What is the highest urban population, per capita recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

The highest recorded value was 0.4466 units per person in 2025.

What is the lowest urban population, per capita recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

The lowest recorded value was 0.1434 units per person in 1960.

How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for urban population, per capita?

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 37th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.

Is urban population, per capita rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?

The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Urban population, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Urban population, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Name: Urban population, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Urban population, per capita was 0.4466 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.4466 units per person

Change on year

up 1.2%

Rank

37th

of 47 groups

All-time high

0.4466 units per person

in 2025

All-time low

0.1434 units per person

in 1960

Years of data

1960–2025

Urban population, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1960–2025

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.

Analysis

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) recorded 0.4466 units per person for urban population, per capita in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, urban population, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.4466 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.1434 units per person, in 1960.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 37th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.

Urban population, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for Urban population, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1960 to 2025.
Year	units per person	Change
1960	0.1434 units per person	—
1961	0.1469 units per person	+2.5%
1962	0.1507 units per person	+2.5%
1963	0.1545 units per person	+2.6%
1964	0.1585 units per person	+2.6%
1965	0.1627 units per person	+2.6%
1966	0.167 units per person	+2.6%
1967	0.1713 units per person	+2.6%
1968	0.1757 units per person	+2.6%
1969	0.1802 units per person	+2.6%
1970	0.1848 units per person	+2.5%
1971	0.1895 units per person	+2.6%
1972	0.1945 units per person	+2.6%
1973	0.1996 units per person	+2.6%
1974	0.2046 units per person	+2.5%
1975	0.2097 units per person	+2.5%
1976	0.2146 units per person	+2.4%
1977	0.2196 units per person	+2.3%
1978	0.2243 units per person	+2.2%
1979	0.2288 units per person	+2.0%
1980	0.2335 units per person	+2.0%
1981	0.238 units per person	+1.9%
1982	0.2424 units per person	+1.9%
1983	0.2471 units per person	+1.9%
1984	0.252 units per person	+2.0%
1985	0.2572 units per person	+2.1%
1986	0.2624 units per person	+2.0%
1987	0.2681 units per person	+2.2%
1988	0.2736 units per person	+2.1%
1989	0.2791 units per person	+2.0%
1990	0.2843 units per person	+1.9%
1991	0.2895 units per person	+1.8%
1992	0.2937 units per person	+1.5%
1993	0.2977 units per person	+1.4%
1994	0.3021 units per person	+1.5%
1995	0.3062 units per person	+1.4%
1996	0.3099 units per person	+1.2%
1997	0.3137 units per person	+1.2%
1998	0.3179 units per person	+1.3%
1999	0.3222 units per person	+1.3%
2000	0.3266 units per person	+1.4%
2001	0.3312 units per person	+1.4%
2002	0.336 units per person	+1.4%
2003	0.341 units per person	+1.5%
2004	0.3461 units per person	+1.5%
2005	0.3512 units per person	+1.5%
2006	0.3564 units per person	+1.5%
2007	0.361 units per person	+1.3%
2008	0.3662 units per person	+1.4%
2009	0.3709 units per person	+1.3%
2010	0.3753 units per person	+1.2%
2011	0.3798 units per person	+1.2%
2012	0.3842 units per person	+1.2%
2013	0.3888 units per person	+1.2%
2014	0.3936 units per person	+1.2%
2015	0.3984 units per person	+1.2%
2016	0.403 units per person	+1.2%
2017	0.4077 units per person	+1.2%
2018	0.4126 units per person	+1.2%
2019	0.4171 units per person	+1.1%
2020	0.4217 units per person	+1.1%
2021	0.4265 units per person	+1.1%
2022	0.4316 units per person	+1.2%
2023	0.4364 units per person	+1.1%
2024	0.4415 units per person	+1.2%
2025	0.4466 units per person	+1.2%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.1611 units per person	0.1434 units per person	0.1802 units per person	10
1970s	0.207 units per person	0.1848 units per person	0.2288 units per person	10
1980s	0.2554 units per person	0.2335 units per person	0.2791 units per person	10
1990s	0.3037 units per person	0.2843 units per person	0.3222 units per person	10
2000s	0.3487 units per person	0.3266 units per person	0.3709 units per person	10
2010s	0.396 units per person	0.3753 units per person	0.4171 units per person	10
2020s	0.434 units per person	0.4217 units per person	0.4466 units per person	6

Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

34 Chile 0.8918 units per person compare
35 Sweden 0.8908 units per person compare
36 Andorra 0.8895 units per person compare
37 Denmark 0.8885 units per person compare
38 Greenland 0.8857 units per person compare
39 Brazil 0.8818 units per person compare
40 Libya 0.8791 units per person compare

See the full ranking of 266 places →

More climate change data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Urban population growth 3.6% (2025)
Population, total, annual growth rate 2.46 % change on previous year (2025)
Population, total, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Urban population, annual growth rate 3.64 % change on previous year (2025)
Urban population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Urban population 44.7% (2025)
Urban population 590.18 million (2025)
Population, total 1.32 billion (2025)
Population growth 2.4% (2025)
Urban population, per square kilometre 22.98 units per square kilometre (2023)

All data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) →

Frequently asked questions

What is urban population, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: Urban population, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.4466 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest urban population, per capita recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: The highest recorded value was 0.4466 units per person in 2025.
What is the lowest urban population, per capita recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1434 units per person in 1960.
How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for urban population, per capita?: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 37th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
Is urban population, per capita rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Urban population, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Urban population ÷ Population, total

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Urban population World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)

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About this data

Indicator: Urban population, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 14 September 2026

Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.