Urban population living in slums
Urban residents living in households that lack one or more of: improved water, improved sanitation, sufficient living area, durable housing or secure tenure.
Highest in 2022
94.2%
South Sudan
Lowest in 2022
0.0%
Switzerland
Euro area, 2022
0.1%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2022
181
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
181 countries have a value for 2022, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.2% | 0.1% | 26.3% | – |
| 2020 | – | 0.2% | – | – |
| 2019 | – | – | – | 5.4% |
| 2018 | 19.7% | 0.2% | – | 5.4% |
| 2016 | – | 0.2% | – | – |
| 2014 | – | 0.2% | – | – |
| 2012 | – | 0.2% | – | – |
| 2010 | – | 0.2% | – | – |
| 2008 | – | 0.2% | – | – |
| 2006 | – | 0.2% | – | – |
| 2004 | – | 0.2% | – | – |
| 2002 | – | 0.2% | – | – |
| 2000 | – | 0.2% | – | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 181 countries with a value for 2022, the highest is South Sudan (94.2%) and the lowest Switzerland (0.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 13.2% and half below.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 23.2%.
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All countries in 2022 Every value is for 2022, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 South Sudan 94.2%
- 2 Mali 92.5%
- 3 Burkina Faso 87.9%
- 4 São Tomé and Príncipe 82.4%
- 5 Chad 82.0%
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 78.4%
- 7 Republic of the Congo 75.3%
- 8 Sudan 73.7%
- 9 Afghanistan 71.6%
- 10 Niger 70.4%
- 11 Tanzania 70.1%
- 12 Central African Republic 68.9%
- 13 Madagascar 65.7%
- 14 Equatorial Guinea 64.7%
- 15 Ethiopia 64.3%
- 16 Benin 64.0%
- 17 Angola 62.7%
- 18 Liberia 60.5%
- 19 Guinea-Bissau 59.0%
- 20 Mauritania 58.6%
- 21 Myanmar 58.3%
- 22 Ecuador 57.8%
- 23 Pakistan 56.0%
- 24 Mozambique 55.0%
- 25 Zimbabwe 54.9%
- 26 Laos 54.8%
- 27 Uganda 52.7%
- 28 Bangladesh 51.5%
- 29 Haiti 51.1%
- 30 Tuvalu 50.9%
- 31 Iraq 49.3%
- 32 Sierra Leone 49.3%
- 33 Djibouti 48.7%
- 34 Eritrea 48.7%
- 35 Mauritius 48.7%
- 36 Seychelles 48.7%
- 37 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 48.7%
- 38 Comoros 48.5%
- 39 Nigeria 48.5%
- 40 Côte d'Ivoire 48.3%
- 41 Zambia 48.3%
- 42 Bolivia 46.6%
- 43 Senegal 46.4%
- 44 Cabo Verde 46.4%
- 45 Peru 45.1%
- 46 Bhutan 44.7%
- 47 Iran 44.7%
- 48 Sri Lanka 44.7%
- 49 Yemen 44.2%
- 50 Guinea 44.0%
- 51 Cambodia 42.3%
- 52 Namibia 41.4%
- 53 Syria 41.1%
- 54 Kenya 40.5%
- 55 Nepal 40.1%
- 56 Botswana 39.6%
- 57 Gabon 38.8%
- 58 Togo 38.5%
- 59 Rwanda 38.3%
- 60 Malawi 38.0%
- 61 Guatemala 37.6%
- 62 Gambia 37.1%
- 63 Burundi 36.8%
- 64 Philippines 35.9%
- 65 Maldives 34.8%
- 66 Samoa 34.6%
- 67 Timor-Leste 33.9%
- 68 Ghana 33.5%
- 69 Cameroon 32.7%
- 70 Viet Nam 32.5%
- 71 China 26.3%
