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Average annual rate of change of the urban share
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2025
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Value
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1
Rwanda
3.3%
2
Burundi
3.1%
3
Papua New Guinea
2.4%
4
Chad
2.4%
5
Lesotho
2.2%
6
Mozambique
2.2%
7
Burkina Faso
2.1%
8
Solomon Islands
2.1%
9
Uganda
2.1%
10
Bhutan
2%
11
Ethiopia
2%
12
Tanzania
2%
13
Malawi
1.9%
14
Lao PDR
1.9%
15
Mali
1.9%
16
Niger
1.8%
17
Eswatini
1.8%
18
Bangladesh
1.7%
19
British Virgin Islands
1.6%
20
Benin
1.5%
21
Zimbabwe
1.5%
22
Thailand
1.5%
23
Kiribati
1.4%
24
Madagascar
1.4%
25
South Sudan
1.4%
26
Mauritania
1.4%
27
Togo
1.3%
28
Nigeria
1.3%
29
Guinea-Bissau
1.2%
30
Sierra Leone
1.2%
31
Maldives
1.2%
32
Comoros
1.2%
33
Guinea
1.2%
34
Angola
1.1%
35
Tuvalu
1.1%
36
Cabo Verde
1.1%
37
Gambia, The
1.1%
38
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.1%
39
Indonesia
1.1%
40
Kenya
1.1%
41
Cote d'Ivoire
1.1%
42
Haiti
1%
43
Afghanistan
0.98%
44
Zambia
0.98%
45
Liberia
0.97%
46
Central African Republic
0.97%
47
Ghana
0.95%
48
Senegal
0.94%
49
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.93%
50
Namibia
0.9%
51
Pakistan
0.89%
52
Viet Nam
0.87%
53
India
0.87%
54
Jamaica
0.85%
55
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.81%
56
Fiji
0.78%
57
Honduras
0.78%
58
Botswana
0.76%
59
Paraguay
0.75%
60
Sri Lanka
0.73%
61
Algeria
0.71%
62
China
0.69%
63
Malaysia
0.62%
64
Guatemala
0.6%
65
El Salvador
0.6%
66
Dominica
0.6%
67
Faroe Islands
0.6%
68
Yemen, Rep.
0.6%
69
Philippines
0.57%
70
Morocco
0.56%
71
Cambodia
0.55%
72
Albania
0.54%
73
Croatia
0.54%
74
North Macedonia
0.53%
75
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.52%
76
Timor-Leste
0.52%
77
Costa Rica
0.51%
78
Kazakhstan
0.5%
79
Tunisia
0.5%
80
Myanmar
0.48%
81
Marshall Islands
0.47%
82
Cameroon
0.47%
83
Peru
0.47%
84
Moldova
0.46%
85
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.46%
86
Bolivia
0.46%
87
Sao Tome and Principe
0.46%
88
Slovenia
0.43%
89
Belarus
0.43%
90
Seychelles
0.42%
91
Serbia
0.42%
92
Congo, Rep.
0.4%
93
Ireland
0.38%
94
Lithuania
0.37%
95
Austria
0.37%
96
Mexico
0.36%
97
Finland
0.35%
98
Colombia
0.34%
99
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.34%
100
New Caledonia
0.34%
101
Nepal
0.34%
102
Brazil
0.32%
103
Nicaragua
0.32%
104
Portugal
0.31%
105
Grenada
0.3%
106
Barbados
0.3%
107
Switzerland
0.3%
108
Netherlands
0.3%
109
Bulgaria
0.3%
110
West Bank and Gaza
0.3%
111
Equatorial Guinea
0.3%
112
Norway
0.29%
113
Greece
0.29%
114
Hungary
0.29%
115
Greenland
0.29%
116
Ecuador
0.28%
117
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.28%
118
Jordan
0.27%
119
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.26%
120
Spain
0.26%
121
Panama
0.26%
122
Sweden
0.25%
123
Mongolia
0.24%
124
Gabon
0.24%
125
Turks and Caicos Islands
0.24%
126
Latvia
0.23%
127
Lebanon
0.23%
128
Poland
0.22%
129
Canada
0.21%
130
Chile
0.21%
131
South Africa
0.2%
132
Vanuatu
0.19%
133
Russian Federation
0.19%
134
Sudan
0.19%
135
Saudi Arabia
0.18%
136
Dominican Republic
0.18%
137
Armenia
0.18%
138
Brunei Darussalam
0.17%
139
Turkiye
0.17%
140
Georgia
0.17%
141
Denmark
0.17%
142
United Arab Emirates
0.17%
143
Germany
0.14%
144
Australia
0.13%
145
Czechia
0.13%
146
Japan
0.12%
147
Italy
0.12%
148
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0.11%
149
Northern Mariana Islands
0.11%
150
Azerbaijan
0.11%
151
Palau
0.11%
152
Iraq
0.1%
153
Montenegro
0.1%
154
Ukraine
0.1%
155
Puerto Rico (US)
0.1%
156
Djibouti
0.1%
157
United Kingdom
0.1%
158
United States
0.09%
159
Cuba
0.09%
160
Argentina
0.08%
161
Kyrgyz Republic
0.08%
162
New Zealand
0.08%
163
French Polynesia
0.08%
164
Andorra
0.07%
165
France
0.07%
166
Oman
0.07%
167
Belgium
0.07%
168
Mauritius
0.06%
169
Uzbekistan
0.06%
170
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
0.06%
171
Uruguay
0.06%
172
Guam
0.05%
173
Israel
0.05%
174
Guyana
0.05%
175
Curacao
0.05%
176
Suriname
0.05%
177
Luxembourg
0.04%
178
Venezuela, RB
0.04%
179
Iceland
0.04%
180
Turkmenistan
0.04%
181
Qatar
0.04%
182
Tonga
0.04%
183
San Marino
0.04%
184
Libya
0.03%
185
Estonia
0.03%
186
Samoa
0.03%
187
Malta
0.03%
188
Taiwan
0.02%
189
Eritrea
0.02%
190
Cyprus
0.02%
191
Syrian Arab Republic
0.02%
192
Trinidad and Tobago
0.02%
193
Romania
0.01%
194
Bahamas, The
0.01%
195
Korea, Rep.
0.01%
196
Slovak Republic
0%
197
Naoero
0%
198
Macao SAR, China
0%
199
St. Martin (French part)
0%
200
Monaco
0%
201
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0%
202
Singapore
0%
203
Bermuda
0%
204
Hong Kong SAR, China
0%
205
Cayman Islands
0%
206
Gibraltar
0%
207
Kuwait
0%
208
Bahrain
0%
209
St. Lucia
-0%
210
Isle of Man
-0.06%
211
Tajikistan
-0.06%
212
Aruba
-0.07%
213
Liechtenstein
-0.21%
214
Antigua and Barbuda
-0.23%
215
Belize
-0.46%
216
American Samoa
-0.54%
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