Rural population, per capita in Least developed countries: UN classification
Least developed countries: UN classification: Rural population, per capita was 0.6336 units per person in 2025. βΌ Falling
Rural population, per capita in Least developed countries: UN classification, 1960β2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rural population, per capita in Least developed countries: UN classification is 0.6336 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rural population, per capita in Least developed countries: UN classification peaked at 0.9064 units per person in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0.6336 units per person, in 2025.
Least developed countries: UN classification ranks 4th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8938 units per person | 0.8791 units per person | 0.9064 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.8548 units per person | 0.8325 units per person | 0.8747 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8078 units per person | 0.7883 units per person | 0.8269 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7673 units per person | 0.751 units per person | 0.7842 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7269 units per person | 0.7053 units per person | 0.7471 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6809 units per person | 0.6605 units per person | 0.7007 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6451 units per person | 0.6336 units per person | 0.6562 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Least developed countries: UN classification
- 1 Liechtenstein 0.8537 units per person compare
- 2 Papua New Guinea 0.8422 units per person compare
- 3 Samoa 0.8249 units per person compare
- 4 Malawi 0.8241 units per person compare
- 5 Niger 0.8163 units per person compare
- 6 Sri Lanka 0.7955 units per person compare
- 7 Tonga 0.7884 units per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least developed countries: UN classification
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.1% (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 337.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.4% (2025)
- Rural population 769.36 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 63.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2019)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2039 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year (2025)
All data for Least developed countries: UN classification β
Frequently asked questions
- What is rural population, per capita in Least developed countries: UN classification?
- Rural population, per capita in Least developed countries: UN classification was 0.6336 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rural population, per capita recorded in Least developed countries: UN classification?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9064 units per person in 1960.
- What is the lowest rural population, per capita recorded in Least developed countries: UN classification?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6336 units per person in 2025.
- How does Least developed countries: UN classification rank for rural population, per capita?
- Least developed countries: UN classification ranks 4th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is rural population, per capita rising or falling in Least developed countries: UN classification?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Least developed countries: UN classification 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 Γ· 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.