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

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

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.