Slum population in Hungary

7.2% of the urban population of Hungary lived in slums in 2016.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2000 to 2016 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Hungary is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Hungary, 2016 7.2% % of urban population
Change from 2014 0percentage points 2014: 7.2%
European Union, 2016 0.7% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2016 0.1% Middle value of 24 countries

Slum population in Hungary 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 HungaryEuropean Union
2022 – 0.5%
2020 – 0.5%
2018 – 0.5%
2016 7.2% 0.7%
2014 7.2% 0.4%
2012 7.9% 0.4%
2010 9.1% 0.5%
2008 10.4% 0.6%
2006 11.6% 0.7%
2004 12.9% 0.8%
2002 14.2% 0.9%
2000 15.4% 0.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from the previous available figure, 7.2% in 2014.
  • Since 2000, when it was 15.4%, the figure has changed by −8.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2016 was 0.7%.

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 2016 for Hungary
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