Niger vs Samoa: Rural population, per capita
Niger
0.8163 units per person
in 2025
Samoa
0.8249 units per person
in 2025
Niger rank
5th
Samoa rank
3rd
Rural population, per capita over time
- Niger
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.8249 units per person against 0.8163 units per person in Niger, a difference of 0.0086 units per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Niger ahead.
Niger ranks 5th and Samoa ranks 3rd of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 6 and Samoa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.932 units per person | 0.807 units per person | 0.125 units per person | Niger |
| 1970s | 0.8849 units per person | 0.7909 units per person | 0.0941 units per person | Niger |
| 1980s | 0.8535 units per person | 0.7915 units per person | 0.062 units per person | Niger |
| 1990s | 0.8425 units per person | 0.7852 units per person | 0.0573 units per person | Niger |
| 2000s | 0.8375 units per person | 0.7874 units per person | 0.0501 units per person | Niger |
| 2010s | 0.8362 units per person | 0.8079 units per person | 0.0283 units per person | Niger |
| 2020s | 0.8235 units per person | 0.8239 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rural population, per capita, Niger or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 0.8249 units per person against 0.8163 units per person in Niger as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rural population, per capita between Niger and Samoa?
- 0.0086 units per person, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Samoa?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Niger and Samoa rank globally for rural population, per capita?
- Niger ranks 5th 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.