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

In 2020, 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.: 7878.4SudanSudan: 7473.7AfghanistanAfghanistan: 7373.3NigerNiger: 7070.4Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 6968.9ComorosComoros: 6968.6BeninBenin: 6867.9MadagascarMadagascar: 6767.4Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 6564.9EthiopiaEthiopia: 6464.3

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Gambia, The 39
52 Togo 39
53 Rwanda 38
54 Guatemala 38
55 Burundi 37
56 Philippines 37
57 Maldives 35
58 Timor-Leste 34
59 Ghana 33
60 Cameroon 33
61 Senegal 32
62 Burkina Faso 27
63 Syrian Arab Republic 26
64 Lesotho 26
65 South Africa 24
66 Libya 24
67 Papua New Guinea 23
68 Lao PDR 22
69 Brunei Darussalam 22
70 Zimbabwe 22
71 West Bank and Gaza 20
72 Indonesia 19
73 Mongolia 18
74 Mexico 18
75 El Salvador 17
76 Suriname 16
77 Belize 16
78 Paraguay 15
79 Argentina 15
80 Turkiye 14
81 Algeria 13
82 Guyana 12
83 Dominican Republic 11
84 Morocco 11
85 Eswatini 11
86 Cuba 11
87 Colombia 10
88 Fiji 9
89 Montenegro 9
90 Turkmenistan 9
91 Ireland 9
92 Armenia 8
93 Tunisia 8
94 Georgia 7
95 Viet Nam 6
96 Kiribati 6
97 Korea, Rep. 6
98 Nicaragua 6
99 Uzbekistan 5
100 Lebanon 5

Analytical takeaways

  • South Sudan leads the global ranking for Population living in slums (% of urban population) in 2020, 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 64.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.