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

Population living in slums (% of urban population) in Mexico was 16.00 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 23.10 in 1990, while its lowest value was 11.10 in 2014.

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 23.10
1995 21.50
2000 19.90
2005 14.40
2014 11.10
2016 16.00
2018 16.00

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization