Slum dwellers

percent of urban population, 1990–2018

Country	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Afghanistan																									62.70	67.00	71.30	71.00	70.70
Angola											86.50	86.50	86.50	86.50	86.50	86.50	82.36	78.22	74.08	69.94	65.80	63.23	60.65	58.08	55.50	52.15	48.80	48.70	48.60
Argentina	30.50	30.74	30.98	31.22	31.46	31.70	31.94	32.18	32.42	32.66	32.90	31.56	30.22	28.88	27.54	26.20	25.12	24.04	22.96	21.88	20.80	19.78	18.75	17.73	16.70	15.70	14.70	14.70	14.70
Armenia																									14.40	11.85	9.30	9.30	9.30
Bangladesh	87.30	86.78	86.26	85.74	85.22	84.70	83.32	81.94	80.56	79.18	77.80	76.40	75.00	73.60	72.20	70.80	68.96	67.12	65.28	63.44	61.60	59.98	58.35	56.73	55.10	52.25	49.40	48.30	47.20
Belarus																											45.20	39.20	33.20
Belize																									10.80	7.95	5.10	5.05	5.00
Benin	79.30	78.80	78.30	77.80	77.30	76.80	76.30	75.80	75.30	74.80	74.30	73.80	73.30	72.80	72.30	71.80	71.40	71.00	70.60	70.20	69.80	67.73	65.65	63.58	61.50	60.55	59.60	59.20	58.80
Bolivia	62.20	61.40	60.60	59.80	59.00	58.20	57.42	56.64	55.86	55.08	54.30	53.52	52.74	51.96	51.18	50.40	49.78	49.16	48.54	47.92	47.30	46.35	45.40	44.45	43.50	46.50	49.50	49.00	48.50
Bosnia and Herzegovina																											7.60	7.60	7.60
Brazil	36.70	36.18	35.66	35.14	34.62	34.10	33.58	33.06	32.54	32.02	31.50	31.00	30.50	30.00	29.50	29.00	28.58	28.16	27.74	27.32	26.90	25.75	24.60	23.45	22.30	19.30	16.30	16.30	16.30
Burkina Faso	78.80	77.52	76.24	74.96	73.68	72.40	71.10	69.80	68.50	67.20	65.90	64.62	63.34	62.06	60.78	59.50	60.20	60.90	61.60	62.30	63.00	63.70	64.40	65.10	65.80	62.15	58.50	57.80	57.10
Burundi																64.30	63.59	62.88	62.17	61.46	60.74	60.03	59.32	58.61	57.90	53.25	48.60	48.15	47.70
Cambodia																78.90	76.26	73.61	70.97	68.32	65.68	63.03	60.39	57.74	55.10	51.40	47.70	46.40	45.10
Cameroon	50.80	50.56	50.32	50.08	49.84	49.60	49.36	49.12	48.88	48.64	48.40	48.20	48.00	47.80	47.60	47.40	47.14	46.88	46.62	46.36	46.10	44.03	41.95	39.88	37.80	36.80	35.80	34.75	33.70
Canada																											0.01	0.01	0.01
Central African Republic	87.50	87.94	88.38	88.82	89.26	89.70	90.14	90.58	91.02	91.46	91.90	92.34	92.78	93.22	93.66	94.10	94.46	94.82	95.18	95.54	95.90	95.25	94.60	93.95	93.30	95.40	97.50	96.45	95.40
Chad	98.90	98.40	97.90	97.40	96.90	96.40	95.90	95.40	94.90	94.40	93.90	93.38	92.86	92.34	91.82	91.30	90.90	90.50	90.10	89.70	89.30	89.03	88.75	88.48	88.20	87.60	87.00	86.95	86.90
Chile																9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.90	8.80
China	43.60	42.98	42.36	41.74	41.12	40.50	39.86	39.22	38.58	37.94	37.30	36.42	35.54	34.66	33.78	32.90	32.14	31.38	30.62	29.86	29.10	28.13	27.15	26.18	25.20	25.05	24.90	24.75	24.60
Colombia	31.20	30.32	29.44	28.56	27.68	26.80	25.90	25.00	24.10	23.20	22.30	21.42	20.54	19.66	18.78	17.90	17.18	16.46	15.74	15.02	14.30	14.00	13.70	13.40	13.10	20.60	28.10	27.95	27.80
Comoros	65.40	65.40	65.40	65.40	65.40	65.40	65.40	65.40	65.40	65.40	65.40	66.10	66.80	67.50	68.20	68.90	68.98	69.06	69.13	69.21	69.29	69.37	69.44	69.52	69.60	69.60	69.60	69.00	68.40
