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Tanzania - Population living in slums

Population living in slums (% of urban population)

Population living in slums (% of urban population) in Tanzania was 40.10 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 77.40 in 1990, while its lowest value was 40.10 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	77.40
1995	73.70
2000	70.10
2005	66.40
2010	63.50
2014	50.70
2016	41.70
2018	40.10

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization