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

In 2014, South Sudan leads Population living in slums (% of urban population) with 94. Chad follows at 84, and the gap between the top two positions is 11. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

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Ranking leaders

0.023.647.170.794.2South SudanSouth Sudan: 9494.2ChadChad: 8483.7SudanSudan: 7978.7Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 7676.1MadagascarMadagascar: 7574.6Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau: 7271.6EthiopiaEthiopia: 7170.5NigerNiger: 7070.4AfghanistanAfghanistan: 7069.7BeninBenin: 6969.1Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 6968.9ComorosComoros: 6968.6

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Iraq 45
52 Gabon 44
53 Gambia, The 44
54 Botswana 44
55 Burkina Faso 43
56 Cameroon 42
57 Senegal 42
58 Timor-Leste 42
59 Namibia 42
60 Philippines 40
61 Guatemala 40
62 Lesotho 38
63 Maldives 38
64 Ghana 37
65 Honduras 32
66 Lao PDR 30
67 Mongolia 30
68 Brunei Darussalam 25
69 Algeria 25
70 South Africa 25
71 Syrian Arab Republic 24
72 Indonesia 24
73 Zimbabwe 23
74 El Salvador 22
75 Papua New Guinea 22
76 West Bank and Gaza 21
77 Paraguay 21
78 Libya 20
79 Mexico 20
80 Panama 18
81 Eswatini 18
82 Guyana 17
83 Kyrgyz Republic 16
84 Belize 16
85 Argentina 15
86 Brazil 15
87 Turkiye 15
88 Morocco 14
89 Dominican Republic 14
90 Suriname 13
91 Jordan 13
92 Montenegro 12
93 Colombia 12
94 Viet Nam 11
95 Fiji 10
96 Albania 10
97 Uzbekistan 10
98 Georgia 9
99 Armenia 9
100 Kiribati 9

Analytical takeaways

  • South Sudan leads the global ranking for Population living in slums (% of urban population) in 2014, with a lead of 11 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Comoros at 69.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.