Burkina Faso vs Low income: Population living in slums
Population living in slums over time
- Burkina Faso
- Low income
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 87.9% against 61.2% in Low income, a difference of 26.7%.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.4 times Low income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 3rd and Low income ranks 1st of 174 countries.
Low income has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Low income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 71.1% | 71.5% | 0.4% | Low income |
| 2010s | 43.2% | 63.9% | 20.7% | Low income |
| 2020s | 57.2% | 60.7% | 3.5% | Low income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population living in slums, Burkina Faso or Low income?
- Burkina Faso, at 87.9% against 61.2% in Low income as of 2022.
- What is the difference in population living in slums between Burkina Faso and Low income?
- 26.7%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Low income?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do Burkina Faso and Low income rank globally for population living in slums?
- Burkina Faso ranks 3rd and Low income ranks 1st 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.