Population living in slums in Guyana
Guyana: Population living in slums was 11.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in Guyana, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population living in slums in Guyana is 11.3%, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.9% on the previous year and down 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Guyana peaked at 26.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 11.3%, in 2022.
Guyana ranks 93rd 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 in Guyana, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26.1% | — |
| 2002 | 26.1% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 25.3% | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 23.7% | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 22.0% | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 20.4% | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 18.7% | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 17.1% | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 15.4% | -9.6% |
| 2018 | 13.8% | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 12.1% | -11.9% |
| 2022 | 11.3% | -6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.6% | 22.0% | 26.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 17.1% | 13.8% | 20.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 11.7% | 11.3% | 12.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
More poverty & inequality data for Guyana
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 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 2.41 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,028 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 1.45 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 10.32 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 10.3% (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 Guyana?
- Population living in slums in Guyana was 11.3% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 26.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.3% in 2022.
- How does Guyana rank for population living in slums?
- Guyana ranks 93rd out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana 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.