Bangladesh - Population living in slums (% of urban population)

Population living in slums (% of urban population) in Bangladesh was 47.20 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 87.30 in 1990, while its lowest value was 47.20 in 2018.

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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Year Value
1990 87.30
1995 84.70
2000 77.80
2005 70.80
2010 61.60
2014 55.10
2016 49.40
2018 47.20

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization