Slum population in Euro area

0.1% of the urban population of the euro area lived in slums in 2022.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2022 0.1% % of urban population
Change from 2020 0percentage points 2020: 0.1%
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate

Slum population in Euro area 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 Euro areaWorld
2022 0.1% 23.2%
2020 0.1% –
2018 0.1% 19.7%
2016 0.1% –
2014 0.1% –
2012 0.1% –
2010 0.2% –
2008 0.2% –
2006 0.3% –
2004 0.3% –
2002 0.3% –
2000 0.3% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 0.1% in 2020, a change of 0 percentage points.
  • Since 2002, when it was 0.3%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
  • 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 Euro area
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