Slum population in OECD members
3.7% of the urban population of OECD member countries lived in slums in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2022
3.7%
Change from 2020
−0.3percentage points
World, 2022
23.2%
Slum population in OECD members 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.
| Period | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.7% | 23.2% |
| 2020 | 4.0% | – |
| 2018 | 4.0% | 19.7% |
| 2016 | 3.9% | – |
| 2014 | 4.0% | – |
| 2012 | 4.3% | – |
| 2010 | 4.8% | – |
| 2008 | 4.9% | – |
| 2006 | 5.5% | – |
| 2004 | 5.4% | – |
| 2002 | 5.8% | – |
| 2000 | 6.0% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 4.0% in 2020, a change of −0.3 percentage points.
- Since 2002, when it was 5.8%, the figure has changed by −2.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 23.2%.