Rural population, per capita in Euro area
Euro area: Rural population, per capita was 0.2252 units per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
Rural population, per capita in Euro area, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 0.2252 units per person for rural population, per capita in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rural population, per capita in Euro area peaked at 0.3937 units per person in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0.2252 units per person, in 2025.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Rural population, per capita in Euro area, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.3937 units per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.3879 units per person | -1.5% |
| 1962 | 0.3817 units per person | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 0.3749 units per person | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 0.3668 units per person | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 0.3586 units per person | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 0.3511 units per person | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 0.3443 units per person | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 0.3385 units per person | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 0.3331 units per person | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.3284 units per person | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 0.3242 units per person | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.3204 units per person | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.3169 units per person | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 0.3134 units per person | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.3113 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.3091 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.3068 units per person | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.3045 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.3023 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.3002 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.2981 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.296 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.2941 units per person | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.2922 units per person | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.2908 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.2891 units per person | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.2873 units per person | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.2855 units per person | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.2838 units per person | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.2825 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.2811 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.2798 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.2784 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.2768 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.2755 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.2734 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.2707 units per person | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.2688 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.2673 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.2651 units per person | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.2624 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2604 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.2588 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.2572 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.2556 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2541 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.2528 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.2517 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.2504 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.2488 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.2475 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.2459 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.2437 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2419 units per person | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.2398 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.2371 units per person | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2359 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.2342 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.2325 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.2314 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.2303 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.2291 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.2279 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.2266 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 0.2252 units per person | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.363 units per person | 0.3331 units per person | 0.3937 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.3137 units per person | 0.3023 units per person | 0.3284 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2917 units per person | 0.2838 units per person | 0.3002 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2754 units per person | 0.2673 units per person | 0.2825 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2569 units per person | 0.2504 units per person | 0.2651 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2407 units per person | 0.2325 units per person | 0.2488 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2284 units per person | 0.2252 units per person | 0.2314 units per person | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Euro area
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0155 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 80.79 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 278.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 22.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rural population, per capita in Euro area?
- Rural population, per capita in Euro area was 0.2252 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rural population, per capita recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3937 units per person in 1960.
- What is the lowest rural population, per capita recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2252 units per person in 2025.
- How does Euro area rank for rural population, per capita?
- Euro area ranks 3rd out of 3 groups with data for 2025.
- Is rural population, per capita rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rural population, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
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.
Rural population ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Rural population World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
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.