Congo (Kinshasa)																76.40	73.46	70.52	67.58	64.64	61.70	64.98	68.25	71.53	74.80	76.95	79.10	78.30	77.50
Congo (Brazzaville)																53.40	52.70	52.00	51.30	50.60	49.90	49.15	48.40	47.65	46.90	47.45	48.00	47.90	47.80
Costa Rica																10.90	10.30	9.70	9.10	8.50	7.90	7.30	6.70	6.10	5.50	4.70	3.90	3.90	3.90
Ivory Coast	53.40	53.58	53.76	53.94	54.12	54.30	54.50	54.70	54.90	55.10	55.30	55.48	55.66	55.84	56.02	56.20	56.36	56.52	56.68	56.84	57.00	56.75	56.50	56.25	56.00	57.60	59.20	59.65	60.10
Cuba																											6.60	6.60	6.60
Denmark																											0.00	0.00	0.00
Djibouti																									65.60	65.60	65.60	65.05	64.50
Dominican Republic	27.90	27.20	26.50	25.80	25.10	24.40	23.72	23.04	22.36	21.68	21.00	20.32	19.64	18.96	18.28	17.60	17.04	16.48	15.92	15.36	14.80	14.13	13.45	12.78	12.10	13.45	14.80	14.80	14.80
Ecuador																21.50	23.11	24.72	26.33	27.94	29.56	31.17	32.78	34.39	36.00	28.15	20.30	20.20	20.10
Egypt	50.20	48.00	45.80	43.60	41.40	39.20	36.98	34.76	32.54	30.32	28.10	25.90	23.70	21.50	19.30	17.10	16.30	15.50	14.70	13.90	13.10	12.48	11.85	11.23	10.60	8.60	6.60	5.90	5.20
El Salvador																28.90	28.90	28.90	28.90	28.90	28.90	28.90	28.90	28.90	28.90	25.65	22.40	22.40	22.40
Equatorial Guinea																66.30	66.29	66.28	66.27	66.26	66.24	66.23	66.22	66.21	66.20	66.15	66.10	65.50	64.90
Swaziland																									32.70	32.70	32.70	32.40	32.10
Ethiopia	95.50	95.50	95.50	95.50	95.50	95.50	94.12	92.74	91.36	89.98	88.60	87.24	85.88	84.52	83.16	81.80	80.72	79.64	78.56	77.48	76.40	75.78	75.15	74.53	73.90	69.90	65.90	65.10	64.30
Fiji																											10.80	11.00	11.20
Gabon																38.70	38.51	38.32	38.13	37.94	37.76	37.57	37.38	37.19	37.00	36.80	36.60	36.60	36.60
Gambia																45.40	44.22	43.04	41.87	40.69	39.51	38.33	37.16	35.98	34.80	30.40	26.00	26.55	27.10
Georgia																											34.10	34.10	34.10
Germany																											0.01	0.01	0.01
Ghana	65.50	64.16	62.82	61.48	60.14	58.80	57.46	56.12	54.78	53.44	52.10	50.76	49.42	48.08	46.74	45.40	44.34	43.28	42.22	41.16	40.10	39.55	39.00	38.45	37.90	34.15	30.40	30.40	30.40
Greece																											3.00	3.00	3.00
Grenada																6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Guatemala	58.60	57.54	56.48	55.42	54.36	53.30	52.26	51.22	50.18	49.14	48.10	47.06	46.02	44.98	43.94	42.90	42.06	41.22	40.38	39.54	38.70	38.70	38.70	38.70	38.70	34.85	31.00	31.00	31.00
Guinea	80.40	78.08	75.76	73.44	71.12	68.80	66.50	64.20	61.90	59.60	57.30	54.98	52.66	50.34	48.02	45.70	45.43	45.17	44.90	44.63	44.37	44.10	43.83	43.57	43.30	46.25	49.20	49.65	50.10
Guinea Bissau																83.10	83.01	82.92	82.83	82.74	82.66	82.57	82.48	82.39	82.30	80.60	78.90	76.65	74.40
Guyana																33.70	33.60	33.50	33.40	33.30	33.20	33.18	33.15	33.13	33.10	32.85	32.60	31.85	31.10
