Population living in slums (% of urban population) by country
Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing...
Countries reporting
174
Highest
94.2%
South Sudan
Lowest
0.0%
Singapore
Median
15.4%
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
2,376
What the numbers show
Population living in slums (% of urban population) is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 94.2% in South Sudan; the lowest is 0.0% in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.4%, and the mean is 24.8%.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Tuvalu (up 14,442.7%), and the largest decrease in Oman (down 100.0%).
Population living in slums: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 94.2% | 2022 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 2 | Mali | 92.5% | 2022 | up 57.6% | falling |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 87.9% | 2022 | up 80.0% | falling |
| 4 | Sao Tome and Principe | 82.4% | 2022 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 5 | Chad | 82.0% | 2022 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 78.4% | 2022 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 7 | Congo | 75.3% | 2022 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 8 | Sudan | 73.7% | 2022 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 71.6% | 2022 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 10 | Niger | 70.4% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Tanzania | 70.1% | 2022 | up 25.6% | falling |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 68.9% | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 13 | Madagascar | 65.7% | 2022 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea | 64.7% | 2022 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 64.3% | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 16 | Benin | 64.0% | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 17 | Angola | 62.7% | 2022 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 18 | Liberia | 60.5% | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 59.0% | 2022 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 20 | Mauritania | 58.6% | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 21 | Myanmar | 58.3% | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 22 | Ecuador | 57.8% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 23 | Pakistan | 56.0% | 2022 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 24 | Mozambique | 55.0% | 2022 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 54.9% | 2022 | up 129.2% | rising |
| 26 | Laos | 54.8% | 2022 | up 62.2% | falling |
| 27 | Uganda | 52.7% | 2022 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 51.5% | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 29 | Haiti | 51.1% | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 30 | Tuvalu | 50.9% | 2022 | up 14,442.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Iraq | 49.3% | 2022 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 49.3% | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 33 | Djibouti | 48.7% | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 33 | Eritrea | 48.7% | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 33 | Mauritius | 48.7% | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 33 | Somalia | 48.7% | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 33 | Seychelles | 48.7% | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 38 | Comoros | 48.5% | 2022 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 39 | Nigeria | 48.5% | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 40 | Cote d'Ivoire | 48.3% | 2022 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 41 | Zambia | 48.3% | 2022 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 42 | Bolivia | 46.6% | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 43 | Senegal | 46.4% | 2022 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 44 | Cape Verde | 46.4% | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 45 | Peru | 45.1% | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 46 | Bhutan | 44.7% | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 46 | Iran | 44.7% | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 44.7% | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 49 | Yemen | 44.2% | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 50 | Guinea | 44.0% | 2022 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 51 | Cambodia | 42.3% | 2022 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 52 | Namibia | 41.4% | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 53 | Syria | 41.1% | 2022 | up 61.7% | flat |
| 54 | Kenya | 40.5% | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 55 | Nepal | 40.1% | 2022 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 56 | Botswana | 39.6% | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 57 | Gabon | 38.8% | 2022 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 58 | Togo | 38.5% | 2022 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 59 | Rwanda | 38.3% | 2022 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 60 | Malawi | 38.0% | 2022 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 61 | Guatemala | 37.6% | 2022 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 62 | Gambia | 37.1% | 2022 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 63 | Burundi | 36.8% | 2022 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 64 | Philippines | 35.9% | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 65 | Maldives | 34.8% | 2022 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 66 | Samoa | 34.6% | 2022 | up 1,769.5% | volatile |
| 67 | East Timor | 33.9% | 2022 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 68 | Ghana | 33.5% | 2022 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 69 | Cameroon | 32.7% | 2022 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 70 | Vietnam | 32.5% | 2022 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Honduras | 31.5% | 2018 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 26.9% | 2012 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 73 | Venezuela | 25.7% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 74 | Lesotho | 25.6% | 2022 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 75 | South Africa | 24.2% | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 76 | Papua New Guinea | 22.3% | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 77 | Brunei | 21.6% | 2022 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 78 | Palestine | 19.5% | 2020 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 79 | Indonesia | 19.4% | 2022 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 80 | Mongolia | 17.9% | 2022 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 81 | Mexico | 17.6% | 2022 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 