Slum population in India

5.4% of the urban population of India lived in slums in 2019.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2018 to 2019 Source: World Bank
The latest value for India is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2022.
India, 2019 5.4% % of urban population
Change from 2018 0percentage points 2018: 5.4%
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate Not the same period as India (2019).
Median of G20 countries, 2022 2.3% Middle value of 18 countries Not the same period as India (2019).

Slum population in India 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), 2018 to 2022
Period IndiaWorld
2022 – 23.2%
2019 5.4% –
2018 5.4% 19.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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  • That is unchanged from 2018.

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
2018 to 2019 for India
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