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.
Asia.
Indonesia.
About half of each of all cities in Indonesia compromises slums.
Europe.
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
Greece.
Nea zoi, Aspropyrgos, Attica
Dendropotamos, Thessaloniki
South America.
Argentina.
In Buenos Aires:
Brazil.
Shanty towns in Brazil are referred to as favelas.
Peru.
Pueblos jóvenes 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.