Palestinian Urban Housing Conditions: Slum Prevalence and Affordability Metrics

United Nations Human Settlements Programme data provides metrics on inadequate housing in the State of Palestine. It includes the proportion and total count of urban populations living in slums or informal settlements, defined by UN-Habitat shelter deprivations, and the proportion facing housing cost overburden. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-06.

Use Cases

• Assess the scale of informal settlements based on UN-Habitat deprivation indicators.
• Analyze housing affordability by identifying populations spending over 30% of income on housing.
• Compare slum prevalence across different countries, territories, and regions.
• Monitor progress on Sustainable Development Goals related to adequate housing.

Strengths

• Data is produced by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, an authoritative source.
• Metrics are based on a standardized UN-Habitat framework for defining slums.
• Dataset includes both prevalence proportions and absolute population counts.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Data and Analytics Section

Collection Method

Calculated based on household shelter deprivations and expenditure data, following UN-Habitat definitions.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:53:12.139648; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Palestine, with potential for country, territory, and regional comparisons.