Slum population in Cyprus

0.3% of the urban population of Cyprus lived in slums in 2022.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Cyprus, 2022 0.3% % of urban population
Change from 2020 0percentage points 2020: 0.3%
European Union, 2022 0.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2022 0.1% Middle value of 25 countries
Position in 2022 147th of 181 See the full ranking

Slum population in Cyprus 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 CyprusEuropean Union
2022 0.3% 0.5%
2020 0.3% 0.5%
2018 0.3% 0.5%
2016 0.3% 0.7%
2014 0.3% 0.4%
2012 0.3% 0.4%
2010 0.3% 0.5%
2008 0.3% 0.6%
2006 0.3% 0.7%
2004 0.2% 0.8%
2002 0.2% 0.9%
2000 0.2% 0.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 0.3% in 2020, a change of 0 percentage points.
  • Since 2002, when it was 0.2%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Cyprus has the 147th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2022 was 0.5%.

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 Cyprus
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