Mozambique Urban Slum and Housing Affordability Indicators

Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements per country, territory, and region, based on four of five UN-Habitat household shelter deprivation indicators. The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Data and Analytics Section created this dataset, which also includes housing cost burden metrics. It was last updated on 2026-05-06.

Use Cases

• Mapping urban informal settlements based on UN-Habitat deprivation indicators mentioned in the description
• Analyzing housing cost burden based on the proportion of income spent on housing
• Comparing slum prevalence across different countries and regions
• Monitoring progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)

Strengths

• Based on a standardized UN-Habitat methodology for defining slums and informal settlements.
• Includes two distinct metrics: slum population proportion and housing affordability burden.
• Data is provided at the country, territory, and regional level for comparative analysis.

Limitations

• Security of tenure, a key UN-Habitat deprivation indicator, is excluded due to data limitations.
• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, requiring inspection after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national census and survey data using UN-Habitat's shelter deprivation framework.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:53:53.563233; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mozambique, with data likely aggregated at country, territory, and regional levels.