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Rural population share — Zimbabwe

Rural population share in Zimbabwe in 2025 — 59.5%. Ranked 47 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 28 pp.

2025 59.5% −0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 47of 217
Period maximum 87.5%1960
Period minimum 59.5%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Zimbabwe, 1960–2025506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 87.5%1962: 86.9%1964: 86%1966: 84.9%1968: 83.6%1970: 82.6%1972: 81.6%1974: 80.6%1976: 79.7%1978: 78.7%1980: 77.7%1982: 76.5%1984: 75.2%1986: 73.5%1988: 71.9%1990: 70.4%1992: 69.4%1994: 68.8%1996: 68.3%1998: 67.9%2000: 67.6%2002: 67.4%2004: 67.4%2006: 67.3%2008: 67.3%2010: 67.3%2012: 67.2%2014: 66.8%2016: 65.9%2018: 64.6%2020: 63%2022: 61.3%2024: 60.1%2025: 59.5%
Change over the period: −28 pp Annual average: -0.43 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Zimbabwe 59.5%
World 42.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3%
Eastern Africa computed 68.2%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 56.6%
Rural population share — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 59.5 −0.6 pp
2024 60.1 −0.6 pp
2023 60.7 −0.6 pp
2022 61.3 −0.8 pp
2021 62.1 −0.9 pp
2020 63 −0.8 pp
2019 63.8 −0.8 pp
2018 64.6 −0.7 pp
2017 65.3 −0.6 pp
2016 65.9 −0.5 pp
2015 66.4 −0.4 pp
2014 66.8 −0.3 pp
2013 67.1 −0.1 pp
2012 67.2 −0 pp
2011 67.2 −0 pp
2010 67.3 −0 pp
2009 67.3 −0 pp
2008 67.3 −0 pp
2007 67.3 −0 pp
2006 67.3 −0 pp
2005 67.4 −0 pp
2004 67.4 −0 pp
2003 67.4 −0 pp
2002 67.4 −0.1 pp
2001 67.5 −0.1 pp
2000 67.6 −0.1 pp
1999 67.7 −0.2 pp
1998 67.9 −0.2 pp
1997 68.1 −0.2 pp
1996 68.3 −0.2 pp
1995 68.6 −0.3 pp
1994 68.8 −0.3 pp
1993 69.1 −0.3 pp
1992 69.4 −0.4 pp
1991 69.8 −0.6 pp
1990 70.4 −0.7 pp
1989 71.1 −0.8 pp
1988 71.9 −0.8 pp
1987 72.7 −0.8 pp
1986 73.5 −0.8 pp
1985 74.4 −0.8 pp
1984 75.2 −0.7 pp
1983 75.9 −0.6 pp
1982 76.5 −0.6 pp
1981 77.1 −0.6 pp
1980 77.7 −0.5 pp
1979 78.2 −0.5 pp
1978 78.7 −0.5 pp
1977 79.2 −0.5 pp
1976 79.7 −0.5 pp
1975 80.2 −0.5 pp
1974 80.6 −0.5 pp
1973 81.1 −0.5 pp
1972 81.6 −0.5 pp
1971 82.1 −0.5 pp
1970 82.6 −0.5 pp
1969 83.1 −0.5 pp
1968 83.6 −0.6 pp
1967 84.2 −0.6 pp
1966 84.9 −0.6 pp
1965 85.5 −0.6 pp
1964 86 −0.5 pp
1963 86.5 −0.4 pp
1962 86.9 −0.3 pp
1961 87.2 −0.3 pp
1960 87.5 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

MW Malawi 82.4 SS South Sudan 78.3 ET Ethiopia 75.9 BI Burundi 74.3 RW Rwanda 69.1 UG Uganda 68.1 KE Kenya 67.8 MG Madagascar 67.1 KM Comoros 66.1 ER Eritrea 65.5 TZ Tanzania 63.1 MZ Mozambique 62.8 MU Mauritius 61 ZW Zimbabwe 59.5 SC Seychelles 54.5 ZM Zambia 54.1 SO Somalia 44.9 DJ Djibouti 27
Full table for all countries

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.

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