Population living in slums (% of urban population) in Palestine
Palestine: Population living in slums (% of urban population) was 19.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in Palestine, 2002–2020
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Palestine recorded 19.5% for population living in slums in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is down 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Palestine peaked at 30.0% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 19.5%, in 2018.
That places Palestine 78th out of 174 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Population living in slums (% of urban population) in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 30.0% | — |
| 2004 | 30.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 29.1% | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 27.2% | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 25.3% | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 23.4% | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 21.4% | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 19.5% | -8.9% |
| 2018 | 19.5% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 19.5% | +0.0% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 19.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 41.4%, 47% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 19.5% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 13.2%, 1.5× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.1% | 27.2% | 30.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 21.8% | 19.5% | 25.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 19.5% | 19.5% | 19.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More poverty & inequality data for Palestine
- 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 3.31 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,465 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 -2.53 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 6.65 (2021)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 6.6% (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population living in slums in Palestine?
- Population living in slums in Palestine was 19.5% in 2020, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 30.0% in 2002.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.5% in 2018.
- How does Palestine rank for population living in slums?
- Palestine ranks 78th out of 174 countries with data for 2020.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine 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.