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IDA blend - Population living in slums

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/

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

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization