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IDA total - Population living in slums

Population living in slums (% of urban population)

Population living in slums (% of urban population) in IDA total was 52.87 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 69.89 in 1990, while its lowest value was 52.87 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/

Year	Value
1990	69.89
1995	67.47
2000	64.17
2005	60.07
2010	58.95
2014	55.08
2016	53.28
2018	52.87

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization