Slum population in Ghana
33.5% of the urban population of Ghana lived in slums in 2022.
Ghana, 2022
33.5%
Change from 2020
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World, 2022
23.2%
Position in 2022
68th of 181
Slum population in Ghana 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.
| Period | Ghana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 33.5% | 23.2% |
| 2020 | 33.5% | – |
| 2018 | 33.5% | 19.7% |
| 2016 | 33.5% | – |
| 2014 | 36.8% | – |
| 2012 | 40.2% | – |
| 2010 | 43.6% | – |
| 2008 | 46.9% | – |
| 2006 | 50.3% | – |
| 2004 | 53.6% | – |
| 2002 | 57.0% | – |
| 2000 | 60.4% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from the previous available figure, 33.5% in 2020.
- Since 2002, when it was 57.0%, the figure has changed by −23.5 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Ghana has the 68th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 23.2%.