Chad Housing and Slum Indicators Based on UN-Habitat Deprivations

Proportion and total count of Chad's urban population living in slums or informal settlements, based on four of five UN-Habitat household shelter deprivation indicators. The dataset also includes the proportion of urban households spending over 30% of income on housing. United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) created this dataset, which was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Assessing urban housing deprivation based on lack of access to improved water and sanitation.
• Analyzing housing cost burdens based on the proportion of income spent on housing.
• Estimating the scale of informal settlements based on insufficient living area and poor structural quality.
• Monitoring progress towards sustainable development goals related to adequate housing.

Strengths

• Based on a standardized UN-Habitat framework for measuring shelter deprivations.
• Includes two distinct metrics: slum population proportion and housing cost overburden.
• Data is provided at the country, territory, and regional level for Chad.

Limitations

• Security of tenure, a key UN-Habitat deprivation indicator, is excluded due to data limitations.
• Row count and sample data are unavailable, limiting suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Data and Analytics Section

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national surveys and statistical reports applying the UN-Habitat deprivation framework.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:51:09.538893; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chad, with breakdowns by territory and region.