Slum population by country, 2022
Urban residents living in households that lack one or more of: improved water, improved sanitation, sufficient living area, durable housing or secure tenure.
181 places ranked for 2022. Highest: South Sudan (94.2%). Lowest: Switzerland (0.0%). The median is 13.2%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 181. Switzerland 0.0%
- 180. Singapore 0.0%
- 179. Qatar 0.0%
- 178. Oman 0.0%
- 177. Norway 0.0%
- 176. New Zealand 0.0%
- 175. Netherlands 0.0%
- 174. Monaco 0.0%
- 173. Kuwait 0.0%
- 172. Iceland 0.0%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 181. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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%.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 94.2% | 2022 | |
| 2 | Mali | 92.5% | 2022 | |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 87.9% | 2022 | |
| 4 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 82.4% | 2022 | |
| 5 | Chad | 82.0% | 2022 | |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 78.4% | 2022 | |
| 7 | Republic of the Congo | 75.3% | 2022 | |
| 8 | Sudan | 73.7% | 2022 | |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 71.6% | 2022 | |
| 10 | Niger | 70.4% | 2022 | |
| 11 | Tanzania | 70.1% | 2022 | |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 68.9% | 2022 | |
| 13 | Madagascar | 65.7% | 2022 | |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea | 64.7% | 2022 | |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 64.3% | 2022 | |
| 16 | Benin | 64.0% | 2022 | |
| 17 | Angola | 62.7% | 2022 | |
| 18 | Liberia | 60.5% | 2022 | |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 59.0% | 2022 | |
| 20 | Mauritania | 58.6% | 2022 | |
| 21 | Myanmar | 58.3% | 2022 | |
| 22 | Ecuador | 57.8% | 2022 | |
| 23 | Pakistan | 56.0% | 2022 | |
| 24 | Mozambique | 55.0% | 2022 | |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 54.9% | 2022 | |
| 26 | Laos | 54.8% | 2022 | |
| 27 | Uganda | 52.7% | 2022 | |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 51.5% | 2022 | |
| 29 | Haiti | 51.1% | 2022 | |
| 30 | Tuvalu | 50.9% | 2022 | |
| 31 | Iraq | 49.3% | 2022 | |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 49.3% | 2022 | |
| 33 | Djibouti | 48.7% | 2022 | |
| 34 | Eritrea | 48.7% | 2022 | |
| 35 | Mauritius | 48.7% | 2022 | |
| 36 | Seychelles | 48.7% | 2022 | |
| 37 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 48.7% | 2022 | |
| 38 | Comoros | 48.5% | 2022 | |
| 39 | Nigeria | 48.5% | 2022 | |
| 40 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.3% | 2022 | |
| 41 | Zambia | 48.3% | 2022 | |
| 42 | Bolivia | 46.6% | 2022 | |
| 43 | Senegal | 46.4% | 2022 | |
| 44 | Cabo Verde | 46.4% | 2022 | |
| 45 | Peru | 45.1% | 2022 | |
| 46 | Bhutan | 44.7% | 2022 | |
| 47 | Iran | 44.7% | 2022 | |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 44.7% | 2022 | |
| 49 | Yemen | 44.2% | 2022 | |
| 50 | Guinea | 44.0% | 2022 | |
| 51 | Cambodia | 42.3% | 2022 | |
| 52 | Namibia | 41.4% | 2022 | |
| 53 | Syria | 41.1% | 2022 | |
| 54 | Kenya | 40.5% | 2022 | |
| 55 | Nepal | 40.1% | 2022 | |
| 56 | Botswana | 39.6% | 2022 | |
| 57 | Gabon | 38.8% | 2022 | |
| 58 | Togo | 38.5% | 2022 | |
| 59 | Rwanda | 38.3% | 2022 | |
| 60 | Malawi | 38.0% | 2022 | |
| 61 | Guatemala | 37.6% | 2022 | |
| 62 | Gambia | 37.1% | 2022 | |
| 63 | Burundi | 36.8% | 2022 | |
| 64 | Philippines | 35.9% | 2022 | |
| 65 | Maldives | 34.8% | 2022 | |
| 66 | Samoa | 34.6% | 2022 | |
| 67 | Timor-Leste | 33.9% | 2022 | |
| 68 | Ghana | 33.5% | 2022 | |
| 69 | Cameroon | 32.7% | 2022 | |
| 70 | Viet Nam | 32.5% | 2022 | |
| 71 | China | 26.3% | 2022 | |
| 72 | Venezuela | 25.7% | 2022 | |
| 73 | Lesotho | 25.6% | 2022 | |
| 74 | South Africa | 24.2% | 2022 | |
| 75 | North Korea | 23.0% | 2022 | |
| 76 | Papua New Guinea | 22.3% | 2022 | |
| 77 | Brunei | 21.6% | 2022 | |
| 78 | Indonesia | 19.4% | 2022 | |
| 79 | Mongolia | 17.9% | 2022 | |
| 80 | Mexico | 17.6% | 2022 | |
| 81 | Eswatini | 17.0% | 2022 | |
| 82 | Libya | 16.6% | 2022 | |
| 83 | El Salvador | 16.5% | 2022 | |
| 84 | Panama | 16.3% | 2022 | |
| 85 | Suriname | 15.8% | 2022 | |
| 86 | Belize | 15.7% | 2022 | |
| 87 | Paraguay | 15.1% | 2022 | |
| 88 | Brazil | 14.9% | 2022 | |
| 89 | Argentina | 14.5% | 2022 | |
| 90 | Türkiye | 14.1% | 2022 | |
| 91 | Algeria | 13.2% | 2022 | |
| 92 | Guyana | 11.3% | 2022 | |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 11.2% | 2022 | |
