IDA blend - Population living in slums (% of urban population)

Population living in slums (% of urban population) in IDA blend was 46.77 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 59.45 in 1990, while its lowest value was 46.77 in 2018.

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/

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Year Value
1990 59.45
1995 57.48
2000 55.66
2005 54.62
2010 53.51
2014 47.29
2016 46.96
2018 46.77

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization