List of slums


This is a list of slums. A slum as defined by the United Nations agency UN-Habitat, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing, squalor, and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the developing world between 1990 and 2005. However, due to rising population, and the rise especially in urban populations, the number of slum dwellers is rising. One billion people worldwide live in slums and the figure is projected to grow to 2 billion by 2030.

Africa

Egypt

Bangladesh

Roughly half of Jakarta compromises slums

Melbourne

The following are former slum areas that have subsequently been either gradually developed or abruptly cleared and demolished.

Bulgaria

кв. Столипиново, Шекер махала, Аджисан махала, Арман махала - гр. Пловдив/ kv. Stolipinovo, Sheker mahala, Adjisan mahala, Arman mahala - Plovdiv city

England

Baracche of Messina

Malta

Yemen

United States

Argentina

In Buenos Aires:
s in Brazil are referred to as favelas.
is the largest hill favela in Rio de Janeiro. Although favelas are found in urban areas throughout Brazil, many of the more famous ones exist in Rio — a widely photographed city
is the nickname given to the vast shanty towns that surround Lima and other cities of Peru. Many of these towns have developed into significant districts in Lima such as Villa El Salvador and Comas District, Lima.