Population living in slums in Suriname
Suriname: Population living in slums was 15.8% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Population living in slums in Suriname, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 15.8% for population living in slums in 2022. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Suriname peaked at 15.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7.4%, in 2000.
That places Suriname 86th 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 Suriname, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.4% | — |
| 2002 | 8.3% | +11.3% |
| 2004 | 9.1% | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 9.9% | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 10.8% | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 11.6% | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 12.5% | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 13.3% | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 14.1% | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 15.0% | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 15.8% | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 15.8% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.1% | 7.4% | 10.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 13.3% | 11.6% | 15.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 15.8% | 15.8% | 15.8% | 2 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Suriname
- 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 2.25 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,079 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 8.39 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.61 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 18.6% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population living in slums in Suriname?
- Population living in slums in Suriname was 15.8% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 15.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.4% in 2000.
- How does Suriname rank for population living in slums?
- Suriname ranks 86th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.