Colombia Housing and Slum Indicators Based on UN-Habitat Deprivation Metrics

United Nations Human Settlements Programme data provides the proportion and total count of urban populations living in slums or informal settlements in Colombia. The dataset uses four of the five UN-Habitat household shelter deprivation indicators, excluding security of tenure due to data limitations. It also includes a measure of housing affordability based on households spending over 30% of income on housing.

Use Cases

• Assess urban poverty and informality based on UN-Habitat deprivation indicators.
• Analyze housing affordability based on the proportion of income spent on housing.
• Monitor progress towards Sustainable Development Goals related to adequate housing.
• Compare slum prevalence across different regions or territories within Colombia.

Strengths

• Based on a standardized UN-Habitat methodology for measuring slum conditions.
• Includes two distinct metrics: slum population proportion/count and housing cost burden.
• Provided by the authoritative United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Data and Analytics Section.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Excludes the 'security of tenure' deprivation indicator due to data limitations.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Data and Analytics Section

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national surveys and statistics using UN-Habitat deprivation definitions.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:56:17.108505; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, with potential breakdown by territory and region.