Slum population in Nicaragua

5.5% of the urban population of Nicaragua lived in slums in 2020.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2000 to 2020 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Nicaragua is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Nicaragua, 2020 5.5% % of urban population
Change from 2018 0percentage points 2018: 5.5%
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate Not the same period as Nicaragua (2020).

Slum population in Nicaragua 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 NicaraguaWorld
2022 – 23.2%
2020 5.5% –
2018 5.5% 19.7%
2016 5.5% –
2014 6.4% –
2012 7.3% –
2010 67.2% –
2008 67.2% –
2006 67.8% –
2004 69.1% –
2002 70.3% –
2000 71.6% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from the previous available figure, 5.5% in 2018.
  • Since 2000, when it was 71.6%, the figure has changed by −66.1 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
2000 to 2020 for Nicaragua
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