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Population living in slums percentage of urban population

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:
#Flag
Country
Population living in slums (% of urban population)Population living in slums (% of urban population)Year
1
South Sudan
95.6%
2014
2
Central African Republic
93.3%
2014
3
Sudan
91.6%
2014
4
Chad
88.2%
2014
5
São Tomé and Príncipe
86.6%
2014
6
Guinea-Bissau
82.3%
2014
7
Mozambique
80.3%
2014
8
Mauritania
79.9%
2014
9
Madagascar
77.2%
2014
10
Sierra Leone
75.6%
2014
11
Democratic Republic Of Congo
74.8%
2014
12
Haiti
74.4%
2014
13
Ethiopia
73.9%
2014
14
Somalia
73.6%
2014
15
Cape Verde
70.3%
1990
16
Niger
70.1%
2014
17
Bhutan
70%
1990
18
Eritrea
69.9%
1990
19
Comoros
69.6%
2014
20
North Korea
68.5%
1990
21
Malawi
66.7%
2014
22
Equatorial Guinea
66.2%
2014
23
Burkina Faso
65.8%
2014
24
Liberia
65.7%
2014
25
Djibouti
65.6%
2014
26
Afghanistan
62.7%
2014
27
Benin
61.5%
2014
28
Yemen
60.8%
2014
29
Oman
60.5%
1990
30
Jamaica
60.5%
2005
31
Botswana
59.2%
1990
32
Burundi
57.9%
2014
33
Mali
56.3%
2014
34
Ivory Coast
56%
2014
35
Kenya
56%
2014
36
Angola
55.5%
2014
37
Bangladesh
55.1%
2014
38
Cambodia
55.1%
2014
39
Nepal
54.3%
2014
40
Zambia
54%
2014
41
Uganda
53.6%
2014
42
Rwanda
53.2%
2014
43
Lebanon
53.1%
2005
44
Togo
51.2%
2014
45
Lesotho
50.8%
2014
46
Tanzania
50.7%
2014
47
Nigeria
50.2%
2014
48
Iraq
47.2%
2014
49
Republic of the Congo
46.9%
2014
50
Nicaragua
45.5%
2007
51
Pakistan
45.5%
2014
52
Bolivia
43.5%
2014
53
Guinea
43.3%
2014
54
Mongolia
42.7%
2014
55
Myanmar
41%
2014
56
Senegal
39.4%
2014
57
Philippines
38.3%
2014
58
Ghana
37.9%
2014
59
Cameroon
37.8%
2014
60
Gabon
37%
2014
61
Ecuador
36%
2014
62
Libya
35.2%
1990
63
Gambia
34.8%
2014
64
Guatemala
34.5%
2014
65
Peru
34.2%
2014
66
Namibia
33.2%
2014
67
Guyana
33.1%
2014
68
Swaziland
32.7%
2014
69
Venezuela
32%
2005
70
Laos
31.4%
2014
71
Iran
30.3%
2005
72
El Salvador
28.9%
2005
73
Honduras
27.5%
2014
74
Vietnam
27.2%
2014
75
Panama
25.8%
2014
76
China
25.2%
2014
77
Zimbabwe
25.1%
2014
78
Thailand
25%
2014
79
Sri Lanka
24.8%
1990
80
Trinidad and Tobago
24.7%
2005
81
India
24%
2014
82
South Africa
23%
2014
83
Brazil
22.3%
2014
84
Indonesia
21.8%
2014
85
Syria
19.3%
2014
86
Saudi Arabia
18%
2005
87
Paraguay
17.6%
2005
88
Argentina
16.7%
2014
89
Dominica
16.6%
1990
90
Armenia
14.4%
2014
91
Colombia
13.1%
2014
92
Morocco
13.1%
2014
93
Jordan
12.9%
2014
94
Dominican Republic
12.1%
2014
95
Turkey
11.9%
2014
96
Saint Lucia
11.9%
2005
97
Algeria
11.8%
1990
98
Mexico
11.1%
2014
99
Belize
10.8%
2014
100
Egypt
10.6%
2014
101
Chile
9%
2005
102
Tunisia
8%
2014
103
Suriname
7.3%
2014
104
Grenada
6%
2005
105
Costa Rica
5.5%
2014
106
Antigua and Barbuda
4.8%
2005
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