pp
1960 96.6

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.