Population living in slums in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Population living in slums was 64.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Population living in slums in Equatorial Guinea, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
In 2022, population living in slums in Equatorial Guinea stood at 64.7%.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 64.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 52.9%, in 2000.
That places Equatorial Guinea 14th 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 Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 52.9% | — |
| 2002 | 60.1% | +13.6% |
| 2004 | 58.8% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 59.2% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 59.9% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 60.6% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 61.4% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 62.4% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 63.5% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 64.7% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 64.9% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 64.7% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 58.2% | 52.9% | 60.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 62.5% | 60.6% | 64.7% | 5 |
| 2020s | 64.8% | 64.7% | 64.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 11 Tanzania, United Republic of 70.1% compare
- 12 Central African Republic 68.9% compare
- 13 Madagascar 65.7% compare
- 15 Ethiopia 64.3% compare
- 16 Benin 64.0% compare
- 17 Angola 62.7% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Equatorial Guinea
- 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 4.08 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 11.29 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.3% (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 86.6 % change on previous year (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 44.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1836 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population living in slums in Equatorial Guinea?
- Population living in slums in Equatorial Guinea was 64.7% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 64.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.9% in 2000.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for population living in slums?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.