Slum population in Timor-Leste

33.9% of the urban population of Timor-Leste lived in slums in 2022.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2004 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Timor-Leste, 2022 33.9% % of urban population
Change from 2020 0percentage points 2020: 33.9%
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2022 67th of 181 See the full ranking

Slum population in Timor-Leste 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), 2004 to 2022
Period Timor-LesteWorld
2022 33.9% 23.2%
2020 33.9% –
2018 33.9% 19.7%
2016 37.9% –
2014 42.0% –
2012 46.0% –
2010 50.0% –
2008 54.0% –
2006 56.1% –
2004 56.1% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 33.9% in 2020, a change of 0 percentage points.
  • Since 2004, when it was 56.1%, the figure has changed by −22.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Timor-Leste has the 67th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 23.2%.

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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
2004 to 2022 for Timor-Leste
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