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Bolivia - Population living in slums

Population living in slums (% of urban population)

Population living in slums (% of urban population) in Bolivia was 48.50 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 62.20 in 1990, while its lowest value was 43.50 in 2014.

Definition: 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, and durability of housing.

Source: UN HABITAT, retrieved from the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals database. Data are available at : http://mdgs.un.org/

Year	Value
1990	62.20
1995	58.20
2000	54.30
2005	50.40
2010	47.30
2014	43.50
2016	49.50
2018	48.50

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization