El Salvador vs Iran: Rural population, per capita

El Salvador
0.2448 units per person
in 2025
Iran
0.2262 units per person
in 2025
El Salvador rank
145th
Iran rank
148th

Rural population, per capita over time

  • El Salvador
  • Iran
0.20.30.40.50.60.7196019922025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.2448 units per person against 0.2262 units per person in Iran, a difference of 0.0186 units per person.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Iran ahead.

El Salvador ranks 145th and Iran ranks 148th of 216 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 6 and Iran in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Iran Difference Ahead
1960s 0.6114 units per person 0.6295 units per person 0.0181 units per person Iran
1970s 0.5941 units per person 0.545 units per person 0.0492 units per person El Salvador
1980s 0.5452 units per person 0.4692 units per person 0.0759 units per person El Salvador
1990s 0.4784 units per person 0.4003 units per person 0.0781 units per person El Salvador
2000s 0.3944 units per person 0.3262 units per person 0.0682 units per person El Salvador
2010s 0.3086 units per person 0.2696 units per person 0.039 units per person El Salvador
2020s 0.2565 units per person 0.235 units per person 0.0215 units per person El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rural population, per capita, El Salvador or Iran?
El Salvador, at 0.2448 units per person against 0.2262 units per person in Iran as of 2025.
What is the difference in rural population, per capita between El Salvador and Iran?
0.0186 units per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Iran?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Iran rank globally for rural population, per capita?
El Salvador ranks 145th and Iran ranks 148th of 216 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Rural population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Rural population, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.