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

In 2022, South Sudan leads Population living in slums (% of urban population) with 94. Mali follows at 92, and the gap between the top two positions is 2. 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: 9494.2MaliMali: 9292.5Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 8887.9Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe: 8282.4ChadChad: 8282.0Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 7878.4Congo, Rep.Congo, Rep.: 7575.3SudanSudan: 7473.7AfghanistanAfghanistan: 7271.6NigerNiger: 7070.4TanzaniaTanzania: 7070.1Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 6968.9

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Cambodia 42
52 Namibia 41
53 Syrian Arab Republic 41
54 Kenya 40
55 Nepal 40
56 Botswana 40
57 Gabon 39
58 Togo 38
59 Rwanda 38
60 Malawi 38
61 Guatemala 38
62 Gambia, The 37
63 Burundi 37
64 Philippines 36
65 Maldives 35
66 Samoa 35
67 Timor-Leste 34
68 Ghana 33
69 Cameroon 33
70 Viet Nam 33
71 China 26
72 Venezuela, RB 26
73 Lesotho 26
74 South Africa 24
75 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 23
76 Papua New Guinea 22
77 Brunei Darussalam 22
78 Indonesia 19
79 Mongolia 18
80 Mexico 18
81 Eswatini 17
82 Libya 17
83 El Salvador 16
84 Panama 16
85 Suriname 16
86 Belize 16
87 Paraguay 15
88 Brazil 15
89 Argentina 15
90 Turkiye 14
91 Algeria 13
92 Guyana 11
93 Dominican Republic 11
94 Cuba 11
95 Morocco 11
96 Colombia 10
97 Fiji 9
98 Montenegro 9
99 Trinidad and Tobago 9
100 Ireland 9

Analytical takeaways

  • South Sudan leads the global ranking for Population living in slums (% of urban population) in 2022, with a lead of 2 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Central African Republic at 69.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.