Honduras Urban Slum and Housing Affordability Indicators

Proportion and total count of urban populations living in slums or informal settlements in Honduras, based on four UN-Habitat shelter deprivation indicators. The data also includes the proportion of urban households spending over 30% of income on housing. It was produced by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Data and Analytics Section and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Assessing the prevalence of informal settlements based on UN-Habitat deprivation indicators.
• Analyzing housing cost burdens by calculating the proportion of households exceeding the 30% income expenditure threshold.
• Estimating the total urban population living in slum conditions for policy targeting.
• Comparing shelter deprivation components like access to water, sanitation, living area, and structure quality.

Strengths

• Based on a standardized UN-Habitat methodology using four key deprivation indicators.
• Includes two distinct metrics: slum population proportion and housing affordability burden.
• Data is provided at the country, territory, and regional level for Honduras.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Calculated based on UN-Habitat's household shelter deprivation indicators and housing expenditure data.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:55:16.996824; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Honduras, at country, territory, and regional levels.