Population living in slums in Myanmar
Myanmar: Population living in slums was 58.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Population living in slums in Myanmar, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 58.3% for population living in slums in 2022. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Myanmar peaked at 58.3% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 29.4%, in 2000.
Myanmar ranks 21st of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 29.4% | — |
| 2002 | 32.6% | +10.9% |
| 2004 | 35.8% | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 39.0% | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 42.2% | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 45.4% | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 48.7% | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 51.9% | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 55.1% | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 58.3% | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 58.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 58.3% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.8% | 29.4% | 42.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 51.9% | 45.4% | 58.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 58.3% | 58.3% | 58.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 18 Liberia 60.5% compare
- 19 Guinea-Bissau 59.0% compare
- 20 Mauritania 58.6% compare
- 22 Ecuador 57.8% compare
- 23 Pakistan 56.0% compare
- 24 Mozambique 55.0% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Myanmar
- 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 2.12 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,779 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 -0.4426 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 6.44 (2019)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 6.4% (2019)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population living in slums in Myanmar?
- Population living in slums in Myanmar was 58.3% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 58.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.4% in 2000.
- How does Myanmar rank for population living in slums?
- Myanmar ranks 21st out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Myanmar 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.