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Countries with the highest
Population living in slums (% of urban population)

In 2022, South Sudan leads Population living in slums (% of urban population) with 94. Mali follows at 92, and the gap between the top two positions is 2. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

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Ranking leaders

0.023.647.170.794.2South SudanSouth Sudan: 9494.2MaliMali: 9292.5Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 8887.9Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe: 8282.4ChadChad: 8282.0Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 7878.4Congo, Rep.Congo, Rep.: 7575.3SudanSudan: 7473.7AfghanistanAfghanistan: 7271.6NigerNiger: 7070.4TanzaniaTanzania: 7070.1Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 6968.9

Full table

#CountryValue
1 South Sudan 94
2 Mali 92
3 Burkina Faso 88
4 Sao Tome and Principe 82
5 Chad 82
6 Congo, Dem. Rep. 78
7 Congo, Rep. 75
8 Sudan 74
9 Afghanistan 72
10 Niger 70
11 Tanzania 70
12 Central African Republic 69
13 Madagascar 66
14 Equatorial Guinea 65
15 Ethiopia 64
16 Benin 64
17 Angola 63
18 Liberia 60
19 Guinea-Bissau 59
20 Mauritania 59
21 Myanmar 58
22 Ecuador 58
23 Pakistan 56
24 Mozambique 55
25 Zimbabwe 55
26 Lao PDR 55
27 Uganda 53
28 Bangladesh 52
29 Haiti 51
30 Tuvalu 51
31 Iraq 49
32 Sierra Leone 49
33 Djibouti 49
34 Eritrea 49
35 Mauritius 49
36 Seychelles 49
37 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 49
38 Comoros 49
39 Nigeria 48
40 Cote d'Ivoire 48
41 Zambia 48
42 Bolivia 47
43 Senegal 46
44 Cabo Verde 46
45 Peru 45
46 Bhutan 45
47 Iran, Islamic Rep. 45
48 Sri Lanka 45
49 Yemen, Rep. 44
50 Guinea 44

Analytical takeaways

  • South Sudan leads the global ranking for Population living in slums (% of urban population) in 2022, with a lead of 2 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Central African Republic at 69.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.