Slum population in Malaysia

0.2% of the urban population of Malaysia lived in slums in 2020.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2020 to 2020 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Malaysia is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Malaysia, 2020 0.2% % of urban population
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate Not the same period as Malaysia (2020).

Slum population in Malaysia 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 MalaysiaWorld
2022 – 23.2%
2020 0.2% –
2018 – 19.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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
2020 to 2020 for Malaysia
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