Haiti	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	88.74	84.08	79.42	74.76	70.10	70.10	70.10	70.10	70.10	70.10	71.18	72.25	73.33	74.40	70.15	65.90	65.90	65.90
Honduras																34.90	34.08	33.26	32.43	31.61	30.79	29.97	29.14	28.32	27.50	33.95	40.40	39.50	38.60
Hungary																											13.60	13.60	13.60
India	54.90	53.56	52.22	50.88	49.54	48.20	46.86	45.52	44.18	42.84	41.50	40.16	38.82	37.48	36.14	34.80	33.72	32.64	31.56	30.48	29.40	28.05	26.70	25.35	24.00	29.70	35.40	35.30	35.20
Indonesia	50.80	49.16	47.52	45.88	44.24	42.60	40.96	39.32	37.68	36.04	34.40	32.78	31.16	29.54	27.92	26.30	25.64	24.98	24.32	23.66	23.00	22.70	22.40	22.10	21.80	26.35	30.90	30.75	30.60
Iran																											23.90	24.60	25.30
Iraq	16.90	16.90	16.90	16.90	16.90	16.90	16.90	16.90	16.90	16.90	16.90	24.08	31.26	38.44	45.62	52.80	52.80	52.80	52.80	52.80	52.80	51.40	50.00	48.60	47.20	46.80	46.40	46.05	45.70
Jamaica																60.50	60.50	60.50	60.50	60.50	60.50	60.50	60.50	60.50	60.50	60.15	59.80	58.45	57.10
Jordan																15.80	16.56	17.32	18.08	18.84	19.60	17.93	16.25	14.58	12.90	17.00	21.10	22.25	23.40
Kenya	54.90	54.88	54.86	54.84	54.82	54.80	54.80	54.80	54.80	54.80	54.80	54.80	54.80	54.80	54.80	54.80	54.78	54.76	54.74	54.72	54.70	55.03	55.35	55.68	56.00	51.25	46.50	46.50	46.50
Kyrgyzstan																											9.70	9.70	9.70
Laos																79.30	73.98	68.66	63.33	58.01	52.69	47.37	42.04	36.72	31.40	26.10	20.80	20.95	21.10
Lebanon																53.10	53.10	53.10	53.10	53.10	53.10	53.10	53.10	53.10	53.10	55.10	57.10	59.10	61.10
Lesotho																35.10	38.82	42.54	46.26	49.98	53.70	52.98	52.25	51.53	50.80	55.25	59.70	56.65	53.60
Liberia																					68.30	67.65	67.00	66.35	65.70	68.00	70.30	70.30	70.30
Madagascar	93.00	92.12	91.24	90.36	89.48	88.60	87.70	86.80	85.90	85.00	84.10	83.40	82.70	82.00	81.30	80.60	79.72	78.84	77.96	77.08	76.20	76.45	76.70	76.95	77.20	72.45	67.70	64.45	61.20
Malawi	66.40	66.40	66.40	66.40	66.40	66.40	66.40	66.40	66.40	66.40	66.40	66.40	66.40	66.40	66.40	66.40	66.90	67.40	67.90	68.40	68.90	68.35	67.80	67.25	66.70	66.85	67.00	66.05	65.10
Maldives																											32.10	31.10	30.10
Mali	94.20	92.32	90.44	88.56	86.68	84.80	82.92	81.04	79.16	77.28	75.40	73.50	71.60	69.70	67.80	65.90	65.90	65.90	65.90	65.90	65.90	63.50	61.10	58.70	56.30	51.65	47.00	47.10	47.20
Mauritania																									79.90	79.70	79.50	76.35	73.20
Mexico	23.10	22.78	22.46	22.14	21.82	21.50	21.18	20.86	20.54	20.22	19.90	18.80	17.70	16.60	15.50	14.40	14.03	13.67	13.30	12.93	12.57	12.20	11.83	11.47	11.10	13.55	16.00	16.00	16.00
Moldova																											63.50	61.35	59.20
Mongolia	68.50	68.14	67.78	67.42	67.06	66.70	66.34	65.98	65.62	65.26	64.90	63.50	62.10	60.70	59.30	57.90	56.21	54.52	52.83	51.14	49.46	47.77	46.08	44.39	42.70	40.50	38.30	38.30	38.30
Montenegro																											27.10	27.10	27.10
Morocco	37.40	36.96	36.52	36.08	35.64	35.20	33.00	30.80	28.60	26.40	24.20	21.98	19.76	17.54	15.32	13.10	13.10	13.10	13.10	13.10	13.10	13.10	13.10	13.10	13.10	11.60	10.10	9.65	9.20