| 94 | Cuba | 11.0% | 2022 | |
| 95 | Morocco | 10.9% | 2022 | |
| 96 | Colombia | 9.7% | 2022 | |
| 97 | Fiji | 9.4% | 2022 | |
| 98 | Montenegro | 8.8% | 2022 | |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.6% | 2022 | |
| 100 | Ireland | 8.5% | 2022 | |
| 101 | Armenia | 8.4% | 2022 | |
| 102 | Turkmenistan | 8.4% | 2022 | |
| 103 | Tunisia | 7.6% | 2022 | |
| 104 | Chile | 7.3% | 2022 | |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 7.1% | 2022 | |
| 106 | Georgia | 7.1% | 2022 | |
| 107 | Kiribati | 5.9% | 2022 | |
| 108 | Cayman Islands | 5.5% | 2022 | |
| 109 | Lebanon | 4.5% | 2022 | |
| 110 | South Korea | 4.5% | 2022 | |
| 111 | Poland | 4.2% | 2022 | |
| 112 | Egypt | 3.8% | 2022 | |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 3.5% | 2022 | |
| 114 | Vanuatu | 3.1% | 2022 | |
| 115 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.9% | 2022 | |
| 116 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.8% | 2022 | |
| 117 | Albania | 2.7% | 2022 | |
| 118 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.6% | 2022 | |
| 119 | Russia | 2.6% | 2022 | |
| 120 | Romania | 2.5% | 2022 | |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.4% | 2022 | |
| 122 | Marshall Islands | 2.4% | 2022 | |
| 123 | Japan | 2.0% | 2022 | |
| 124 | Solomon Islands | 1.9% | 2022 | |
| 125 | French Polynesia | 1.5% | 2022 | |
| 126 | Serbia | 1.4% | 2022 | |
| 127 | Uruguay | 1.3% | 2022 | |
| 128 | Canada | 1.1% | 2022 | |
| 129 | US Virgin Islands | 1.1% | 2022 | |
| 130 | Jamaica | 0.9% | 2022 | |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 0.8% | 2022 | |
| 132 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.6% | 2022 | |
| 133 | Palau | 0.6% | 2022 | |
| 134 | Naoero | 0.6% | 2022 | |
| 135 | Latvia | 0.6% | 2022 | |
| 136 | Guam | 0.6% | 2022 | |
| 137 | Saudi Arabia | 0.6% | 2022 | |
| 138 | Croatia | 0.5% | 2022 | |
| 139 | Slovenia | 0.5% | 2022 | |
| 140 | Lithuania | 0.5% | 2022 | |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 0.4% | 2022 | |
| 142 | Estonia | 0.3% | 2022 | |
| 143 | Sweden | 0.3% | 2022 | |
| 144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3% | 2022 | |
| 145 | Tonga | 0.3% | 2022 | |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 0.3% | 2022 | |
| 147 | Cyprus | 0.3% | 2022 | |
| 148 | New Caledonia | 0.3% | 2022 | |
| 149 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.2% | 2022 | |
| 150 | Bulgaria | 0.2% | 2022 | |
| 151 | United Kingdom | 0.2% | 2022 | |
| 152 | British Virgin Islands | 0.1% | 2022 | |
| 153 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1% | 2022 | |
| 154 | United States | 0.1% | 2022 | |
| 155 | Bermuda | 0.1% | 2022 | |
| 156 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2022 | |
| 157 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2022 | |
| 158 | Austria | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 159 | Spain | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 160 | Malta | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 161 | Australia | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 162 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 163 | Italy | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 165 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 166 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 167 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 168 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 169 | Finland | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 170 | France | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 171 | Germany | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 172 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 173 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 174 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 175 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 176 | New Zealand | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 177 | Norway | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 178 | Oman | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 179 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 180 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 181 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2022 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2022, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2022 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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