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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
191
Highest
46.3%
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
0.0%
Macau, China
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 191 countries. The highest value is 46.3% in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0.0% in Macau, China.

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

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 161 fell. The largest increase was in Aruba (up 9.9%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 80.0%).

Rural population, female: 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, Federated States of 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 Tanzania, United Republic of 34.1% 2015 down 9.3% falling
33 Barbados 34.0% 2015 up 2.1% rising
34 Myanmar 33.9% 2015 down 7.0% falling
35 Yemen 33.8% 2015 down 6.5% falling
36 Viet Nam 33.2% 2015 down 9.7% falling
37 Bangladesh 33.2% 2015 down 8.2% falling
38 Timor-Leste 32.9% 2015 down 8.7% falling
39 Sudan 32.8% 2015 down 1.6% falling
40 India 32.8% 2015 down 4.6% falling
41 Madagascar 32.2% 2015 down 9.2% falling
42 Kyrgyzstan 31.8% 2015 down 0.9% flat
43 Uzbekistan 31.8% 2015 up 0.5% rising
44 Grenada 31.8% 2015 down 0.8% falling
45 Guinea 31.7% 2015 down 6.5% falling
46 Lao People's Democratic Republic 31.0% 2015 down 15.8% falling
47 Togo 30.8% 2015 down 7.6% falling
48 Aruba 30.8% 2015 up 9.9% rising
49 Sierra Leone 30.7% 2015 down 5.1% falling
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 30.7% 2015 down 1.0% flat
51 Central African Republic 30.6% 2015 down 3.3% falling
52 Somalia 30.6% 2015 down 7.0% falling
53 Mauritius 30.5% 2015 up 3.8% rising
54 Mali 30.2% 2015 down 11.7% falling
55 Zambia 29.9% 2015 down 6.7% flat
56 Equatorial Guinea 29.9% 2015 down 1.8% falling
57 Pakistan 29.9% 2015 down 5.9% falling
58 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 29.7% 2015 down 7.6% falling
59 Bhutan 28.9% 2015 down 11.5% falling
60 Angola 28.7% 2015 down 12.5% falling
61 Senegal 28.7% 2015 down 4.4% falling
62 Republic of Moldova 28.5% 2015 up 0.4% falling
63 Benin 28.4% 2015 down 7.2% falling
64 Namibia 28.1% 2015 down 14.6% falling
65 Egypt 28.0% 2015 down 0.2% flat
66 Belize 27.6% 2015 up 5.7% rising
67 Philippines 27.4% 2015 up 4.7% falling
68 Kiribati 27.4% 2015 down 1.5% falling
69 Maldives 26.9% 2015 down 17.7% falling
70 Nigeria 26.2% 2015 down 14.0% falling
71 Guinea-Bissau 26.0% 2015 down 13.8% falling
72 Liberia 25.4% 2015 down 7.0% falling
73 Turkmenistan 25.3% 2015 down 5.5% falling
74 Thailand 25.1% 2015 down 19.9% falling
75 Slovenia 25.0% 2015 up 0.6% falling
76 Guatemala 24.5% 2015 down 8.6% falling
77 Georgia 23.9% 2015 down 2.4% flat
78 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23.9% 2015 down 7.1% falling
79 Slovakia 23.5% 2015 up 4.1% flat
80 Kazakhstan 23.4% 2015 up 3.3% flat
81 Cameroon 23.2% 2015 down 13.4% falling
82 Seychelles 23.2% 2015 down 8.4% falling
83 Romania 22.8% 2015 down 3.0% falling
84 Ghana 22.8% 2015 down 12.7% falling
85 Indonesia 22.8% 2015 down 14.5% falling
86 Côte d'Ivoire 22.7% 2015 down 13.2% falling
87 Azerbaijan 22.7% 2015 down 5.7% flat
88 Fiji 22.4% 2015 down 7.4% falling
89 Jamaica 22.2% 2015 down 4.8% falling
90 Serbia 22.1% 2015 down 2.5% falling
91 Honduras 21.9% 2015 down 12.6% falling
92 French Polynesia 21.6% 2015 up 1.8% rising
93 China 21.4% 2015 down 22.8% falling
94 Botswana 21.3% 2015 down 6.0% falling
95 North Macedonia 21.2% 2015 up 1.2% flat
96 Albania 21.1% 2015 down 20.0% falling
97 Syrian Arab Republic 20.9% 2015 down 7.6% falling
98 Croatia 20.9% 2015 down 5.9% falling
99 Gambia 20.8% 2015 down 15.1% falling
100 Haiti 20.4% 2015 down 25.6% falling
101 Mauritania 20.3% 2015 down 14.2% falling
102 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 20.3% 2015 down 3.0% falling
103 Nicaragua 20.0% 2015 down 5.8% falling
