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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

Latest available year 2022 2020 2019 2018 2016 2014

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
151 United Kingdom 0
152 British Virgin Islands 0
153 United Arab Emirates 0
154 United States 0
155 Bermuda 0
156 Slovak Republic 0
157 Portugal 0
158 Austria 0
159 Spain 0
160 Malta 0
161 Australia 0
162 Czechia 0
163 Italy 0
164 Luxembourg 0
165 Andorra 0
166 Aruba 0
167 Belgium 0
168 Denmark 0
169 Finland 0
170 France 0
171 Germany 0
172 Iceland 0
173 Kuwait 0
174 Monaco 0
175 Netherlands 0
176 New Zealand 0
177 Norway 0
178 Oman 0
179 Qatar 0
180 Singapore 0
181 Switzerland 0

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.