Population living in slums in Argentina
Argentina: Population living in slums was 14.5% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in Argentina, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 14.5% for population living in slums in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Argentina peaked at 20.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 14.5%, in 2016.
That places Argentina 90th out of 174 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in Argentina, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.3% | — |
| 2002 | 19.6% | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 18.8% | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 18.1% | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 17.4% | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 16.7% | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 15.9% | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 15.2% | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 14.5% | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 14.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 14.5% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 14.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.8% | 17.4% | 20.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 14.5% | 16.7% | 5 |
| 2020s | 14.5% | 14.5% | 14.5% | 2 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Argentina
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.5 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,854 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 21.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 29.56 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 29.6% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.264 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population living in slums in Argentina?
- Population living in slums in Argentina was 14.5% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 20.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.5% in 2016.
- How does Argentina rank for population living in slums?
- Argentina ranks 90th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina 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.