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

In 2018, South Sudan leads Population living in slums (% of urban population) with 94. Chad follows at 82, 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: 8282.0Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 7877.9SudanSudan: 7473.7AfghanistanAfghanistan: 7373.3NigerNiger: 7070.4MadagascarMadagascar: 7069.8Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 6968.9ComorosComoros: 6968.6BeninBenin: 6868.3Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 6564.7Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau: 6464.4

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Togo 40
52 Cambodia 40
53 Botswana 40
54 Burundi 40
55 Guatemala 38
56 Philippines 37
57 Cameroon 36
58 Maldives 35
59 Senegal 35
60 Timor-Leste 34
61 Ghana 33
62 Burkina Faso 32
63 Honduras 32
64 Lesotho 30
65 Syrian Arab Republic 25
66 South Africa 24
67 Lao PDR 24
68 Brunei Darussalam 22
69 Papua New Guinea 22
70 Zimbabwe 22
71 Mongolia 22
72 Indonesia 20
73 West Bank and Gaza 20
74 Mexico 18
75 Algeria 17
76 El Salvador 17
77 Libya 16
78 Panama 16
79 Belize 16
80 Paraguay 15
81 Suriname 15
82 Argentina 15
83 Turkiye 14
84 Guyana 14
85 Dominican Republic 11
86 Morocco 11
87 Eswatini 11
88 Montenegro 10
89 Colombia 10
90 Cuba 9
91 Fiji 9
92 Turkmenistan 9
93 Ireland 9
94 Armenia 8
95 Tunisia 8
96 Georgia 8
97 Kyrgyz Republic 7
98 Kiribati 7
99 Korea, Rep. 7
100 Moldova 7

Analytical takeaways

  • South Sudan leads the global ranking for Population living in slums (% of urban population) in 2018, 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 Guinea-Bissau at 64.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.