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Rural population, female (% of total) by country

Female rural population is the percentage of females who live in rural areas to total population.

Countries reporting
192
Highest
46.3%
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
0.0%
Macao
Median
21.1%
Years covered
36
1980–2015
Data points
1,928

What the numbers show

Rural population, female (% of total) is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 46.3% in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0.0% in Macao.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.1%, and the mean is 21.4%.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 162 fell. The largest increase was in Aruba (up 9.9%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 80.0%).

Rural population, female (% of total): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Trinidad and Tobago 46.3% 2015 up 2.0% flat
2 Burundi 45.1% 2015 down 2.4% falling
3 Papua New Guinea 43.0% 2015 up 0.1% flat
4 Nepal 42.6% 2015 down 1.3% falling
5 Malawi 42.1% 2015 down 2.0% falling
6 Sri Lanka 42.0% 2015 up 1.6% flat
7 Uganda 41.8% 2015 down 3.7% falling
8 Saint Lucia 41.4% 2015 up 5.1% rising
9 South Sudan 40.7% 2015 down 2.3% falling
10 Cambodia 40.4% 2015 down 2.6% falling
11 Niger 40.3% 2015 down 3.0% falling
12 Ethiopia 40.2% 2015 down 4.6% falling
13 Eswatini 40.0% 2015 down 0.8% falling
14 Samoa 39.2% 2015 up 3.1% flat
15 Antigua and Barbuda 39.1% 2015 up 7.0% rising
16 Chad 38.9% 2015 down 1.4% falling
17 Eritrea 38.9% 2015 down 5.0% falling
18 Solomon Islands 38.3% 2015 down 4.8% falling
19 Micronesia (country) 38.1% 2015 down 0.6% rising
20 Rwanda 38.1% 2015 down 10.4% falling
21 Kenya 37.5% 2015 down 4.7% falling
22 Tonga 37.4% 2015 down 2.2% flat
23 Vanuatu 37.3% 2015 down 2.2% falling
24 Tajikistan 36.5% 2015 down 0.2% rising
25 Afghanistan 36.2% 2015 down 4.4% falling
26 Lesotho 36.0% 2015 down 8.2% falling
27 Comoros 35.6% 2015 down 1.0% falling
28 Burkina Faso 35.5% 2015 down 11.1% falling
29 Zimbabwe 35.0% 2015 up 2.8% falling
30 Guyana 35.0% 2015 down 1.4% flat
31 Mozambique 35.0% 2015 down 4.2% falling
32 Channel Islands 34.4% 2015 down 2.0% flat
33 Tanzania 34.1% 2015 down 9.3% falling
34 Barbados 34.0% 2015 up 2.1% rising
35 Myanmar 33.9% 2015 down 7.0% falling
36 Yemen 33.8% 2015 down 6.5% falling
37 Vietnam 33.2% 2015 down 9.7% falling
38 Bangladesh 33.2% 2015 down 8.2% falling
39 East Timor 32.9% 2015 down 8.7% falling
40 Sudan 32.8% 2015 down 1.6% falling
41 India 32.8% 2015 down 4.6% falling
42 Madagascar 32.2% 2015 down 9.2% falling
43 Kyrgyzstan 31.8% 2015 down 0.9% flat
44 Uzbekistan 31.8% 2015 up 0.5% rising
45 Grenada 31.8% 2015 down 0.8% falling
46 Guinea 31.7% 2015 down 6.5% falling
47 Laos 31.0% 2015 down 15.8% falling
48 Togo 30.8% 2015 down 7.6% falling
49 Aruba 30.8% 2015 up 9.9% rising
50 Sierra Leone 30.7% 2015 down 5.1% falling
51 Bosnia and Herzegovina 30.7% 2015 down 1.0% flat
52 Central African Republic 30.6% 2015 down 3.3% falling
53 Somalia 30.6% 2015 down 7.0% falling
