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East Asia & Pacific
Population living in slums (% of urban population)

Within the “East Asia & Pacific” group, Myanmar leads Population living in slums (% of urban population) in 2022 at 58, while Singapore sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.014.629.143.758.3MyanmarMyanmar: 5858.3Lao PDRLao PDR: 5554.8TuvaluTuvalu: 5150.9CambodiaCambodia: 4242.3PhilippinesPhilippines: 3635.9SamoaSamoa: 3534.6Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: 3433.9Viet NamViet Nam: 3332.5ChinaChina: 2626.3Korea, Dem. People's Rep.Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 2323.0Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 2222.3Brunei DarussalamBrunei Darussalam: 2221.6

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Myanmar 58
2 Lao PDR 55
3 Tuvalu 51
4 Cambodia 42
5 Philippines 36
6 Samoa 35
7 Timor-Leste 34
8 Viet Nam 33
9 China 26
10 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 23
11 Papua New Guinea 22
12 Brunei Darussalam 22
13 Indonesia 19
14 Mongolia 18
15 Fiji 9
16 Kiribati 6
17 Korea, Rep. 5
18 Vanuatu 3
19 Marshall Islands 2
20 Japan 2
21 Solomon Islands 2
22 French Polynesia 2
23 Palau 1
24 Naoero 1
25 Guam 1
26 Tonga 0
27 New Caledonia 0
28 Northern Mariana Islands 0
29 Australia 0
30 New Zealand 0
31 Singapore 0

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the East Asia & Pacific group for Population living in slums (% of urban population) in 2022, Myanmar leads with a gap of 3 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 31 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Singapore at 0.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.