Rural population as a share of total population fell 1.59% to 20.0% in Greece in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, rural population as a share of total population in Greece reached an all time high of 44.1% in 1960 and an all time low of 20.0% in 2021. When compared to Greece's main peers, rural population as a share of total population in Albania amounted to 37.0%, 24.0% in Bulgaria, 41.2% in Macedonia and 23.4% in Turkey in 2021.
Greece has been ranked 132nd within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of rural population as a share of total population.
| 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 |
| Albania | % | 42.6% | 41.6% | 40.6% | 39.7% | 38.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | % | 26.0% | 25.7% | 25.3% | 25.0% | 24.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 22.0% | 21.6% | 21.3% | 20.9% | 20.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 26.6% | 26.1% | 25.6% | 25.1% | 24.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 30.1% | 29.9% | 29.7% | 29.5% | 29.3% | ||||||||||||||||
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| Macedonia | % | 42.6% | 42.4% | 42.3% | 42.0% | 41.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | % | 34.2% | 33.9% | 33.5% | 33.2% | 32.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | % | 46.1% | 46.1% | 46.1% | 46.0% | 45.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | % | 44.3% | 44.2% | 44.1% | 43.9% | 43.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | % | 26.4% | 25.9% | 25.4% | 24.9% | 24.4% |
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