Population living in slums in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Population living in slums was 54.8% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 54.8%. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 151.6% on the previous year and up 62.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 54.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 21.8%, in 2020.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 26th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 54.4% | — |
| 2002 | 51.0% | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 47.5% | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 44.1% | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 40.7% | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 37.3% | -8.4% |
| 2012 | 33.8% | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 30.4% | -10.1% |
| 2016 | 27.0% | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 23.6% | -12.6% |
| 2020 | 21.8% | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 54.8% | +151.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47.5% | 40.7% | 54.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 30.4% | 23.6% | 37.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 38.3% | 21.8% | 54.8% | 2 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 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 2.42 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,196 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 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 10.62 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 10.6% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population living in slums in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Population living in slums in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 54.8% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 54.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.8% in 2020.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for population living in slums?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 26th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic 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.