Share of urban population living in slums by country
Countries reporting
161
Highest
94.2
South Sudan
Lowest
0
Oman
Median
19.41
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
2,065
What the numbers show
Share of urban population living in slums is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 94.2 in South Sudan; the lowest is 0 in Oman.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.41, and the mean is 27.55.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Tuvalu (up 14,442.9%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 100.0%).
Share of urban population living in slums: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 94.2 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Mayotte | 48.69 | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 2 | Mali | 92.5 | 2022 | up 57.6% | falling |
| 2 | Anguilla | 1.45 | 2022 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 87.88 | 2022 | up 80.0% | falling |
| 4 | Sao Tome and Principe | 82.39 | 2022 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 5 | Chad | 82 | 2022 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 6 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 78.36 | 2022 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 7 | Congo | 75.34 | 2022 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 8 | Sudan | 73.7 | 2022 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 71.59 | 2022 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 10 | Niger | 70.44 | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 70.09 | 2022 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 68.91 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 13 | Madagascar | 65.72 | 2022 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea | 64.69 | 2022 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 64.31 | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 16 | Benin | 64.01 | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 17 | Angola | 62.7 | 2022 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 18 | Liberia | 60.48 | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 59 | 2022 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 20 | Mauritania | 58.56 | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 21 | Myanmar | 58.28 | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 22 | Ecuador | 57.8 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 23 | Pakistan | 55.97 | 2022 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 24 | Mozambique | 54.96 | 2022 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 54.88 | 2022 | up 129.1% | rising |
| 26 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 54.84 | 2022 | up 62.2% | falling |
| 27 | Uganda | 52.68 | 2022 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 51.51 | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 29 | Haiti | 51.06 | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 30 | Tuvalu | 50.9 | 2022 | up 14,442.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Iraq | 49.34 | 2022 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 49.28 | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 33 | Djibouti | 48.69 | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 33 | Eritrea | 48.69 | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 33 | Mauritius | 48.69 | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 33 | Somalia | 48.69 | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 33 | Seychelles | 48.69 | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 33 | Réunion | 48.69 | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 39 | Comoros | 48.5 | 2022 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 39 | Nigeria | 48.5 | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 41 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.26 | 2022 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 41 | Zambia | 48.26 | 2022 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 43 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 46.63 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 44 | Cape Verde | 46.41 | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 44 | Senegal | 46.41 | 2022 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 46 | Bhutan | 44.69 | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 46 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.69 | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 44.69 | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 49 | Peru | 44.56 | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 50 | Yemen | 44.2 | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 51 | Guinea | 43.96 | 2022 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 52 | Cambodia | 42.27 | 2022 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 53 | Namibia | 41.4 | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 54 | Syrian Arab Republic | 41.13 | 2022 | up 61.7% | flat |
| 55 | Kenya | 40.5 | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 56 | Nepal | 40.06 | 2022 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 57 | Botswana | 39.6 | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 58 | Gabon | 38.77 | 2022 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 59 | Togo | 38.46 | 2022 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 60 | Rwanda | 38.35 | 2022 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 61 | Malawi | 37.97 | 2022 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 62 | Guatemala | 37.6 | 2022 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 63 | Gambia | 37.08 | 2022 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 64 | Burundi | 36.75 | 2022 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 65 | Philippines | 35.87 | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 66 | Maldives | 34.85 | 2022 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 67 | Samoa | 34.59 | 2022 | up 1,769.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Timor-Leste | 33.92 | 2022 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 69 | Ghana | 33.49 | 2022 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 70 | Cameroon | 32.67 | 2022 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 71 | Viet Nam | 32.5 | 2022 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Honduras | 31.5 | 2018 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 26.93 | 2012 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 74 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 25.7 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 75 | Lesotho | 25.55 | 2022 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 76 | South Africa | 24.2 | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 77 | Papua New Guinea | 22.27 | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 78 | Brunei Darussalam | 21.6 | 2022 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 79 | Palestine, State of | 19.5 | 2022 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 80 | Indonesia | 19.41 | 2022 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 81 | Mongolia | 17.88 | 2022 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 82 | Mexico | 17.6 | 2022 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 83 | Eswatini | 17.01 | 2022 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Libya | 16.58 | 2022 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 84 | Western Sahara | 16.58 | 2022 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 86 | El Salvador | 16.48 | 2022 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Panama | 16.3 | 2022 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 88 | Suriname | 15.8 | 2022 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 89 | Belize | 15.73 | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 90 | Paraguay | 15.1 | 2022 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 91 | Brazil | 14.9 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | Argentina | 14.5 | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 93 | Türkiye | 14.13 | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 94 | Algeria | 13.25 | 2022 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 95 | Guyana | 11.3 | 2022 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 11.25 | 2022 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 97 | Cuba | 11.04 | 2022 | up 73.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Morocco | 10.85 | 2022 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 99 | Chile | 10 | 2022 | up 37.0% | falling |
| 100 | Colombia | 9.7 | 2022 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 101 | Fiji | 9.4 | 2022 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 102 | Montenegro | 8.77 | 2022 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.63 | 2022 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 104 | Ireland | 8.5 | 2022 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 105 | Armenia | 8.39 | 2022 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 8.38 | 2022 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 107 | Tunisia | 7.64 | 2022 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 108 | Hungary | 7.2 | 2016 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 7.1 | 2022 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Georgia | 7.08 | 2022 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 111 | Republic of Moldova | 6.5 | 2018 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 112 | Kiribati | 5.93 | 2022 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 5.52 | 2020 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Cayman Islands | 5.48 | 2022 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 115 | Lebanon | 4.53 | 2022 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Republic of Korea | 4.5 | 2022 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 117 | Poland | 4.22 | 2022 | up 1,588.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Egypt | 3.84 | 2022 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 3.55 | 2022 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 120 | Vanuatu | 3.06 | 2022 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 121 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.65 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Russian Federation | 2.62 | 2022 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 123 | Romania | 2.52 | 2022 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.44 | 2022 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Marshall Islands | 2.38 | 2022 | up 138.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Solomon Islands | 1.95 | 2022 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Serbia | 1.42 | 2022 | up 184.0% | rising |
| 128 | Uruguay | 1.3 | 2022 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Canada | 1.1 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 129 | Ukraine | 1.1 | 2018 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 0.79 | 2022 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Palau | 0.62 | 2022 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Naoero | 0.6 | 2022 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Latvia | 0.59 | 2022 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Croatia | 0.53 | 2022 | up 76.7% | falling |
| 136 | Lithuania | 0.51 | 2022 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 0.44 | 2022 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Estonia | 0.35 | 2022 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Sweden | 0.34 | 2022 | up 126.7% | falling |
| 140 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.31 | 2022 | down 92.8% | falling |
| 140 | Tonga | 0.31 | 2022 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 0.28 | 2022 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Cyprus | 0.27 | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 144 | Bulgaria | 0.2 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 145 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.16 | 2022 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 146 | British Virgin Islands | 0.14 | 2022 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 147 | United Arab Emirates | 0.11 | 2022 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 148 | United States of America | 0.09 | 2022 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 149 | Bermuda | 0.08 | 2022 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 150 | Slovakia | 0.07 | 2022 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 151 | Portugal | 0.06 | 2022 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Austria | 0.05 | 2022 | — | falling |
| 153 | Australia | 0.04 | 2022 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Malta | 0.04 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Czechia | 0.03 | 2022 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 156 | Italy | 0.02 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Luxembourg | 0.02 | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Greece | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Oman | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |