Rural population as a share of total population fell 0.692% to 71.5% in Kenya in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, rural population as a share of total population in Kenya reached an all time high of 92.6% in 1960 and an all time low of 71.5% in 2021. When compared to Kenya's main peers, rural population as a share of total population in Ethiopia amounted to 77.8%, 53.3% in Somalia, 64.0% in Tanzania and 74.4% in Uganda in 2021.
Kenya has been ranked 18th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of rural population as a share of total population, 2 places below 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 |
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 57.3% | 56.7% | 56.1% | 55.5% | 55.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 22.6% | 22.5% | 22.4% | 22.2% | 22.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 61.8% | 61.2% | 60.5% | 59.9% | 59.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 80.6% | 80.1% | 79.7% | 79.2% | 78.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 74.3% | 73.9% | 73.4% | 73.0% | 72.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 65.6% | 65.1% | 64.5% | 64.0% | 63.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | % | 83.0% | 82.9% | 82.9% | 82.8% | 82.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 56.8% | 56.2% | 55.6% | 55.0% | 54.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 81.1% | 80.9% | 80.7% | 80.4% | 80.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 66.1% | 65.9% | 65.6% | 65.4% | 65.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 68.4% | 67.7% | 66.9% | 66.2% | 65.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 77.9% | 77.4% | 76.8% | 76.2% | 75.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 65.2% | 64.6% | 64.0% | 63.4% | 62.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 58.1% | 57.6% | 57.0% | 56.5% | 55.9% |
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