Congo vs IDA total: Population living in slums
Population living in slums over time
- Congo
- IDA total
How they compare
Congo currently reports 75.3% against 53.0% in IDA total, a difference of 22.3%.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.4 times IDA total's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Congo ahead.
Congo ranks 7th and IDA total ranks 10th of 174 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 2 and IDA total in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | IDA total | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.2% | 62.9% | 19.3% | Congo |
| 2010s | 54.2% | 54.6% | 0.4% | IDA total |
| 2020s | 59.8% | 51.7% | 8.0% | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population living in slums, Congo or IDA total?
- Congo, at 75.3% against 53.0% in IDA total as of 2022.
- What is the difference in population living in slums between Congo and IDA total?
- 22.3%, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and IDA total?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do Congo and IDA total rank globally for population living in slums?
- Congo ranks 7th 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.