Rural population as a share of total population fell 0.261% to 75.6% in Swaziland in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, rural population as a share of total population in Swaziland reached an all time high of 96.1% in 1960 and an all time low of 75.6% in 2021. When compared to Swaziland's main peers, rural population as a share of total population in Botswana amounted to 28.4%, 70.5% in Lesotho, 62.4% in Mozambique and 32.2% in South Africa in 2021.
Swaziland has been ranked 12th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of rural population as a share of total population, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Rural Population (As % of Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Botswana | % | 32.8% | 32.1% | 31.3% | 30.6% | 29.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 73.1% | 72.7% | 72.3% | 71.8% | 71.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | 83.7% | 83.5% | 83.3% | 83.1% | 82.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 65.6% | 65.1% | 64.5% | 64.0% | 63.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 53.1% | 52.0% | 51.0% | 50.0% | 49.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 35.2% | 34.7% | 34.2% | 33.6% | 33.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 76.7% | 76.5% | 76.4% | 76.2% | 76.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 68.4% | 67.7% | 66.9% | 66.2% | 65.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 58.1% | 57.6% | 57.0% | 56.5% | 55.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 67.6% | 67.7% | 67.8% | 67.8% | 67.8% |
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