Slum population in World
23.2% of the urban population of the world lived in slums in 2022.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2022
23.2%
Change from 2018
+3.6percentage points
European Union, 2022
0.5%
Slum population in World over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of urban population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.2% | 0.5% |
| 2020 | – | 0.5% |
| 2018 | 19.7% | 0.5% |
| 2016 | – | 0.7% |
| 2014 | – | 0.4% |
| 2012 | – | 0.4% |
| 2010 | – | 0.5% |
| 2008 | – | 0.6% |
| 2006 | – | 0.7% |
| 2004 | – | 0.8% |
| 2002 | – | 0.9% |
| 2000 | – | 0.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 19.7% in 2018, a change of +3.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2022 was 0.5%.