El Salvador vs Eswatini: Population living in slums

El Salvador
16.5%
in 2022
Eswatini
17.0%
in 2022
El Salvador rank
84th
Eswatini rank
82nd

Population living in slums over time

  • El Salvador
  • Eswatini
0204060200020112022

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 17.0% against 16.5% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Eswatini ahead.

El Salvador ranks 84th and Eswatini ranks 82nd of 174 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Eswatini in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Eswatini Difference Ahead
2000s 37.6% 50.9% 13.3% Eswatini
2010s 23.7% 19.7% 4.0% El Salvador
2020s 16.5% 13.9% 2.6% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population living in slums, El Salvador or Eswatini?
Eswatini, at 17.0% against 16.5% in El Salvador as of 2022.
What is the difference in population living in slums between El Salvador and Eswatini?
0.5%, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Eswatini?
12 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and Eswatini rank globally for population living in slums?
El Salvador ranks 84th and Eswatini ranks 82nd 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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Indicator
Population living in slums (% of urban population)
Unit
% of urban population
Source
Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
207 places, 2,376 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed

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.