Caribbean small states - Rural population growth

Rural population growth (annual %)

The value for Rural population growth (annual %) in Caribbean small states was 0.17 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.07 in 1961 and a minimum value of -0.09 in 1978.

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 1.07
1962 1.02
1963 0.95
1964 0.85
1965 0.75
1966 0.62
1967 0.51
1968 0.42
1969 0.37
1970 0.37
1971 0.44
1972 0.25
1973 0.07
1974 0.04
1975 0.01
1976 -0.04
1977 -0.07
1978 -0.09
1979 -0.08
1980 0.00
1981 0.61
1982 0.63
1983 0.84
1984 0.73
1985 0.57
1986 0.38
1987 0.23
1988 0.16
1989 0.19
1990 0.30
1991 0.47
1992 0.61
1993 0.67
1994 0.65
1995 0.59
1996 0.51
1997 0.46
1998 0.42
1999 0.40
2000 0.42
2001 0.54
2002 0.62
2003 0.66
2004 0.66
2005 0.67
2006 0.66
2007 0.65
2008 0.66
2009 0.67
2010 0.68
2011 0.66
2012 0.59
2013 0.57
2014 0.52
2015 0.47
2016 0.40
2017 0.34
2018 0.28
2019 0.23
2020 0.17

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization