Slum population in Iraq
49.3% of the urban population of Iraq lived in slums in 2022.
Iraq, 2022
49.3%
Change from 2020
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World, 2022
23.2%
Position in 2022
31st of 181
Slum population in Iraq 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 | Iraq | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 49.3% | 23.2% |
| 2020 | 49.3% | – |
| 2018 | 47.8% | 19.7% |
| 2016 | 46.2% | – |
| 2014 | 44.7% | – |
| 2012 | 43.2% | – |
| 2010 | 41.6% | – |
| 2008 | 40.1% | – |
| 2006 | 38.5% | – |
| 2004 | 37.0% | – |
| 2002 | 35.4% | – |
| 2000 | 33.9% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from the previous available figure, 49.3% in 2020.
- Since 2002, when it was 35.4%, the figure has changed by +13.9 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Iraq has the 31st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 23.2%.