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Portugal × Spain × European Union ×

% of urban population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population living in slums (% of urban population), 2000 to 2022
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2022 0.1% 0.0% 0.5%
2020 0.1% – 0.5%
2018 0.1% – 0.5%
2016 0.1% 0.1% 0.7%
2014 0.2% 0.1% 0.4%
2012 0.3% – 0.4%
2010 0.4% – 0.5%
2008 0.6% – 0.6%
2006 0.8% – 0.7%
2004 1.0% – 0.8%
2002 1.1% – 0.9%
2000 1.3% – 0.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Source and dates

Original producer
UN-Habitat, Urban Indicators Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EN.POP.SLUM.UR.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2022
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN-Habitat, Urban Indicators Database