Slum population in Cayman Islands

5.5% of the urban population of Cayman Islands lived in slums in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2002.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2002 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Cayman Islands, 2022 5.5% % of urban population
Change from 2016 +1.3percentage points 2016: 4.2%
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2022 108th of 181 See the full ranking

Slum population in Cayman Islands 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), 2002 to 2022
Period Cayman IslandsWorld
2022 5.5% 23.2%
2018 – 19.7%
2016 4.2% –
2014 4.2% –
2012 4.2% –
2010 4.2% –
2008 4.2% –
2006 4.2% –
2004 4.2% –
2002 4.2% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 4.2% in 2016, a change of +1.3 percentage points.
  • Since 2002, when it was 4.2%, the figure has changed by +1.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Cayman Islands has the 108th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 23.2%.

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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
2002 to 2022 for Cayman Islands
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