Degree of urbanisation

Classification of the entire territory of a country along the urban-rural continuum.

The degree of urbanisation combines population size and population density thresholds to capture the full settlement hierarchy. It is applied in a two-step process: First, 1 km² grid cells are classified based on population density, contiguity and population size. Subsequently, local units are classified based on the type of grid cells their population resides in.

European Commission (Eurostat and Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy), International Labour Organization (ILO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), UN-Habitat, World Bank, "A recommendation on the method to delineate cities, urban and rural areas for international statistical comparisons", March 2020

CL_DEG_URB

Codelist CL_DEG_URB