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

In 2016, South Sudan leads Population living in slums (% of urban population) with 94. Chad follows at 83, and the gap between the top two positions is 12. 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: 9494.2ChadChad: 8382.6Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 7777.0SudanSudan: 7473.7MadagascarMadagascar: 7272.2AfghanistanAfghanistan: 7272.1NigerNiger: 7070.4Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 6968.9BeninBenin: 6968.7ComorosComoros: 6968.6Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau: 6868.0EthiopiaEthiopia: 6767.4

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Gambia, The 42
52 Botswana 42
53 Namibia 41
54 Cambodia 40
55 Cameroon 39
56 Philippines 39
57 Senegal 39
58 Timor-Leste 38
59 Burkina Faso 38
60 Guatemala 38
61 Maldives 37
62 Lesotho 34
63 Ghana 33
64 Honduras 32
65 Lao PDR 27
66 Mongolia 26
67 South Africa 25
68 Syrian Arab Republic 24
69 Brunei Darussalam 24
70 Jordan 23
71 Zimbabwe 23
72 Papua New Guinea 22
73 Indonesia 22
74 Algeria 21
75 West Bank and Gaza 20
76 Mexico 18
77 Paraguay 18
78 Libya 17
79 El Salvador 16
80 Panama 16
81 Belize 16
82 Guyana 15
83 Brazil 15
84 Argentina 15
85 Suriname 14
86 Turkiye 14
87 Kyrgyz Republic 11
88 Dominican Republic 11
89 Montenegro 11
90 Morocco 11
91 Eswatini 11
92 Colombia 10
93 Fiji 9
94 Turkmenistan 9
95 Armenia 9
96 Tunisia 9
97 Georgia 9
98 Cuba 8
99 Ireland 8
100 Kiribati 8

Analytical takeaways

  • South Sudan leads the global ranking for Population living in slums (% of urban population) in 2016, with a lead of 12 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Ethiopia at 67.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.