82 | Eswatini | 17.0% | 2022 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Libya | 16.6% | 2022 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 84 | El Salvador | 16.5% | 2022 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Panama | 16.3% | 2022 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 86 | Suriname | 15.8% | 2022 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 87 | Belize | 15.7% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 88 | Paraguay | 15.1% | 2022 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 89 | Brazil | 14.9% | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 90 | Argentina | 14.5% | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 91 | Turkey | 14.1% | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 92 | Algeria | 13.2% | 2022 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 93 | Guyana | 11.3% | 2022 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 11.2% | 2022 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 95 | Cuba | 11.0% | 2022 | up 73.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Morocco | 10.9% | 2022 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 97 | Colombia | 9.7% | 2022 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 98 | Fiji | 9.4% | 2022 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 99 | Montenegro | 8.8% | 2022 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 100 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.6% | 2022 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 101 | Ireland | 8.5% | 2022 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 102 | Armenia | 8.4% | 2022 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 8.4% | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 104 | Tunisia | 7.6% | 2022 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 105 | Chile | 7.3% | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 106 | Hungary | 7.2% | 2016 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 107 | Uzbekistan | 7.1% | 2022 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Georgia | 7.1% | 2022 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 109 | Moldova | 6.5% | 2018 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 110 | Kiribati | 5.9% | 2022 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 5.5% | 2020 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Cayman Islands | 5.5% | 2022 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 113 | Lebanon | 4.5% | 2022 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 114 | South Korea | 4.5% | 2022 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 115 | Poland | 4.2% | 2022 | up 1,587.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Egypt | 3.8% | 2022 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 3.5% | 2022 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 3.1% | 2022 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 119 | Albania | 2.7% | 2022 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.6% | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 121 | Russia | 2.6% | 2022 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 122 | Romania | 2.5% | 2022 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.4% | 2022 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Marshall Islands | 2.4% | 2022 | up 137.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Solomon Islands | 1.9% | 2022 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Serbia | 1.4% | 2022 | up 183.0% | rising |
| 127 | Uruguay | 1.3% | 2022 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Ukraine | 1.1% | 2018 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Canada | 1.1% | 2022 | up 99.2% | rising |
| 130 | Kazakhstan | 0.8% | 2022 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Palau | 0.6% | 2022 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Nauru | 0.6% | 2022 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Latvia | 0.6% | 2022 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Croatia | 0.5% | 2022 | up 75.7% | falling |
| 135 | Lithuania | 0.5% | 2022 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Saint Lucia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Estonia | 0.3% | 2022 | up 245.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Sweden | 0.3% | 2022 | up 124.1% | falling |
| 139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3% | 2022 | down 92.7% | falling |
| 140 | Tonga | 0.3% | 2022 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 141 | North Macedonia | 0.3% | 2022 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Cyprus | 0.3% | 2022 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 143 | Bulgaria | 0.2% | 2022 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 144 | United Kingdom | 0.2% | 2022 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 145 | British Virgin Islands | 0.1% | 2022 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 146 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1% | 2022 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 147 | United States | 0.1% | 2022 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 148 | Bermuda | 0.1% | 2022 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 149 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2022 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 150 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2022 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Greece | 0.1% | 2012 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 152 | Austria | 0.0% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 153 | Malta | 0.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Australia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 156 | Italy | 0.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2022 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | Germany | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | Finland | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | France | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | Norway | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | New Zealand | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | Oman | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 158 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 61.2%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 60.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 59.9%
- IDA only 57.3%
- Pre-demographic dividend 56.8%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 56.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 53.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 53.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 53.7%
- IDA total 53.0%
- Africa Western and Central 50.5%
- IDA blend 47.3%
About this data
Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.