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.
Last Updated on : November 29, 2016
List of Countries by Percentage Of Urban Population Living in Slums
Country Name | Country Code | 2000 | 2014 |
---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | AFG | 62.7 | |
Albania | ALB | N/A | |
Algeria | DZA | N/A | |
American Samoa | ASM | N/A | |
Andorra | AND | N/A | |
Angola | AGO | 86.5 | 55.5 |
Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | N/A | |
Arab World | ARB | 32.7 | |
Argentina | ARG | 32.9 | 16.7 |
Armenia | ARM | 14.4 | |
Aruba | ABW | N/A | |
Australia | AUS | N/A | |
Austria | AUT | N/A | |
Azerbaijan | AZE | N/A | |
Bahamas, The | BHS | N/A | |
Bahrain | BHR | N/A | |
Bangladesh | BGD | 77.8 | 55.1 |
Barbados | BRB | N/A | |
Belarus | BLR | N/A | |
Belgium | BEL | N/A | |
Belize | BLZ | 10.8 | |
Benin | BEN | 74.3 | 61.5 |
Bermuda | BMU | N/A | |
Bhutan | BTN | N/A | |
Bolivia | BOL | 54.3 | 43.5 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | N/A | |
Botswana | BWA | N/A | |
Brazil | BRA | 31.5 | 22.3 |
British Virgin Islands | VGB | N/A | |
Brunei Darussalam | BRN | N/A | |
Bulgaria | BGR | N/A | |
Burkina Faso | BFA | 65.9 | 65.8 |
Burundi | BDI | 57.9 | |
Cabo Verde | CPV | N/A | |
Cambodia | KHM | 55.1 | |
Cameroon | CMR | 48.4 | 37.8 |
Canada | CAN | N/A | |
Cayman Islands | CYM | N/A | |
Chad | TCD | 93.9 | 88.2 |
Channel Islands | CHI | N/A | |
Chile | CHL | N/A | |
China | CHN | 37.3 | 25.2 |
Colombia | COL | 22.3 | 13.1 |
Comoros | COM | 65.4 | 69.6 |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | COD | 74.8 | |
Congo, Rep. | COG | 46.9 | |
Costa Rica | CRI | 5.5 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 55.3 | 56 |
Croatia | HRV | N/A | |
Cuba | CUB | N/A | |
Curacao | CUW | N/A | |
Cyprus | CYP | N/A | |
Czech Republic | CZE | N/A | |
Denmark | DNK | N/A | |
Djibouti | DJI | 65.6 | |
Dominica | DMA | N/A | |
Dominican Republic | DOM | 21 | 12.1 |
Ecuador | ECU | 36 | |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | 28.1 | 10.6 |
El Salvador | SLV | N/A | |
Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 66.2 | |
Eritrea | ERI | N/A | |
Estonia | EST | N/A | |
Ethiopia | ETH | 88.6 | 73.9 |
Faroe Islands | FRO | N/A | |
Fiji | FJI | N/A | |
Finland | FIN | N/A | |
France | FRA | N/A | |
French Polynesia | PYF | N/A | |
Gabon | GAB | 37 | |
Gambia, The | GMB | 34.8 | |
Georgia | GEO | N/A | |
Germany | DEU | N/A | |
Ghana | GHA | 52.1 | 37.9 |
Gibraltar | GIB | N/A | |
Greece | GRC | N/A | |
Greenland | GRL | N/A | |
Grenada | GRD | N/A | |
Guam | GUM | N/A | |
Guatemala | GTM | 48.1 | 34.5 |
Guinea | GIN | 57.3 | 43.3 |
Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 82.3 | |
Guyana | GUY | 33.1 | |
Haiti | HTI | 93.4 | 74.4 |
Honduras | HND | 27.5 | |
Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG | N/A | |
Hungary | HUN | N/A | |
Iceland | ISL | N/A | |
India | IND | 41.5 | 24 |
Indonesia | IDN | 34.4 | 21.8 |
Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | N/A | |
Iraq | IRQ | 16.9 | 47.2 |
Ireland | IRL | N/A | |
Isle of Man | IMN | N/A | |
Israel | ISR | N/A | |
Italy | ITA | N/A | |
Jamaica | JAM | N/A | |
Japan | JPN | N/A | |
Jordan | JOR | 12.9 | |
Kazakhstan | KAZ | N/A | |
Kenya | KEN | 54.8 | 56 |
Kiribati | KIR | N/A | |
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | PRK | N/A | |
Korea, Rep. | KOR | N/A | |
