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

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

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.