Slum population in Paraguay

15.1% of the urban population of Paraguay lived in slums in 2022.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Paraguay, 2022 15.1% % of urban population
Change from 2020 0percentage points 2020: 15.1%
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2022 87th of 181 See the full ranking

Slum population in Paraguay 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 ParaguayWorld
2022 15.1% 23.2%
2020 15.1% –
2018 15.1% 19.7%
2016 18.1% –
2014 21.0% –
2012 24.0% –
2010 27.0% –
2008 30.0% –
2006 33.0% –
2004 36.0% –
2002 39.0% –
2000 42.0% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from the previous available figure, 15.1% in 2020.
  • Since 2002, when it was 39.0%, the figure has changed by −23.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Paraguay has the 87th 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 Paraguay
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