Urban population living in informal settlements, or inadequate housing in 2018 in % (MSSD indicator 18)

In the most countries with available data, the proportion of urban population living in slums is decreasing. Some national social housing programs allowed reducing the part of the population without access to an adequate dwelling and living in districts without essential services: e.g. this part fell from 28.1% to 5.2% in Egypt between 2000 and 2018 (14.2 million persons concerned). In Turkey, the population living in slums in 2018 is approximately 6.9 million (8.6%), compared to 12 million in 2000 (17.9%). On the opposite, situation in Lebanon, The State of Palestine and The Syrian Arab Republic is getting worse with increasing rate of population living in inadequate housing. Similar to SDG Indicator 11.1.1 Source: https://www.obs.planbleu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SMDD_Dashboard_Version_Mars_2021.pdf