Syrian Urban Housing: Slum Population Proportions and Expenditure Burden

Proportion and total count of the urban population living in slums or informal settlements in the Syrian Arab Republic, based on UN-Habitat's shelter deprivation indicators. The dataset also includes the proportion of urban households with housing costs exceeding 30% of monthly income. It was published by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and last updated on 2026-05-06.

Use Cases

• Modeling urban poverty and informality based on shelter deprivation indicators.
• Analyzing housing affordability based on the proportion of income spent on housing.
• Comparing slum prevalence across different regions or territories within Syria.
• Informing policy on housing and urban development based on UN-Habitat's defined metrics.

Strengths

• Data is based on a standardized UN-Habitat methodology for measuring slums.
• Includes two distinct metrics: slum population proportion and housing expenditure burden.
• Published by a recognized international authority, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The UN-Habitat definition is applied but excludes the 'security of tenure' indicator due to data limitations.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national surveys and statistics, applying UN-Habitat's shelter deprivation criteria.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:51:29.269200; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Syrian Arab Republic, with potential breakdown by territory and region.