Sudan Urban Slum Population and Housing Affordability Metrics

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

Use Cases

• Assess urban poverty and informality based on UN-Habitat's shelter deprivation indicators.
• Analyze housing affordability stress based on the proportion of income spent on housing.
• Monitor progress towards Sustainable Development Goals related to adequate housing.
• Compare slum population metrics across different regions or territories within Sudan.

Strengths

• Based on a standardized UN-Habitat methodology for defining slums and informal settlements.
• Provides both proportional and total population counts for slum dwellers.
• Includes a separate metric for housing cost burden (expenditure exceeding 30% of income).

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 survey data and UN-Habitat deprivation indicators.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:52:52.128123

Geography

Sudan, with potential breakdown by country, territory, and region.