Slum population in Jordan

23.4% of the urban population of Jordan lived in slums in 2016.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2014 to 2016 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Jordan is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Jordan, 2016 23.4% % of urban population
Change from 2014 +10.5percentage points 2014: 12.9%
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate Not the same period as Jordan (2016).

Slum population in Jordan 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), 2014 to 2022
Period JordanWorld
2022 – 23.2%
2018 – 19.7%
2016 23.4% –
2014 12.9% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 12.9% in 2014, a change of +10.5 percentage points.

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
2014 to 2016 for Jordan
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