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

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

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.