Kosovo | KSV | N/A | |
Kuwait | KWT | N/A | |
Kyrgyz Republic | KGZ | N/A | |
Lao PDR | LAO | 31.4 | |
Latvia | LVA | N/A | |
Lebanon | LBN | N/A | |
Lesotho | LSO | 50.8 | |
Liberia | LBR | 65.7 | |
Libya | LBY | N/A | |
Liechtenstein | LIE | N/A | |
Lithuania | LTU | N/A | |
Luxembourg | LUX | N/A | |
Macao SAR, China | MAC | N/A | |
Macedonia, FYR | MKD | N/A | |
Madagascar | MDG | 84.1 | 77.2 |
Malawi | MWI | 66.4 | 66.7 |
Malaysia | MYS | N/A | |
Maldives | MDV | N/A | |
Mali | MLI | 75.4 | 56.3 |
Malta | MLT | N/A | |
Marshall Islands | MHL | N/A | |
Mauritania | MRT | 79.9 | |
Mauritius | MUS | N/A | |
Mexico | MEX | 19.9 | 11.1 |
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | FSM | N/A | |
Moldova | MDA | N/A | |
Monaco | MCO | N/A | |
Mongolia | MNG | 64.9 | 42.7 |
Montenegro | MNE | N/A | |
Morocco | MAR | 24.2 | 13.1 |
Mozambique | MOZ | 78.2 | 80.3 |
Myanmar | MMR | 41 | |
Namibia | NAM | 33.9 | 33.2 |
Nauru | NRU | N/A | |
Nepal | NPL | 64 | 54.3 |
Netherlands | NLD | N/A | |
New Caledonia | NCL | N/A | |
New Zealand | NZL | N/A | |
Nicaragua | NIC | 60 | N/A |
Niger | NER | 82.6 | 70.1 |
Nigeria | NGA | 69.6 | 50.2 |
Northern Mariana Islands | MNP | N/A | |
Norway | NOR | N/A | |
Oman | OMN | N/A | |
Pakistan | PAK | 48.7 | 45.5 |
Palau | PLW | N/A | |
Panama | PAN | 25.8 | |
Papua New Guinea | PNG | N/A | |
Paraguay | PRY | N/A | |
Peru | PER | 46.2 | 34.2 |
Philippines | PHL | 47.2 | 38.3 |
Poland | POL | N/A | |
Portugal | PRT | N/A | |
Puerto Rico | PRI | N/A | |
Qatar | QAT | N/A | |
Romania | ROU | N/A | |
Russian Federation | RUS | N/A | |
Rwanda | RWA | 79.7 | 53.2 |
Samoa | WSM | ||
San Marino | SMR | N/A | |
Sao Tome and Principe | STP | 86.6 | |
Saudi Arabia | SAU | N/A | |
Senegal | SEN | 48.9 | 39.4 |
Serbia | SRB | N/A | |
Seychelles | SYC | N/A | |
Sierra Leone | SLE | 75.6 | |
Singapore | SGP | N/A | |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | SXM | N/A | |
Slovak Republic | SVK | N/A | |
Slovenia | SVN | N/A | |
Solomon Islands | SLB | N/A | |
Somalia | SOM | 73.6 | |
South Africa | ZAF | 33.2 | 23 |
South Sudan | SSD | 95.6 | |
Spain | ESP | N/A | |
Sri Lanka | LKA | N/A | |
St. Kitts and Nevis | KNA | N/A | |
St. Lucia | LCA | N/A | |
St. Martin (French part) | MAF | N/A | |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT | N/A | |
Sudan | SDN | 91.6 | |
Suriname | SUR | 7.3 | |
Eswatini(Swaziland) | SWZ | 32.7 | |
Sweden | SWE | N/A | |
Switzerland | CHE | N/A | |
Syrian Arab Republic | SYR | 19.3 | |
Tajikistan | TJK | N/A | |
Tanzania | TZA | 70.1 | 50.7 |
Thailand | THA | 25 | |
Timor-Leste | TLS | N/A | |
Togo | TGO | 51.2 | |
Tonga | TON | N/A | |
Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | N/A | |
Tunisia | TUN | 8 | |
Turkey | TUR | 17.9 | 11.9 |
Turkmenistan | TKM | N/A | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | TCA | N/A | |
Tuvalu | TUV | N/A | |
Uganda | UGA | 75 | 53.6 |
Ukraine | UKR | N/A | |
United Arab Emirates | ARE | N/A | |
United Kingdom | GBR | N/A | |
United States | USA | N/A | |
Uruguay | URY | N/A | |
Uzbekistan | UZB | N/A | |
Vanuatu | VUT | N/A | |
Venezuela, RB | VEN | N/A | |
Vietnam | VNM | 48.8 | 27.2 |
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | VIR | N/A | |
West Bank and Gaza | PSE | N/A | |
Yemen, Rep. | YEM | 60.8 | |
Zambia | ZMB | 57.2 | 54 |
Zimbabwe | ZWE | 3.3 | 25.1 |
Last Updated on : November 29, 2016