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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
151 Iceland 0
152 Kuwait 0
153 Monaco 0
154 Netherlands 0
155 New Zealand 0
156 Norway 0
157 Oman 0
158 Qatar 0
159 Singapore 0
160 Switzerland 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.