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.

Year archive

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
101 Turkmenistan 9
102 Tunisia 9
103 Ireland 8
104 Trinidad and Tobago 8
105 Cuba 7
106 Hungary 7
107 Moldova 7
108 Nicaragua 6
109 Costa Rica 6
110 Uruguay 5
111 Kazakhstan 5
112 Korea, Rep. 5
113 Lebanon 5
114 Cayman Islands 4
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4
116 Vanuatu 4
117 Egypt, Arab Rep. 4
118 Solomon Islands 3
119 Russian Federation 3
120 Antigua and Barbuda 3
121 Romania 2
122 British Virgin Islands 2
123 St. Lucia 2
124 Tuvalu 1
125 Samoa 1
126 Lithuania 1
127 Ukraine 1
128 Latvia 1
129 Tonga 1
130 Marshall Islands 1
131 Canada 1
132 Palau 1
133 Naoero 1
134 North Macedonia 1
135 Oman 1
136 Serbia 0
137 United Arab Emirates 0
138 Croatia 0
139 Cyprus 0
140 Bulgaria 0
141 United States 0
142 Portugal 0
143 Sweden 0
144 Bermuda 0
145 Estonia 0
146 United Kingdom 0
147 Czechia 0
148 Poland 0
149 Slovak Republic 0
150 Spain 0

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.