Slum population in Moldova

6.5% of the urban population of Moldova lived in slums in 2018.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2000 to 2018 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Moldova is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Moldova, 2018 6.5% % of urban population
Change from 2016 0percentage points 2016: 6.5%
World, 2018 19.7% Official aggregate

Slum population in Moldova 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), 2000 to 2022
Period MoldovaWorld
2022 – 23.2%
2018 6.5% 19.7%
2016 6.5% –
2014 6.5% –
2012 9.4% –
2010 12.3% –
2008 15.1% –
2006 18.0% –
2004 20.8% –
2002 23.7% –
2000 26.5% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from the previous available figure, 6.5% in 2016.
  • Since 2000, when it was 26.5%, the figure has changed by −20.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2018 was 19.7%.

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
2000 to 2018 for Moldova
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