UN-Habitat data quantifying the proportion and total number of Mali's urban population living in slums or informal settlements, based on four key shelter deprivations. The dataset also includes the proportion of urban households spending over 30% of income on housing. This information is provided by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and was last updated in May 2026.
Use Cases
- Modeling urban poverty and informal settlement growth based on shelter deprivation indicators.
- Analyzing housing affordability stress based on the proportion of income spent on housing.
- Benchmarking regional disparities in slum conditions within Mali.
- Informing policy interventions for water and sanitation access in urban areas.
Strengths
- Data is based on the standardized UN-Habitat definition of slum indicators.
- Provides both proportional and absolute population figures for analysis.
- License is PDDL-1.0, allowing for broad reuse and modification.
Limitations
- The critical 'security of tenure' deprivation indicator is excluded due to data limitations.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and sample data are 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 census data using UN-Habitat methodology.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-06 22:54:34.168283; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Mali, likely with regional or territorial breakdowns.