54 Mauritius 30.5% 2015 up 3.8% rising
55 Mali 30.2% 2015 down 11.7% falling
56 Zambia 29.9% 2015 down 6.7% flat
57 Equatorial Guinea 29.9% 2015 down 1.8% falling
58 Pakistan 29.9% 2015 down 5.9% falling
59 Democratic Republic of Congo 29.7% 2015 down 7.6% falling
60 Bhutan 28.9% 2015 down 11.5% falling
61 Angola 28.7% 2015 down 12.5% falling
62 Senegal 28.7% 2015 down 4.4% falling
63 Moldova 28.5% 2015 up 0.4% falling
64 Benin 28.4% 2015 down 7.2% falling
65 Namibia 28.1% 2015 down 14.6% falling
66 Egypt 28.0% 2015 down 0.2% flat
67 Belize 27.6% 2015 up 5.7% rising
68 Philippines 27.4% 2015 up 4.7% falling
69 Kiribati 27.4% 2015 down 1.5% falling
70 Maldives 26.9% 2015 down 17.7% falling
71 Nigeria 26.2% 2015 down 14.0% falling
72 Guinea-Bissau 26.0% 2015 down 13.8% falling
73 Liberia 25.4% 2015 down 7.0% falling
74 Turkmenistan 25.3% 2015 down 5.5% falling
75 Thailand 25.1% 2015 down 19.9% falling
76 Slovenia 25.0% 2015 up 0.6% falling
77 Guatemala 24.5% 2015 down 8.6% falling
78 Georgia 23.9% 2015 down 2.4% flat
79 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23.9% 2015 down 7.1% falling
80 Slovak Republic 23.5% 2015 up 4.1% flat
81 Kazakhstan 23.4% 2015 up 3.3% flat
82 Cameroon 23.2% 2015 down 13.4% falling
83 Seychelles 23.2% 2015 down 8.4% falling
84 Romania 22.8% 2015 down 3.0% falling
85 Ghana 22.8% 2015 down 12.7% falling
86 Indonesia 22.8% 2015 down 14.5% falling
87 Cote d'Ivoire 22.7% 2015 down 13.2% falling
88 Azerbaijan 22.7% 2015 down 5.7% flat
89 Fiji 22.4% 2015 down 7.4% falling
90 Jamaica 22.2% 2015 down 4.8% falling
91 Serbia 22.1% 2015 down 2.5% falling
92 Honduras 21.9% 2015 down 12.6% falling
93 French Polynesia 21.6% 2015 up 1.8% rising
94 China 21.4% 2015 down 22.8% falling
95 Botswana 21.3% 2015 down 6.0% falling
96 North Macedonia 21.2% 2015 up 1.2% flat
97 Albania 21.1% 2015 down 20.0% falling
98 Syria 20.9% 2015 down 7.6% falling
99 Croatia 20.9% 2015 down 5.9% falling
100 Gambia 20.8% 2015 down 15.1% falling
101 Haiti 20.4% 2015 down 25.6% falling
102 Mauritania 20.3% 2015 down 14.2% falling
103 North Korea 20.3% 2015 down 3.0% falling
104 Nicaragua 20.0% 2015 down 5.8% falling
105 Morocco 19.9% 2015 down 11.8% falling
106 Poland 19.8% 2015 up 2.5% flat
107 Paraguay 19.0% 2015 down 5.2% falling
108 South Africa 18.7% 2015 down 12.4% falling
109 Portugal 18.6% 2015 down 14.2% falling
110 Ireland 18.0% 2015 down 6.5% falling
111 Montenegro 17.8% 2015 down 5.2% falling
112 Ecuador 17.8% 2015 down 5.1% falling
113 Congo 17.7% 2015 down 11.4% falling
114 Cape Verde 17.7% 2015 down 19.3% falling
115 Armenia 17.7% 2015 down 0.3% rising
116 Lithuania 17.6% 2015 up 2.1% falling
117 Sao Tome and Principe 17.2% 2015 down 17.0% falling
118 El Salvador 17.1% 2015 down 12.4% falling
119 Austria 16.9% 2015 down 1.1% flat
120 Latvia 16.9% 2015 up 2.0% flat
121 Tunisia 16.8% 2015 down 4.3% falling
122 Suriname 16.8% 2015 up 2.2% flat
123 Estonia 16.6% 2015 up 3.0% rising
124 Ukraine 16.2% 2015 down 6.0% falling
125 Cyprus 16.0% 2015 up 3.2% falling
126 Panama 16.0% 2015 down 7.6% falling
