Population living in slums in High income
High income: Population living in slums was 1.1% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in High income, 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 High income stood at 1.1%.
That represents a change of up 20.0% on the previous year and up 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in High income peaked at 1.8% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2012.
That places High income 29th out of 33 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in High income, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.5% | — |
| 2002 | 1.4% | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | +37.5% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | -37.1% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | +19.9% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -36.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +12.9% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -14.1% |
| 2022 | 1.1% | +20.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near High income
- 26 Lao People's Democratic Republic 54.8% compare
- 27 Uganda 52.7% compare
- 28 Bangladesh 51.5% compare
- 29 Haiti 51.1% compare
- 30 Tuvalu 50.9% compare
- 31 Iraq 49.3% compare
- 32 Sierra Leone 49.3% compare
More poverty & inequality data for High income
- Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% (2024)
- Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% (2024)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% (2024)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.7% (2024)
- Prosperity gap 1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day (2024)
- Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% (2024)
- Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 15.4% (2024)
- Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% (2024)
- Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population living in slums in High income?
- Population living in slums in High income was 1.1% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2006.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2012.
- How does High income rank for population living in slums?
- High income ranks 29th out of 33 groups with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this High income 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.