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Top 20 countries with highest share of urban population living in slums
As of 2020, 24.2 percent of the global urban population lived in slums. In Sub-Saharan Africa, slum population amounted to 50.2 percent of the total population which is the highest out of all major regions.
In Australia and New Zealand, on the other hand, the urban population living in slums was zero in 2020.
Below are the top 20 countries with the highest percentage of their urban population living in slums;
1. South Sudan – 94
2. Chad – 82
3. Sudan – 74
4. Afghanistan ??: 73
5. Niger – 70
6. Central African Republic – 69
7. Ethiopia – 64
8. Ecuador – 58
9. Pakistan – 56
10. Kenya – 51
11. Iraq – 49
12. India – 49
13. Nigeria – 49
14. Nepal – 40
15. Philippines – 37
16. Maldives – 35
17. Venezuela – 26
18. South Africa – 24
19. Indonesia – 19
20. Mexico – 18
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