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Sub-Saharan Africa
Population living in slums (% of urban population)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, South Sudan leads Population living in slums (% of urban population) in 2022 at 94, while Eswatini sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 17. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group 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: 7473.7NigerNiger: 7070.4TanzaniaTanzania: 7070.1Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 6968.9MadagascarMadagascar: 6665.7

Country table

#CountryValue
1 South Sudan 94
2 Mali 92
3 Burkina Faso 88
4 Sao Tome and Principe 82
5 Chad 82
6 Congo, Dem. Rep. 78
7 Congo, Rep. 75
8 Sudan 74
9 Niger 70
10 Tanzania 70
11 Central African Republic 69
12 Madagascar 66
13 Equatorial Guinea 65
14 Ethiopia 64
15 Benin 64
16 Angola 63
17 Liberia 60
18 Guinea-Bissau 59
19 Mauritania 59
20 Mozambique 55
21 Zimbabwe 55
22 Uganda 53
23 Sierra Leone 49
24 Eritrea 49
25 Mauritius 49
26 Seychelles 49
27 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 49
28 Comoros 49
29 Nigeria 48
30 Cote d'Ivoire 48
31 Zambia 48
32 Senegal 46
33 Cabo Verde 46
34 Guinea 44
35 Namibia 41
36 Kenya 40
37 Botswana 40
38 Gabon 39
39 Togo 38
40 Rwanda 38
41 Malawi 38
42 Gambia, The 37
43 Burundi 37
44 Ghana 33
45 Cameroon 33
46 Lesotho 26
47 South Africa 24
48 Eswatini 17

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Population living in slums (% of urban population) in 2022, South Sudan leads with a gap of 2 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 48 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Eswatini at 17.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.