Population living in slums (% of urban population) - Country Ranking - Central America & the Caribbean

Definition: 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, and durability of housing.

Source: UN HABITAT, retrieved from the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals database. Data are available at : http://mdgs.un.org/

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Find indicator:
Rank Country Value Year
1 Haiti 65.90 2018
2 Jamaica 57.10 2018
3 Nicaragua 42.20 2018
4 Honduras 38.60 2018
5 Guatemala 31.00 2018
6 El Salvador 22.40 2018
7 Panama 22.10 2018
8 Dominican Republic 14.80 2018
9 St. Lucia 11.20 2018
10 Cuba 6.60 2018
11 Grenada 6.00 2018
12 Trinidad and Tobago 5.40 2018
13 Belize 5.00 2018
14 Costa Rica 3.90 2018

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual