Somalia Housing and Slum Population Statistics

Proportion and total count of urban populations living in slums or informal settlements in Somalia, based on UN-Habitat shelter deprivation indicators. The data includes the proportion of 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 was last updated on 2026-05-06.

Use Cases

• Assess the scale of urban informality based on shelter deprivation indicators.
• Analyze housing affordability based on the proportion of income spent on housing.
• Compare slum population statistics across different regions within Somalia.
• Monitor progress towards sustainable development goals related to adequate housing.

Strengths

• Based on UN-Habitat's standardized shelter deprivation framework.
• Includes both proportion and total count metrics for slum populations.
• Provides a specific metric for housing cost burden (expenditure exceeding 30% of income).

Limitations

• 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 is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:52:11.529404; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Somalia