Urban Population Living Slums by Country

Urban Population Living Slums by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 164 countries for 2022, sourced from World Bank Open Data. See also Population Largest City and Rural Population Growth.

HighestSouth Sudan94.2

LowestLuxembourg0.02

Average26.1164 countries

Year2022latest available

💡 South Sudan tops the list, while Luxembourg sits at the lower end, showing wide variation.

Top 10 countries

South Sudan94.2

Mali92.5

Burkina Faso87.9

Sao Tome and Principe82.4

Chad82

Congo, Dem. Rep.78.4

Congo, Rep.75.3

Sudan73.7

Afghanistan71.6

Niger70.4

Urban Population Living Slums: full country ranking (2022)

#	Country	Urban Population Living Slums
1	South Sudan	94.2
2	Mali	92.5
3	Burkina Faso	87.9
4	Sao Tome and Principe	82.4
5	Chad	82
6	Congo, Dem. Rep.	78.4
7	Congo, Rep.	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
17	Angola	62.7
18	Liberia	60.5
19	Guinea-Bissau	59
20	Mauritania	58.6
21	Myanmar	58.3
22	Ecuador	57.8
23	Pakistan	56
24	Mozambique	55
25	Zimbabwe	54.9
26	Lao PDR	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	Cote 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, Islamic Rep.	44.7
48	Sri Lanka	44.7
49	Yemen, Rep.	44.2
50	Guinea	44
51	Cambodia	42.3
52	Namibia	41.4
53	Syrian Arab Republic	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
61	Guatemala	37.6
62	Gambia, The	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, RB	25.7
73	Lesotho	25.6
74	South Africa	24.2
75	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	23
76	Papua New Guinea	22.3
77	Brunei Darussalam	21.6
78	Indonesia	19.4
79	Mongolia	17.9
80	Mexico	17.6
81	Eswatini	17
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	Turkiye	14.1
91	Algeria	13.2
92	Guyana	11.3
93	Dominican Republic	11.2
94	Cuba	11
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	Korea, Rep.	4.5
111	Poland	4.2
112	Egypt, Arab Rep.	3.8
113	Costa Rica	3.5
114	Vanuatu	3.1
115	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.9
116	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2.8
117	Albania	2.7
118	Antigua and Barbuda	2.6
119	Russian Federation	2.6
120	Romania	2.5
121	Kyrgyz Republic	2.4
122	Marshall Islands	2.4
123	Japan	2
124	Solomon Islands	1.9
125	French Polynesia	1.5
126	Serbia	1.4
127	Uruguay	1.3
128	Canada	1.1
129	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	1.1
130	Jamaica	0.88
131	Kazakhstan	0.79
132	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.63
133	Palau	0.62
134	Nauru	0.6
135	Latvia	0.59
136	Guam	0.55
137	Saudi Arabia	0.55
138	Croatia	0.53
139	Slovenia	0.53
140	Lithuania	0.51
141	St. Lucia	0.44
142	Estonia	0.35
143	Sweden	0.34
144	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.31
145	Tonga	0.31
146	North Macedonia	0.28
147	Cyprus	0.27
148	New Caledonia	0.25
149	Northern Mariana Islands	0.2
150	Bulgaria	0.2
151	United Kingdom	0.16
152	British Virgin Islands	0.14
153	United Arab Emirates	0.11
154	United States	0.09
155	Bermuda	0.08
156	Slovak Republic	0.07
157	Portugal	0.06
158	Austria	0.05
159	Spain	0.05
160	Malta	0.04
161	Australia	0.04
162	Czechia	0.03
163	Italy	0.02
164	Luxembourg	0.02

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2022. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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