Mozambique	75.60	75.86	76.12	76.38	76.64	76.90	77.16	77.42	77.68	77.94	78.20	78.46	78.72	78.98	79.24	79.50	79.70	79.90	80.10	80.30	80.50	80.45	80.40	80.35	80.30	78.50	76.70	76.95	77.20
Burma (Myanmar)																45.60	45.09	44.58	44.07	43.56	43.04	42.53	42.02	41.51	41.00	48.80	56.60	56.35	56.10
Namibia	34.40	34.34	34.28	34.22	34.16	34.10	34.06	34.02	33.98	33.94	33.90	33.90	33.90	33.90	33.90	33.90	33.82	33.74	33.66	33.58	33.50	34.98	36.45	37.93	39.40	40.85	42.30	42.30	42.30
Nepal	70.60	69.94	69.28	68.62	67.96	67.30	66.64	65.98	65.32	64.66	64.00	63.34	62.68	62.02	61.36	60.70	60.18	59.66	59.14	58.62	58.10	57.15	56.20	55.25	54.30	52.65	51.00	50.15	49.30
Nicaragua	89.10	86.18	83.26	80.34	77.42	74.50	71.60	68.70	65.80	62.90	60.00	57.10	54.20	51.30	48.40	45.50	45.50	45.50	45.50	45.50	45.50	45.50	45.50	45.50	45.50	44.35	43.20	42.70	42.20
Niger	83.60	83.50	83.40	83.30	83.20	83.10	83.00	82.90	82.80	82.70	82.60	82.50	82.40	82.30	82.20	82.10	82.02	81.94	81.86	81.78	81.70	78.80	75.90	73.00	70.10	65.95	61.80	60.30	58.80
Nigeria	77.30	76.54	75.78	75.02	74.26	73.50	72.72	71.94	71.16	70.38	69.60	68.84	68.08	67.32	66.56	65.80	65.18	64.56	63.94	63.32	62.70	59.58	56.45	53.33	50.20	52.05	53.90	53.90	53.90
Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)																											8.30	8.30	8.30
Norway																											0.00	0.00	0.00
Pakistan	51.00	50.76	50.52	50.28	50.04	49.80	49.58	49.36	49.14	48.92	48.70	48.46	48.22	47.98	47.74	47.50	47.32	47.14	46.96	46.78	46.60	46.33	46.05	45.78	45.50	43.15	40.80	40.45	40.10
Panama																23.00	23.31	23.62	23.93	24.24	24.56	24.87	25.18	25.49	25.80	23.95	22.10	22.10	22.10
Paraguay																17.60	17.60	17.60	17.60	17.60	17.60	17.60	17.60	17.60	17.60	17.48	17.35	17.23	17.10
Peru	66.40	64.38	62.36	60.34	58.32	56.30	54.28	52.26	50.24	48.22	46.20	44.18	42.16	40.14	38.12	36.10	35.89	35.68	35.47	35.26	35.04	34.83	34.62	34.41	34.20	34.00	33.80	33.45	33.10
Philippines	54.30	53.60	52.90	52.20	51.50	50.80	50.08	49.36	48.64	47.92	47.20	46.50	45.80	45.10	44.40	43.70	43.14	42.58	42.02	41.46	40.90	40.25	39.60	38.95	38.30	40.90	43.50	43.20	42.90
Poland																											0.01	0.01	0.01
Portugal																											3.60	3.60	3.60
Romania																											14.40	13.25	12.10
Rwanda	96.00	94.38	92.76	91.14	89.52	87.90	86.26	84.62	82.98	81.34	79.70	78.08	76.46	74.84	73.22	71.60	70.30	69.00	67.70	66.40	65.10	62.13	59.15	56.18	53.20	49.35	45.50	43.80	42.10
Saint Thomas and Principe																									86.60	86.60	86.60	86.15	85.70
Saudi Arabia																18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	17.55	17.10	16.65	16.20
Senegal	70.60	68.44	66.28	64.12	61.96	59.80	57.62	55.44	53.26	51.08	48.90	47.78	46.66	45.54	44.42	43.30	42.40	41.50	40.60	39.70	38.80	38.80	38.80	38.80	38.80	34.15	29.50	29.50	29.50
Serbia																											3.60	3.60	3.60
Sierra Leone																97.00	94.62	92.24	89.87	87.49	85.11	82.73	80.36	77.98	75.60	67.70	59.80	59.45	59.10
Slovenia																											3.70	3.70	3.70
Somalia																73.50	73.52	73.54	73.56	73.58	73.60	73.60	73.60	73.60	73.60	73.60	73.60	72.85	72.10
South Africa	46.20	44.90	43.60	42.30	41.00	39.70	38.40	37.10	35.80	34.50	33.20	32.30	31.40	30.50	29.60	28.70	27.56	26.42	25.28	24.14	23.00	23.00	23.00	23.00	23.00	24.65	26.30	25.95	25.60
South Sudan																									95.60	96.45	97.30	94.35	91.40
Spain																											7.80	6.65	5.50
Saint Lucia																11.90	11.90	11.90	11.90	11.90	11.90	11.90	11.90	11.90	11.90	11.90	11.90	11.55	11.20
Sudan																									91.60	92.60	93.60	91.00	88.40
Suriname																3.90	4.28	4.66	5.03	5.41	5.79	6.17	6.54	6.92	7.30	6.60	5.90	5.90	5.90
Sweden																											0.00	0.00	0.00
Syria																10.50	11.48	12.46	13.43	14.41	15.39	16.37	17.34	18.32	19.30	17.30	15.30	26.60	37.90
Tajikistan																											26.00	26.00	26.00
Tanzania	77.40	76.66	75.92	75.18	74.44	73.70	72.98	72.26	71.54	70.82	70.10	69.36	68.62	67.88	67.14	66.40	65.82	65.24	64.66	64.08	63.50	60.30	57.10	53.90	50.70	46.20	41.70	40.90	40.10
Thailand																26.00	26.20	26.40	26.60	26.80	27.00	26.50	26.00	25.50	25.00	24.80	24.60	24.15	23.70
Timor Leste																											34.00	33.70	33.40
Togo																62.10	60.89	59.68	58.47	57.26	56.04	54.83	53.62	52.41	51.20	52.10	53.00	53.65	54.30
Trinidad and Tobago																24.70	24.70	24.70	24.70	24.70	24.70	24.70	24.70	24.70	24.70	15.05	5.40	5.40	5.40
Tunisia																									8.00	8.00	8.00	8.10	8.20
Turkey	23.40	22.86	22.32	21.78	21.24	20.70	20.14	19.58	19.02	18.46	17.90	17.42	16.94	16.46	15.98	15.50	15.00	14.50	14.00	13.50	13.00	12.73	12.45	12.18	11.90	10.00	8.10	8.35	8.60
Uganda	75.00	75.00	75.00	75.00	75.00	75.00	75.00	75.00	75.00	75.00	75.00	73.34	71.68	70.02	68.36	66.70	65.38	64.06	62.74	61.42	60.10	58.48	56.85	55.23	53.60	50.55	47.50	47.90	48.30
Ukraine																											19.00	19.00	19.00
Uzbekistan																											52.20	52.20	52.20
Venezuela																32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	33.45	34.90	39.50	44.10
Vietnam	60.50	59.32	58.14	56.96	55.78	54.60	53.44	52.28	51.12	49.96	48.80	47.30	45.80	44.30	42.80	41.30	40.08	38.86	37.64	36.42	35.20	33.20	31.20	29.20	27.20	20.80	14.40	14.10	13.80
Yemen																67.20	66.49	65.78	65.07	64.36	63.64	62.93	62.22	61.51	60.80	58.60	56.40	61.30	66.20
Zambia	57.00	57.02	57.04	57.06	57.08	57.10	57.12	57.14	57.16	57.18	57.20	57.20	57.20	57.20	57.20	57.20	57.22	57.24	57.26	57.28	57.30	56.48	55.65	54.83	54.00	58.65	63.30	58.95	54.60
Zimbabwe	4.00	3.94	3.88	3.82	3.76	3.70	3.62	3.54	3.46	3.38	3.30	6.22	9.14	12.06	14.98	17.90	19.14	20.38	21.62	22.86	24.10	24.35	24.60	24.85	25.10	26.70	28.30	30.90	33.50

The proportion of urban population living in slums is the proportion of 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: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, durability of housing, and security of tenure.

Source: World Bank

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