104 Morocco 19.9% 2015 down 11.8% falling
105 Poland 19.8% 2015 up 2.5% flat
106 Paraguay 19.0% 2015 down 5.2% falling
107 South Africa 18.7% 2015 down 12.4% falling
108 Portugal 18.6% 2015 down 14.2% falling
109 Ireland 18.0% 2015 down 6.5% falling
110 Montenegro 17.8% 2015 down 5.2% falling
111 Ecuador 17.8% 2015 down 5.1% falling
112 Congo 17.7% 2015 down 11.4% falling
113 Cape Verde 17.7% 2015 down 19.3% falling
114 Armenia 17.7% 2015 down 0.3% rising
115 Lithuania 17.6% 2015 up 2.1% falling
116 Sao Tome and Principe 17.2% 2015 down 17.0% falling
117 El Salvador 17.1% 2015 down 12.4% falling
118 Austria 16.9% 2015 down 1.1% flat
119 Latvia 16.9% 2015 up 2.0% flat
120 Tunisia 16.8% 2015 down 4.3% falling
121 Suriname 16.8% 2015 up 2.2% flat
122 Estonia 16.6% 2015 up 3.0% rising
123 Ukraine 16.2% 2015 down 6.0% falling
124 Cyprus 16.0% 2015 up 3.2% falling
125 Panama 16.0% 2015 down 7.6% falling
126 Italy 15.6% 2015 down 4.1% falling
127 Iraq 15.2% 2015 down 2.0% falling
128 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 15.1% 2015 down 12.3% falling
129 Hungary 14.7% 2015 down 14.8% falling
130 New Caledonia 14.4% 2015 down 17.6% falling
131 Algeria 14.4% 2015 down 19.1% falling
132 Türkiye 13.7% 2015 down 17.2% falling
133 Russian Federation 13.6% 2015 down 2.0% falling
134 Mongolia 13.5% 2015 down 25.8% falling
135 Czechia 13.4% 2015 up 0.9% rising
136 Iran, Islamic Republic of 13.2% 2015 down 17.4% falling
137 Bulgaria 13.2% 2015 down 11.3% falling
138 Malaysia 12.8% 2015 down 23.4% falling
139 Belarus 12.4% 2015 down 15.7% falling
140 Palestine, State of 12.2% 2015 down 8.2% falling
141 Germany 12.1% 2015 down 8.0% falling
142 Switzerland 11.8% 2015 down 2.3% falling
143 Djibouti 11.3% 2015 down 2.3% falling
144 Brunei Darussalam 11.2% 2015 down 14.0% falling
145 Colombia 11.1% 2015 down 10.8% falling
146 Libya 11.0% 2015 down 3.2% falling
147 Costa Rica 10.9% 2015 down 33.6% falling
148 Greece 10.8% 2015 down 13.8% falling
149 Cuba 10.8% 2015 down 4.2% falling
150 Mexico 10.5% 2015 down 13.3% falling
151 Dominican Republic 10.4% 2015 down 34.5% falling
152 Peru 10.2% 2015 down 15.1% falling
153 France 10.2% 2015 down 10.8% falling
154 Spain 10.1% 2015 down 10.7% falling
155 Norway 9.4% 2015 down 14.4% falling
156 United States of America 9.1% 2015 down 8.8% falling
157 Republic of Korea 8.9% 2015 down 5.2% falling
158 Canada 8.8% 2015 down 9.0% falling
159 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8.7% 2015 down 14.0% falling
160 Bahamas 8.5% 2015 down 3.3% falling
161 Oman 8.2% 2015 down 34.7% falling
162 Jordan 8.0% 2015 down 12.7% falling
163 Finland 7.8% 2015 down 7.8% falling
164 Saudi Arabia 7.2% 2015 down 15.9% falling
165 Brazil 6.7% 2015 down 17.1% falling
166 New Zealand 6.7% 2015 down 1.7% falling
167 Sweden 6.6% 2015 down 10.3% falling
168 Gabon 6.6% 2015 down 23.2% falling
169 Lebanon 6.1% 2015 down 8.6% falling
170 Denmark 6.0% 2015 down 13.4% falling
171 Australia 5.1% 2015 down 13.2% falling
172 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.0% 2015 down 4.3% falling
173 Chile 4.9% 2015 down 16.5% falling
174 Luxembourg 4.8% 2015 down 27.0% falling
175 Netherlands 4.7% 2015 down 45.4% falling
176 United Arab Emirates 4.6% 2015 down 22.1% falling
177 Bahrain 4.4% 2015 down 7.7% falling
178 Argentina 3.9% 2015 down 18.5% falling
179 Israel 3.8% 2015 down 7.5% falling
180 Japan 3.4% 2015 down 53.6% falling
181 Puerto Rico 3.2% 2015 up 8.7% volatile
182 Guam 2.9% 2015 down 6.5% falling
183 United States Virgin Islands 2.8% 2015 unchanged falling
184 Iceland 2.7% 2015 down 12.2% falling
185 Malta 2.3% 2015 down 26.1% falling
186 Uruguay 2.0% 2015 down 29.3% falling
187 Belgium 1.1% 2015 down 18.4% falling
188 Kuwait 0.7% 2015 down 5.8% falling
189 Qatar 0.2% 2015 down 80.0% volatile
190 Hong Kong, China 0.0% 2015 — volatile
190 Macau, China 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.