Afghanistan vs IDA total: Population living in slums
Population living in slums over time
- Afghanistan
- IDA total
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 71.6% against 53.0% in IDA total, a difference of 18.6%.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.3 times IDA total's.
Across all 9 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 9th and IDA total ranks 10th of 174 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | IDA total | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 63.6% | 61.0% | 2.6% | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 69.4% | 54.6% | 14.9% | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 72.4% | 51.7% | 20.7% | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population living in slums, Afghanistan or IDA total?
- Afghanistan, at 71.6% against 53.0% in IDA total as of 2022.
- What is the difference in population living in slums between Afghanistan and IDA total?
- 18.6%, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and IDA total?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2022.
- How do Afghanistan and IDA total rank globally for population living in slums?
- Afghanistan ranks 9th and IDA total ranks 10th of 174 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), published as Population living in slums (% of urban population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.