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  • Key Rural Issues

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    • Rural Development

    Date published: 8 April 2022

    Last updated: 13 February 2025

    A considerable amount of data is regularly collected across Government Departments, from both survey data and administrative sources.  This publication will present relevant, already publicly available data from a unique urban/rural perspective, in order to highlight key urban/rural differences and disparities across a range of domains. In doing so, the publication will provide a robust evidence base to inform the future direction of rural policy in NI, to underpin the Rural Needs Act (2016), and to support the equitable treatment of rural communities in policies and programmes across

    Documents

    • Key Rural Issues 2024 Adobe PDF (3 MB)
    • Key Rural Issues 2024 Infographic Adobe PDF (232 KB)
    • Key Rural Issues 2023 Adobe PDF (3 MB)
    • Key Rural Issues 2023 Infographic Adobe PDF (254 KB)
    • Key Rural Issues 2022 Adobe PDF (2 MB)
    • Key Rural Issues 2022 Infographic Adobe PDF (3 MB)
    • Key Rural Issues 2021 Adobe PDF (3 MB)
    • Key Rural Issues 2021 Infographic Adobe PDF (288 KB)
    • Key Rural Issues 2020 Adobe PDF (2 MB)
    • Key Rural Issues 2020 Infographic Adobe PDF (272 KB)
    • Key Rural Issues 2019 Adobe PDF (2 MB)

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