High income - Rural population growth

Rural population growth (annual %)

The value for Rural population growth (annual %) in High income was -0.534 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of -0.084 in 1961 and a minimum value of -1.044 in 2002.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1961 -0.084
1962 -0.094
1963 -0.189
1964 -0.237
1965 -0.315
1966 -0.397
1967 -0.560
1968 -0.548
1969 -0.463
1970 -0.451
1971 -0.107
1972 -0.169
1973 -0.196
1974 -0.229
1975 -0.235
1976 -0.128
1977 -0.131
1978 -0.153
1979 -0.124
1980 -0.170
1981 -0.277
1982 -0.181
1983 -0.169
1984 -0.174
1985 -0.167
1986 -0.275
1987 -0.387
1988 -0.343
1989 -0.197
1990 -0.220
1991 -0.222
1992 -0.186
1993 -0.208
1994 -0.288
1995 -0.322
1996 -0.303
1997 -0.284
1998 -0.308
1999 -0.322
2000 -0.325
2001 -0.814
2002 -1.044
2003 -0.979
2004 -0.925
2005 -0.879
2006 -0.722
2007 -0.629
2008 -0.564
2009 -0.625
2010 -0.687
2011 -0.561
2012 -0.290
2013 -0.270
2014 -0.261
2015 -0.314
2016 -0.338
2017 -0.432
2018 -0.491
2019 -0.614
2020 -0.534

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization