Yemen Urban Housing and Slum Indicators from UN-Habitat

Proportion and total count of urban populations living in slums or informal settlements, based on UN-Habitat's shelter 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

• Estimate the scale of informal settlements based on UN-Habitat's four deprivation indicators.
• Analyze housing affordability by identifying populations spending over 30% of income on housing.
• Compare slum prevalence across different regions or territories within Yemen.
• Support policy development for urban housing and infrastructure based on deprivation metrics.

Strengths

• Data is based on a standardized UN-Habitat methodology for measuring slums.
• Includes two distinct metrics: proportion living in slums and proportion with excessive housing expenditure.
• Produced by the authoritative United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Data and Analytics Section

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national surveys and UN-Habitat assessments using defined deprivation indicators.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:50:07.001765; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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