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Middle income - Population living in slums

Population living in slums (% of urban population)

Population living in slums (% of urban population) in Middle income was 28.75 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 46.55 in 1990, while its lowest value was 27.26 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	46.55
1995	42.57
2000	38.65
2005	34.31
2010	31.56
2014	27.26
2016	30.65
2018	28.75

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization