Slum dwellers

percent of urban population, 1990–2018

Info Edit

Download Share

    1990 Ranking
    1. Chad 98.90
    2. Rwanda 96.00
    3. Ethiopia 95.50
    4. Mali 94.20
    5. Haiti 93.40
    6. Madagascar 93.00
    7. Nicaragua 89.10
    8. Central African Republic 87.50
    9. Bangladesh 87.30
    10. Niger 83.60
    11. Guinea 80.40
    12. Benin 79.30
    13. Burkina Faso 78.80
    14. Tanzania 77.40
    15. Nigeria 77.30
    16. Mozambique 75.60
    17. Uganda 75.00
    18. Nepal 70.60
    19. Senegal 70.60
    20. Mongolia 68.50
    21. Malawi 66.40
    22. Peru 66.40
    23. Ghana 65.50
    24. Comoros 65.40
    25. Bolivia 62.20
    26. Vietnam 60.50
    27. Guatemala 58.60
    28. Zambia 57.00
    29. India 54.90
    30. Kenya 54.90
    31. Philippines 54.30
    32. Ivory Coast 53.40
    33. Pakistan 51.00
    34. Indonesia 50.80
    35. Cameroon 50.80
    36. Egypt 50.20
    37. South Africa 46.20
    38. China 43.60
    39. Morocco 37.40
    40. Brazil 36.70
    41. Namibia 34.40
    42. Colombia 31.20
    43. Argentina 30.50
    44. Dominican Republic 27.90
    45. Turkey 23.40
    46. Mexico 23.10
    47. Iraq 16.90
    48. Zimbabwe 4.00
    2018 Ranking
    1. Central African Republic 95.40
    2. South Sudan 91.40
    3. Sudan 88.40
    4. Chad 86.90
    5. Saint Thomas and Principe 85.70
    6. Congo (Kinshasa) 77.50
    7. Mozambique 77.20
    8. Guinea Bissau 74.40
    9. Mauritania 73.20
    10. Somalia 72.10
    11. Afghanistan 70.70
    12. Liberia 70.30
    13. Comoros 68.40
    14. Yemen 66.20
    15. Haiti 65.90
    16. Malawi 65.10
    17. Equatorial Guinea 64.90
    18. Djibouti 64.50
    19. Ethiopia 64.30
    20. Madagascar 61.20
    21. Lebanon 61.10
    22. Ivory Coast 60.10
    23. Moldova 59.20
    24. Sierra Leone 59.10
    25. Benin 58.80
    26. Niger 58.80
    27. Jamaica 57.10
    28. Burkina Faso 57.10
    29. Burma (Myanmar) 56.10
    30. Zambia 54.60
    31. Togo 54.30
    32. Nigeria 53.90
    33. Lesotho 53.60
    34. Uzbekistan 52.20
    35. Guinea 50.10
    36. Nepal 49.30
    37. Angola 48.60
    38. Bolivia 48.50
    39. Uganda 48.30
    40. Congo (Brazzaville) 47.80
    41. Burundi 47.70
    42. Mali 47.20
    43. Bangladesh 47.20
    44. Kenya 46.50
    45. Iraq 45.70
    46. Cambodia 45.10
    47. Venezuela 44.10
    48. Philippines 42.90
    49. Namibia 42.30
    50. Nicaragua 42.20
    51. Rwanda 42.10
    52. Pakistan 40.10
    53. Tanzania 40.10
    54. Honduras 38.60
    55. Mongolia 38.30
    56. Syria 37.90
    57. Gabon 36.60
    58. India 35.20
    59. Georgia 34.10
    60. Cameroon 33.70
    61. Zimbabwe 33.50
    62. Timor Leste 33.40
    63. Belarus 33.20
    64. Peru 33.10
    65. Swaziland 32.10
    66. Guyana 31.10
    67. Guatemala 31.00
    68. Indonesia 30.60
    69. Ghana 30.40
    70. Maldives 30.10
    71. Senegal 29.50
    72. Colombia 27.80
    73. Gambia 27.10
    74. Montenegro 27.10
    75. Tajikistan 26.00
    76. South Africa 25.60
    77. Iran 25.30
    78. China 24.60
    79. Thailand 23.70
    80. Jordan 23.40
    81. El Salvador 22.40
    82. Panama 22.10
    83. Laos 21.10
    84. Ecuador 20.10
    85. Ukraine 19.00
    86. Paraguay 17.10
    87. Brazil 16.30
    88. Saudi Arabia 16.20
    89. Mexico 16.00
    90. Dominican Republic 14.80
    91. Argentina 14.70
    92. Vietnam 13.80
    93. Hungary 13.60
    94. Romania 12.10
    95. Saint Lucia 11.20
    96. Fiji 11.20
    97. Kyrgyzstan 9.70
    98. Armenia 9.30
    99. Morocco 9.20
    100. Chile 8.80
    101. Turkey 8.60
    102. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 8.30
    103. Tunisia 8.20
    104. Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.60
    105. Cuba 6.60
    106. Grenada 6.00
    107. Suriname 5.90
    108. Spain 5.50
    109. Trinidad and Tobago 5.40
    110. Egypt 5.20
    111. Belize 5.00
    112. Costa Rica 3.90
    113. Slovenia 3.70
    114. Portugal 3.60
    115. Serbia 3.60
    116. Greece 3.00
    117. Poland 0.01
    118. Germany 0.01
    119. Canada 0.01
    120. Denmark 0.00
    121. Norway 0.00
    122. Sweden 0.00

    Related Housing Datasets

    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