Population living in slums in Senegal
Senegal: Population living in slums was 46.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in Senegal, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 46.4% for population living in slums in 2022.
The figure is up 46.8% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Senegal peaked at 67.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 31.6%, in 2020.
That places Senegal 43rd out of 174 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 67.2% | — |
| 2002 | 63.6% | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 60.0% | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 56.5% | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 52.9% | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 49.4% | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 45.8% | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 42.3% | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 38.7% | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 35.2% | -9.2% |
| 2020 | 31.6% | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 46.4% | +46.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 60.0% | 52.9% | 67.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 42.3% | 35.2% | 49.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 39.0% | 31.6% | 46.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 40 Côte d'Ivoire 48.3% compare
- 41 Zambia 48.3% compare
- 42 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 46.6% compare
- 44 Cape Verde 46.4% compare
- 45 Peru 45.1% compare
- 46 Bhutan 44.7% compare
- 46 Iran, Islamic Republic of 44.7% compare
- 46 Sri Lanka 44.7% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Senegal
- 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 3.82 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,192 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 13.47 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 19.39 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 19.4% (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 Senegal?
- Population living in slums in Senegal was 46.4% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 67.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.6% in 2020.
- How does Senegal rank for population living in slums?
- Senegal ranks 43rd out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal 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.