Some 46.5 percent of Kenya's urban population lived in slums in 2018. The share kept stable in comparison to 2016. However, it was considerably lower than in 2014, when 56 percent of the urban population was living in informal slum settlements.
Share of urban population living in slums in Kenya in selected years from 2010 to 2018
The source adds the following information:
"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, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements."
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World Bank. (February 17, 2021). Share of urban population living in slums in Kenya in selected years from 2010 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229479/share-of-urban-population-living-in-slums-in-kenya/
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World Bank. (2021). Share of urban population living in slums in Kenya in selected years from 2010 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229479/share-of-urban-population-living-in-slums-in-kenya/
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