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Population living in slums (% of urban population)
World Bank (WDI)
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196 countries · 2000–2022
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2022
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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
Eritrea
48.7
34
Seychelles
48.7
35
Mauritius
48.7
36
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
48.7
37
Djibouti
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
Sri Lanka
44.7
47
Iran, Islamic Rep.
44.7
48
Bhutan
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
Naoero
0.6
135
Latvia
0.59
136
Guam
0.55
137
Saudi Arabia
0.55
138
Slovenia
0.53
139
Croatia
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
165
Oman
0
166
Germany
0
167
Andorra
0
168
France
0
169
Iceland
0
170
Finland
0
171
Kuwait
0
172
Belgium
0
173
Singapore
0
174
Denmark
0
175
Qatar
0
176
Monaco
0
177
Aruba
0
178
Switzerland
0
179
New Zealand
0
180
Norway
0
181
Netherlands
0
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