Niger Urban Slum and Informal Settlement Indicators

Proportion and total count of urban populations living in slums or informal settlements in Niger, based on UN-Habitat's deprivation indicators. The data includes metrics on inadequate housing defined by expenditure exceeding 30% of income. It was produced by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Assess urban housing deprivation based on UN-Habitat's four shelter indicators.
• Analyze housing affordability by identifying populations spending over 30% of income on housing.
• Monitor progress on Sustainable Development Goal 11.1 related to slum populations.
• Compare informal settlement prevalence across different regions or territories within Niger.

Strengths

• Based on a standardized UN-Habitat methodology for measuring slum conditions.
• Includes two distinct metrics: proportion living in slums and proportion with excessive housing expenditure.
• Data is provided at the country, territory, and regional level.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Data and Analytics Section

Collection Method

Calculated based on household shelter deprivations and expenditure data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:53:34.055608; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Niger, with breakdowns by territory and region.