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United States - Urbanization and Housing Density 80.19

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 217 economies tracked

Latest value

80.19 (2025)

Global rank

#n/a of 217 economies

Share of global total

0.6%

Growth since 1960

1.15×

Ranking Race — Urbanization and Housing Density

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#10#19#28#37#46#5519601970198019902000201020202025#27#571998 overtook Jordan2022 overtook Oman
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Real annual global ranks, 1960 - 2025. United States climbed from #27 to #57 (overtook Jordan). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for United States ↓

Key Events — United States

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1971
Nixon shock: end of gold convertibility curated

US suspends dollar-gold convertibility, Bretton Woods system ends.

1987
Black Monday stock crash curated

Dow falls 22.6% in a single day, triggering global market turbulence.

1998
Overtook Jordan in global rank auto
2008
Global financial crisis curated

Lehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.

2022
Overtook Oman in global rank auto

Urbanization and Housing Density, 1960-2025

World Bank WDI · Percentage · linear scale · ranking in the race above
19601975199020052020202569.9873.5577.1380.7
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