Population living in slums in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Population living in slums was 22.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Population living in slums in Papua New Guinea, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 22.3% for population living in slums in 2022.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Papua New Guinea peaked at 22.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 19.8%, in 2000.
That places Papua New Guinea 76th out of 174 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.8% | — |
| 2002 | 19.8% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 19.8% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 20.1% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 20.5% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 20.9% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 21.3% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 21.6% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 22.0% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 22.4% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 22.8% | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 22.3% | -2.3% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 22.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 41.4%, 54% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 22.3% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13.6%, 1.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.0% | 19.8% | 20.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 21.6% | 20.9% | 22.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 22.5% | 22.3% | 22.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 73 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 25.7% compare
- 74 Lesotho 25.6% compare
- 75 South Africa 24.2% compare
- 77 Brunei Darussalam 21.6% compare
- 78 Palestine, State of 19.5% compare
- 79 Indonesia 19.4% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Papua New Guinea
- 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 3.1 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,787 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 -0.7978 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 15.83 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 15.8% (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 Papua New Guinea?
- Population living in slums in Papua New Guinea was 22.3% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 22.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.8% in 2000.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for population living in slums?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 76th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.