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Question 24

Table 1: Percentage of urban population living in informal settlements (slums), 1990–2020

Region1990 (%)2005 (%)2020 (%)
Sub-Saharan Africa706253
Southern Asia574031
Eastern Asia443325
Latin America & Caribbean342621
Northern Africa & Western Asia292318

Using Table 1, which of the following statements is correct?

Between 1990 and 2020, the percentage of urban population living in informal settlements in Eastern Asia decreased by exactly half.

In 2020, Sub-Saharan Africa's percentage of urban population living in informal settlements was more than double that of Eastern Asia.

The region with the largest absolute percentage point reduction in urban slum population between 1990 and 2020 was Latin America & Caribbean.

Between 2005 and 2020, the percentage of urban population living in informal settlements in Northern Africa & Western Asia decreased by exactly 101010 percentage points.

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