Slum population in Palau

0.6% of the urban population of Palau lived in slums in 2022.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Palau, 2022 0.6% % of urban population
Change from 2020 +0.3percentage points 2020: 0.3%
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2022 133rd of 181 See the full ranking

Slum population in Palau 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 PalauWorld
2022 0.6% 23.2%
2020 0.3% –
2018 0.3% 19.7%
2016 0.4% –
2014 0.7% –
2012 0.9% –
2010 1.1% –
2008 1.3% –
2006 1.5% –
2004 1.7% –
2002 2.0% –
2000 2.2% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 0.3% in 2020, a change of +0.3 percentage points.
  • Since 2002, when it was 2.0%, the figure has changed by −1.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Palau has the 133rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 23.2%.

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 2022 for Palau
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