Population living in slums (% of urban population) - Country Ranking
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/
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 95.40 | 2018 |
| 2 | Sudan | 88.40 | 2018 |
| 3 | Chad | 86.90 | 2018 |
| 4 | São Tomé and Principe | 85.70 | 2018 |
| 5 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 77.50 | 2018 |
| 6 | Mozambique | 77.20 | 2018 |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 74.40 | 2018 |
| 8 | Mauritania | 73.20 | 2018 |
| 9 | Somalia | 72.10 | 2018 |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 70.70 | 2018 |
| 11 | Liberia | 70.30 | 2018 |
| 12 | Comoros | 68.40 | 2018 |
| 13 | Yemen | 66.20 | 2018 |
| 14 | Haiti | 65.90 | 2018 |
| 15 | Malawi | 65.10 | 2018 |
| 16 | Equatorial Guinea | 64.90 | 2018 |
| 17 | Djibouti | 64.50 | 2018 |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 64.30 | 2018 |
| 19 | Madagascar | 61.20 | 2018 |
| 20 | Lebanon | 61.10 | 2018 |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 60.10 | 2018 |
| 22 | Moldova | 59.20 | 2018 |
| 23 | Sierra Leone | 59.10 | 2018 |
| 24 | Benin | 58.80 | 2018 |
| 24 | Niger | 58.80 | 2018 |
| 26 | Jamaica | 57.10 | 2018 |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 57.10 | 2018 |
| 28 | Myanmar | 56.10 | 2018 |
| 29 | Zambia | 54.60 | 2018 |
| 30 | Togo | 54.30 | 2018 |
| 31 | Nigeria | 53.90 | 2018 |
| 32 | Lesotho | 53.60 | 2018 |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 52.20 | 2018 |
| 34 | Guinea | 50.10 | 2018 |
| 35 | Nepal | 49.30 | 2018 |
| 36 | Angola | 48.60 | 2018 |
| 37 | Bolivia | 48.50 | 2018 |
| 38 | Uganda | 48.30 | 2018 |
| 39 | Congo | 47.80 | 2018 |
| 40 | Burundi | 47.70 | 2018 |
| 41 | Mali | 47.20 | 2018 |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 47.20 | 2018 |
| 43 | Kenya | 46.50 | 2018 |
| 44 | Iraq | 45.70 | 2018 |
| 45 | Cambodia | 45.10 | 2018 |
| 46 | Venezuela | 44.10 | 2018 |
| 47 | Philippines | 42.90 | 2018 |
| 48 | Namibia | 42.30 | 2018 |
| 49 | Nicaragua | 42.20 | 2018 |
| 50 | Rwanda | 42.10 | 2018 |
| 51 | Pakistan | 40.10 | 2018 |
| 51 | Tanzania | 40.10 | 2018 |
| 53 | Honduras | 38.60 | 2018 |
| 54 | Mongolia | 38.30 | 2018 |
| 55 | Syrian Arab Republic | 37.90 | 2018 |
| 56 | Gabon | 36.60 | 2018 |
| 57 | India | 35.20 | 2018 |
| 58 | Georgia | 34.10 | 2018 |
| 59 | Cameroon | 33.70 | 2018 |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 33.50 | 2018 |
| 61 | Timor-Leste | 33.40 | 2018 |
| 62 | Belarus | 33.20 | 2018 |
| 63 | Peru | 33.10 | 2018 |
| 64 | Eswatini | 32.10 | 2018 |
| 65 | Guyana | 31.10 | 2018 |
| 66 | Guatemala | 31.00 | 2018 |
| 67 | Indonesia | 30.60 | 2018 |
| 68 | Ghana | 30.40 | 2018 |
| 69 | Senegal | 29.50 | 2018 |
| 70 | Colombia | 27.80 | 2018 |
| 71 | The Gambia | 27.10 | 2018 |
| 71 | Montenegro | 27.10 | 2018 |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 26.00 | 2018 |
| 74 | South Africa | 25.60 | 2018 |
| 75 | Iran | 25.30 | 2018 |
| 76 | China | 24.60 | 2018 |
| 77 | Thailand | 23.70 | 2018 |
| 78 | Jordan | 23.40 | 2018 |
| 79 | El Salvador | 22.40 | 2018 |
| 80 | Panama | 22.10 | 2018 |
| 81 | Lao PDR | 21.10 | 2018 |
| 82 | Ecuador | 20.10 | 2018 |
| 83 | Ukraine | 19.00 | 2018 |
| 84 | Paraguay | 17.10 | 2018 |
| 85 | Brazil | 16.30 | 2018 |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 16.20 | 2018 |
| 87 | Mexico | 16.00 | 2018 |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 14.80 | 2018 |
| 89 | Argentina | 14.70 | 2018 |
| 90 | Vietnam | 13.80 | 2018 |
| 91 | Hungary | 13.60 | 2018 |
| 92 | Romania | 12.10 | 2018 |
| 93 | St. Lucia | 11.20 | 2018 |
| 93 | Fiji | 11.20 | 2018 |
| 95 | Kyrgyz Republic | 9.70 | 2018 |
| 96 | Armenia | 9.30 | 2018 |
| 97 | Morocco | 9.20 | 2018 |
| 98 | Chile | 8.80 | 2018 |
| 99 | Turkey | 8.60 | 2018 |
| 100 | North Macedonia | 8.30 | 2018 |
| 101 | Tunisia | 8.20 | 2018 |
| 102 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.60 | 2018 |
| 103 | Cuba | 6.60 | 2018 |
| 104 | Grenada | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 105 | Suriname | 5.90 | 2018 |
| 106 | Spain | 5.50 | 2018 |
| 107 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.40 | 2018 |
| 108 | Egypt | 5.20 | 2018 |
| 109 | Belize | 5.00 | 2018 |
| 110 | Costa Rica | 3.90 | 2018 |
| 111 | Slovenia | 3.70 | 2018 |
| 112 | Portugal | 3.60 | 2018 |
| 112 | Serbia | 3.60 | 2018 |
| 114 | Greece | 3.00 | 2018 |
| 115 | Germany | 0.01 | 2018 |
| 115 | Canada | 0.01 | 2018 |
| 115 | Poland | 0.01 | 2018 |
| 118 | Sweden | 0.00 | 2018 |
| 118 | Denmark | 0.00 | 2018 |
| 118 | Norway | 0.00 | 2018 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
