Population living in slums in Madagascar
Madagascar: Population living in slums was 65.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in Madagascar, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 65.7% for population living in slums in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Madagascar peaked at 91.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 65.7%, in 2022.
Madagascar ranks 13th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 91.4% | — |
| 2002 | 89.0% | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 86.6% | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 84.2% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 81.8% | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 79.4% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 77.0% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 74.6% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 72.2% | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 69.8% | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 67.4% | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 65.7% | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.6% | 81.8% | 91.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 74.6% | 69.8% | 79.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 66.6% | 65.7% | 67.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 10 Niger 70.4% compare
- 11 Tanzania, United Republic of 70.1% compare
- 12 Central African Republic 68.9% compare
- 14 Equatorial Guinea 64.7% compare
- 15 Ethiopia 64.3% compare
- 16 Benin 64.0% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Madagascar
- 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 3.97 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,426 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 -18.49 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 10.39 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 10.4% (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 Madagascar?
- Population living in slums in Madagascar was 65.7% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 91.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.7% in 2022.
- How does Madagascar rank for population living in slums?
- Madagascar ranks 13th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.