Population living in slums in Angola
Angola: Population living in slums was 62.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Population living in slums in Angola, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Angola recorded 62.7% for population living in slums in 2022. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 41.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Angola peaked at 62.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 19.7%, in 2004.
That places Angola 17th out of 174 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in Angola, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.7% | — |
| 2002 | 19.7% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 19.7% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 25.8% | +31.2% |
| 2008 | 31.9% | +23.8% |
| 2010 | 38.1% | +19.2% |
| 2012 | 44.2% | +16.1% |
| 2014 | 50.3% | +13.9% |
| 2016 | 56.4% | +12.2% |
| 2018 | 62.6% | +10.9% |
| 2020 | 62.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 62.7% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.4% | 19.7% | 31.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 50.3% | 38.1% | 62.6% | 5 |
| 2020s | 62.7% | 62.6% | 62.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 14 Equatorial Guinea 64.7% compare
- 15 Ethiopia 64.3% compare
- 16 Benin 64.0% compare
- 18 Liberia 60.5% compare
- 19 Guinea-Bissau 59.0% compare
- 20 Mauritania 58.6% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Angola
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 5.12 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,062 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 2.79 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 17.17 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 17.2% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population living in slums in Angola?
- Population living in slums in Angola was 62.7% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 62.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.7% in 2004.
- How does Angola rank for population living in slums?
- Angola ranks 17th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), published as part of Population living in slums (% of urban population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.