Myanmar Urban Slum and Housing Affordability Indicators by UN-Habitat

Myanmar data on the proportion and total count of urban populations living in slums or informal settlements, based on UN-Habitat's shelter deprivation indicators. The dataset also includes the proportion of urban households spending over 30% of income on housing, indicating affordability stress. It was produced by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Assessing urban informal settlement prevalence based on UN-Habitat's four shelter deprivation indicators.
• Analyzing housing cost burden by identifying populations where housing expenditure exceeds 30% of income.
• Monitoring progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) for Myanmar.
• Comparing slum population estimates across different regions or territories within Myanmar.

Strengths

• Data is based on a standardized UN-Habitat methodology for defining slums and informal settlements.
• Includes two distinct metrics: slum population proportion and housing affordability stress.
• Last updated in May 2026, suggesting relatively recent data.

Limitations

• The description notes security of tenure, a key 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 unavailable, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely derived from national household surveys or census data, applying UN-Habitat's deprivation indicators.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:54:14.374117

Geography

Myanmar, likely with sub-national regional or territorial breakdowns.