Samoa vs Sri Lanka: Rural population, per capita
Samoa
0.8249 units per person
in 2025
Sri Lanka
0.7955 units per person
in 2025
Samoa rank
3rd
Sri Lanka rank
6th
Rural population, per capita over time
- Samoa
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.8249 units per person against 0.7955 units per person in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0294 units per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Samoa ranks 3rd and Sri Lanka ranks 6th of 216 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.807 units per person | 0.8031 units per person | 0.0039 units per person | Samoa |
| 1970s | 0.7909 units per person | 0.7781 units per person | 0.0128 units per person | Samoa |
| 1980s | 0.7915 units per person | 0.7967 units per person | 0.0051 units per person | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 0.7852 units per person | 0.8379 units per person | 0.0528 units per person | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.7874 units per person | 0.847 units per person | 0.0596 units per person | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.8079 units per person | 0.8139 units per person | 0.006 units per person | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.8239 units per person | 0.7994 units per person | 0.0246 units per person | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rural population, per capita, Samoa or Sri Lanka?
- Samoa, at 0.8249 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 Samoa and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0294 units per person, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Sri Lanka?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Samoa and Sri Lanka rank globally for rural population, per capita?
- Samoa ranks 3rd 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.