Malawi vs Samoa: Rural population, per capita
Malawi
0.8241 units per person
in 2025
Samoa
0.8249 units per person
in 2025
Malawi rank
4th
Samoa rank
3rd
Rural population, per capita over time
- Malawi
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.8249 units per person against 0.8241 units per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.0008 units per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 4th and Samoa ranks 3rd of 217 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9542 units per person | 0.807 units per person | 0.1472 units per person | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.9254 units per person | 0.7909 units per person | 0.1345 units per person | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.899 units per person | 0.7915 units per person | 0.1075 units per person | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.867 units per person | 0.7852 units per person | 0.0818 units per person | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.8494 units per person | 0.7874 units per person | 0.062 units per person | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.842 units per person | 0.8079 units per person | 0.0341 units per person | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.8311 units per person | 0.8239 units per person | 0.0072 units per person | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rural population, per capita, Malawi or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 0.8249 units per person against 0.8241 units per person in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rural population, per capita between Malawi and Samoa?
- 0.0008 units per person, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Samoa?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Samoa rank globally for rural population, per capita?
- Malawi ranks 4th and Samoa ranks 3rd of 217 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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About this data
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.