Population living in slums (% of urban population) in Brunei
Brunei: Population living in slums (% of urban population) was 21.6% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in Brunei, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Brunei recorded 21.6% for population living in slums in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Brunei peaked at 37.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 21.6%, in 2022.
Brunei ranks 77th of 174 countries on this measure, 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 (% of urban population) in Brunei, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 37.4% | — |
| 2002 | 35.8% | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 34.1% | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 32.4% | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 30.6% | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 28.8% | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 27.0% | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 25.3% | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 23.5% | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 22.4% | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 21.7% | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 21.6% | -0.6% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 21.6% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1%, 190.7× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 21.6% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13.6%, 1.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.1% | 30.6% | 37.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 25.4% | 22.4% | 28.8% | 5 |
| 2020s | 21.7% | 21.6% | 21.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
More poverty & inequality data for Brunei
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.75 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,467 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 2.78 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 5.61 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 5.6% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -45.9 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.257 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 29.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population living in slums in Brunei?
- Population living in slums in Brunei was 21.6% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 37.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.6% in 2022.
- How does Brunei rank for population living in slums?
- Brunei ranks 77th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brunei 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.