Slum population in Marshall Islands

2.4% of the urban population of Marshall Islands lived in slums in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2002.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2002 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Marshall Islands, 2022 2.4% % of urban population
Change from 2020 +0.2percentage points 2020: 2.2%
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2022 122nd of 181 See the full ranking

Slum population in Marshall Islands 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), 2002 to 2022
Period Marshall IslandsWorld
2022 2.4% 23.2%
2020 2.2% –
2018 0.1% 19.7%
2016 0.5% –
2014 0.8% –
2012 1.0% –
2010 1.4% –
2008 1.7% –
2006 2.0% –
2004 2.2% –
2002 2.2% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 2.2% in 2020, a change of +0.2 percentage points.
  • Since 2002, when it was 2.2%, the figure has changed by +0.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Marshall Islands has the 122nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 23.2%.

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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
2002 to 2022 for Marshall Islands
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