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Low income
Population living in slums (% of urban population)

Within the “Low income” group, South Sudan leads Population living in slums (% of urban population) in 2022 at 94, while Korea, Dem. People's Rep. sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 23. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.023.647.170.794.2South SudanSouth Sudan: 9494.2MaliMali: 9292.5Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 8887.9ChadChad: 8282.0Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 7878.4SudanSudan: 7473.7AfghanistanAfghanistan: 7271.6NigerNiger: 7070.4Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 6968.9MadagascarMadagascar: 6665.7EthiopiaEthiopia: 6464.3LiberiaLiberia: 6060.5

Country table

#CountryValue
1 South Sudan 94
2 Mali 92
3 Burkina Faso 88
4 Chad 82
5 Congo, Dem. Rep. 78
6 Sudan 74
7 Afghanistan 72
8 Niger 70
9 Central African Republic 69
10 Madagascar 66
11 Ethiopia 64
12 Liberia 60
13 Guinea-Bissau 59
14 Mozambique 55
15 Uganda 53
16 Sierra Leone 49
17 Eritrea 49
18 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 49
19 Yemen, Rep. 44
20 Syrian Arab Republic 41
21 Rwanda 38
22 Malawi 38
23 Gambia, The 37
24 Burundi 37
25 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 23

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Low income group for Population living in slums (% of urban population) in 2022, South Sudan leads with a gap of 2 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 25 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Korea, Dem. People's Rep. at 23.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.