Brazil vs Suriname: Population living in slums
Population living in slums over time
- Brazil
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 15.8% against 14.9% in Brazil, a difference of 0.9%.
That makes Suriname's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 89th and Suriname ranks 86th of 174 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Suriname in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.1% | 9.1% | 19.0% | Brazil |
| 2010s | 15.7% | 12.9% | 2.9% | Brazil |
| 2020s | 14.9% | 15.8% | 0.9% | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population living in slums, Brazil or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 15.8% against 14.9% in Brazil as of 2022.
- What is the difference in population living in slums between Brazil and Suriname?
- 0.9%, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Suriname?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do Brazil and Suriname rank globally for population living in slums?
- Brazil ranks 89th and Suriname ranks 86th 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.