- 72 Venezuela 25.7%
- 73 Lesotho 25.6%
- 74 South Africa 24.2%
- 75 North Korea 23.0%
- 76 Papua New Guinea 22.3%
- 77 Brunei 21.6%
- 78 Indonesia 19.4%
- 79 Mongolia 17.9%
- 80 Mexico 17.6%
- 81 Eswatini 17.0%
- 82 Libya 16.6%
- 83 El Salvador 16.5%
- 84 Panama 16.3%
- 85 Suriname 15.8%
- 86 Belize 15.7%
- 87 Paraguay 15.1%
- 88 Brazil 14.9%
- 89 Argentina 14.5%
- 90 Türkiye 14.1%
- 91 Algeria 13.2%
- 92 Guyana 11.3%
- 93 Dominican Republic 11.2%
- 94 Cuba 11.0%
- 95 Morocco 10.9%
- 96 Colombia 9.7%
- 97 Fiji 9.4%
- 98 Montenegro 8.8%
- 99 Trinidad and Tobago 8.6%
- 100 Ireland 8.5%
- 101 Armenia 8.4%
- 102 Turkmenistan 8.4%
- 103 Tunisia 7.6%
- 104 Chile 7.3%
- 105 Uzbekistan 7.1%
- 106 Georgia 7.1%
- 107 Kiribati 5.9%
- 108 Cayman Islands 5.5%
- 109 Lebanon 4.5%
- 110 South Korea 4.5%
- 111 Poland 4.2%
- 112 Egypt 3.8%
- 113 Costa Rica 3.5%
- 114 Vanuatu 3.1%
- 115 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2.9%
- 116 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.8%
- 117 Albania 2.7%
- 118 Antigua and Barbuda 2.6%
- 119 Russia 2.6%
- 120 Romania 2.5%
- 121 Kyrgyzstan 2.4%
- 122 Marshall Islands 2.4%
- 123 Japan 2.0%
- 124 Solomon Islands 1.9%
- 125 French Polynesia 1.5%
- 126 Serbia 1.4%
- 127 Uruguay 1.3%
- 128 Canada 1.1%
- 129 US Virgin Islands 1.1%
- 130 Jamaica 0.9%
- 131 Kazakhstan 0.8%
- 132 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.6%
- 133 Palau 0.6%
- 134 Naoero 0.6%
- 135 Latvia 0.6%
- 136 Guam 0.6%
- 137 Saudi Arabia 0.6%
- 138 Croatia 0.5%
- 139 Slovenia 0.5%
- 140 Lithuania 0.5%
- 141 Saint Lucia 0.4%
- 142 Estonia 0.3%
- 143 Sweden 0.3%
- 144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3%
- 145 Tonga 0.3%
- 146 North Macedonia 0.3%
- 147 Cyprus 0.3%
- 148 New Caledonia 0.3%
- 149 Northern Mariana Islands 0.2%
- 150 Bulgaria 0.2%
- 151 United Kingdom 0.2%
- 152 British Virgin Islands 0.1%
- 153 United Arab Emirates 0.1%
- 154 United States 0.1%
- 155 Bermuda 0.1%
- 156 Slovakia 0.1%
- 157 Portugal 0.1%
- 158 Austria 0.0%
- 159 Spain 0.0%
- 160 Malta 0.0%
- 161 Australia 0.0%
- 162 Czechia 0.0%
- 163 Italy 0.0%
- 164 Luxembourg 0.0%
- 165 Andorra 0.0%
- 166 Aruba 0.0%
- 167 Belgium 0.0%
- 168 Denmark 0.0%
- 169 Finland 0.0%
- 170 France 0.0%
- 171 Germany 0.0%
- 172 Iceland 0.0%
- 173 Kuwait 0.0%
- 174 Monaco 0.0%
- 175 Netherlands 0.0%
- 176 New Zealand 0.0%
- 177 Norway 0.0%
- 178 Oman 0.0%
- 179 Qatar 0.0%
- 180 Singapore 0.0%
- 181 Switzerland 0.0%
- East Asia and Pacific 23.3%
- Euro area 0.1%
- Europe and Central Asia 2.8%
- European Union 0.5%
- Latin America and Caribbean 18.9%
- Middle East and North Africa 31.9%
- North America 0.2%
- OECD members 3.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 53.7%
- World 23.2%
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