Population living in slums in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Population living in slums was 0.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Population living in slums in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 0.2%. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 62.5% on the previous year and up 62.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 0.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 144th out of 174 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1% | — |
| 2002 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +62.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 2 |
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More poverty & inequality data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 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 1.56 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 7,138 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 -7.54 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 34.91 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 34.9% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is population living in slums in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Population living in slums in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 0.2% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for population living in slums?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 144th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.