Slum population in China

26.3% of the urban population of China lived in slums in 2022.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2022 to 2022 Source: World Bank
China, 2022 26.3% % of urban population
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2022 2.3% Middle value of 18 countries
Position in 2022 71st of 181 See the full ranking

Slum population in China 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), 2018 to 2022
Period ChinaWorld
2022 26.3% 23.2%
2018 – 19.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, China has the 71st 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
2022 to 2022 for China
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