127 Italy 15.6% 2015 down 4.1% falling
128 Iraq 15.2% 2015 down 2.0% falling
129 Bolivia 15.1% 2015 down 12.3% falling
130 Hungary 14.7% 2015 down 14.8% falling
131 New Caledonia 14.4% 2015 down 17.6% falling
132 Algeria 14.4% 2015 down 19.1% falling
133 Türkiye 13.7% 2015 down 17.2% falling
134 Russia 13.6% 2015 down 2.0% falling
135 Mongolia 13.5% 2015 down 25.8% falling
136 Czechia 13.4% 2015 up 0.9% rising
137 Iran 13.2% 2015 down 17.4% falling
138 Bulgaria 13.2% 2015 down 11.3% falling
139 Malaysia 12.8% 2015 down 23.4% falling
140 Belarus 12.4% 2015 down 15.7% falling
141 Palestine 12.2% 2015 down 8.2% falling
142 Germany 12.1% 2015 down 8.0% falling
143 Switzerland 11.8% 2015 down 2.3% falling
144 Djibouti 11.3% 2015 down 2.3% falling
145 Brunei 11.2% 2015 down 14.0% falling
146 Colombia 11.1% 2015 down 10.8% falling
147 Libya 11.0% 2015 down 3.2% falling
148 Costa Rica 10.9% 2015 down 33.6% falling
149 Greece 10.8% 2015 down 13.8% falling
150 Cuba 10.8% 2015 down 4.2% falling
151 Mexico 10.5% 2015 down 13.3% falling
152 Dominican Republic 10.4% 2015 down 34.5% falling
153 Peru 10.2% 2015 down 15.1% falling
154 France 10.2% 2015 down 10.8% falling
155 Spain 10.1% 2015 down 10.7% falling
156 Norway 9.4% 2015 down 14.4% falling
157 United States 9.1% 2015 down 8.8% falling
158 Korea 8.9% 2015 down 5.2% falling
159 Canada 8.8% 2015 down 9.0% falling
160 United Kingdom 8.7% 2015 down 14.0% falling
161 Bahamas 8.5% 2015 down 3.3% falling
162 Oman 8.2% 2015 down 34.7% falling
163 Jordan 8.0% 2015 down 12.7% falling
164 Finland 7.8% 2015 down 7.8% falling
165 Saudi Arabia 7.2% 2015 down 15.9% falling
166 Brazil 6.7% 2015 down 17.1% falling
167 New Zealand 6.7% 2015 down 1.7% falling
168 Sweden 6.6% 2015 down 10.3% falling
169 Gabon 6.6% 2015 down 23.2% falling
170 Lebanon 6.1% 2015 down 8.6% falling
171 Denmark 6.0% 2015 down 13.4% falling
172 Australia 5.1% 2015 down 13.2% falling
173 Venezuela 5.0% 2015 down 4.3% falling
174 Chile 4.9% 2015 down 16.5% falling
175 Luxembourg 4.8% 2015 down 27.0% falling
176 Netherlands 4.7% 2015 down 45.4% falling
177 United Arab Emirates 4.6% 2015 down 22.1% falling
178 Bahrain 4.4% 2015 down 7.7% falling
179 Argentina 3.9% 2015 down 18.5% falling
180 Israel 3.8% 2015 down 7.5% falling
181 Japan 3.4% 2015 down 53.6% falling
182 Puerto Rico 3.2% 2015 up 8.7% volatile
183 Guam 2.9% 2015 down 6.5% falling
184 United States Virgin Islands 2.8% 2015 unchanged falling
185 Iceland 2.7% 2015 down 12.2% falling
186 Malta 2.3% 2015 down 26.1% falling
187 Uruguay 2.0% 2015 down 29.3% falling
188 Belgium 1.1% 2015 down 18.4% falling
189 Kuwait 0.7% 2015 down 5.8% falling
190 Qatar 0.2% 2015 down 80.0% volatile
191 Hong Kong 0.0% 2015 — volatile
191 Macao 0.0% 2015 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Rural population, female (% of total)
Unit
% of total
Source
The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 1,928 data points, 1980–2015
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Female rural population is the percentage of females who live in rural areas to total population.