Rural population, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Rural population, per capita was 0.186 units per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
Rural population, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rural population, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) is 0.186 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rural population, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 0.5192 units per person in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0.186 units per person, in 2025.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 43rd out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Rural population, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.5192 units per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.512 units per person | -1.4% |
| 1962 | 0.5047 units per person | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 0.4972 units per person | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 0.4897 units per person | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 0.482 units per person | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 0.4741 units per person | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 0.4662 units per person | -1.7% |
| 1968 | 0.4581 units per person | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 0.4499 units per person | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 0.4418 units per person | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 0.4332 units per person | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 0.4242 units per person | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 0.4148 units per person | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 0.4053 units per person | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 0.3956 units per person | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 0.3861 units per person | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.3768 units per person | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 0.3679 units per person | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 0.3597 units per person | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 0.3523 units per person | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 0.3456 units per person | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.3391 units per person | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.3329 units per person | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.327 units per person | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 0.3213 units per person | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.3158 units per person | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 0.3104 units per person | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.3052 units per person | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 0.3001 units per person | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.2952 units per person | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 0.2903 units per person | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 0.2857 units per person | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 0.2813 units per person | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.277 units per person | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 0.2725 units per person | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.2678 units per person | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.2626 units per person | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.257 units per person | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 0.2516 units per person | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.2468 units per person | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.2426 units per person | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.2387 units per person | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.2352 units per person | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.232 units per person | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.2293 units per person | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.2269 units per person | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.2246 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2223 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2202 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2181 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.2161 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.2141 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.2119 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2098 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2076 units per person | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.2054 units per person | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2032 units per person | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.2012 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1991 units per person | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.197 units per person | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.1949 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.193 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1907 units per person | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.1884 units per person | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 0.186 units per person | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4853 units per person | 0.4499 units per person | 0.5192 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4005 units per person | 0.3597 units per person | 0.4418 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.325 units per person | 0.3001 units per person | 0.3523 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2741 units per person | 0.2516 units per person | 0.2952 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2319 units per person | 0.2202 units per person | 0.2468 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2086 units per person | 0.1991 units per person | 0.2181 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1917 units per person | 0.186 units per person | 0.197 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 40 Guinea 0.6148 units per person compare
- 41 Viet Nam 0.6117 units per person compare
- 42 Mauritius 0.6096 units per person compare
- 43 Pakistan 0.6047 units per person compare
- 44 Faroe Islands 0.6036 units per person compare
- 45 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.5969 units per person compare
- 46 Zimbabwe 0.595 units per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 477.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.3% (2025)
- Rural population 116.59 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 18.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0732 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6002 % change on previous year (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is rural population, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Rural population, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 0.186 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rural population, per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5192 units per person in 1960.
- What is the lowest rural population, per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.186 units per person in 2025.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for rural population, per capita?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 43rd out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is rural population, per capita rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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.