Slum population in Brunei

21.6% of the urban population of Brunei lived in slums in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Brunei, 2022 21.6% % of urban population
Change from 2020 −0.1percentage points 2020: 21.7%
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2022 77th of 181 See the full ranking

Slum population in Brunei over time

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% 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 BruneiWorld
2022 21.6% 23.2%
2020 21.7% –
2018 22.4% 19.7%
2016 23.5% –
2014 25.3% –
2012 27.0% –
2010 28.8% –
2008 30.6% –
2006 32.4% –
2004 34.1% –
2002 35.8% –
2000 37.4% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 21.7% in 2020, a change of −0.1 percentage points.
  • Since 2002, when it was 35.8%, the figure has changed by −14.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Brunei has the 77th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 23.2%.

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 for Brunei
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