Population living in slums in Somalia
Somalia: Population living in slums was 48.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in Somalia, 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 Somalia stood at 48.7%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.3% on the previous year and down 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Somalia peaked at 76.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 48.7%, in 2022.
That places Somalia 33rd 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 76.7% | — |
| 2002 | 74.8% | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 72.4% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 69.9% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 67.4% | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 64.8% | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 62.2% | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 59.5% | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 56.8% | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 53.4% | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 51.9% | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 48.7% | -6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 72.2% | 67.4% | 76.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 59.3% | 53.4% | 64.8% | 5 |
| 2020s | 50.3% | 48.7% | 51.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More poverty & inequality data for Somalia
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 6.13 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 503.5 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 27.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 2.06 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 2.1% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 15.94 % change on previous year (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 7.9% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.2356 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population living in slums in Somalia?
- Population living in slums in Somalia was 48.7% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 76.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.7% in 2022.
- How does Somalia rank for population living in slums?
- Somalia ranks 33rd out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.