Malawi vs Sri Lanka: Rural population, per capita
Malawi
0.8241 units per person
in 2025
Sri Lanka
0.7955 units per person
in 2025
Malawi rank
4th
Sri Lanka rank
6th
Rural population, per capita over time
- Malawi
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.8241 units per person against 0.7955 units per person in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0286 units per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 4th and Sri Lanka ranks 6th of 216 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9542 units per person | 0.8031 units per person | 0.1511 units per person | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.9254 units per person | 0.7781 units per person | 0.1473 units per person | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.899 units per person | 0.7967 units per person | 0.1024 units per person | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.867 units per person | 0.8379 units per person | 0.029 units per person | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.8494 units per person | 0.847 units per person | 0.0024 units per person | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.842 units per person | 0.8139 units per person | 0.0281 units per person | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.8311 units per person | 0.7994 units per person | 0.0317 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 Sri Lanka?
- Malawi, at 0.8241 units per person against 0.7955 units per person in Sri Lanka as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rural population, per capita between Malawi and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0286 units per person, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sri Lanka?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Sri Lanka rank globally for rural population, per capita?
- Malawi ranks 4th and Sri Lanka ranks 6th 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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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.