Slum population in Equatorial Guinea

64.7% of the urban population of Equatorial Guinea lived in slums in 2022.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Equatorial Guinea, 2022 64.7% % of urban population
Change from 2020 −0.2percentage points 2020: 64.9%
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2022 14th of 181 See the full ranking

Slum population in Equatorial Guinea 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 Equatorial GuineaWorld
2022 64.7% 23.2%
2020 64.9% –
2018 64.7% 19.7%
2016 63.5% –
2014 62.4% –
2012 61.4% –
2010 60.6% –
2008 59.9% –
2006 59.2% –
2004 58.8% –
2002 60.1% –
2000 52.9% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 64.9% in 2020, a change of −0.2 percentage points.
  • Since 2002, when it was 60.1%, the figure has changed by +4.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Equatorial Guinea has the 14th 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
2000 to 2022 for Equatorial Guinea
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