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World Homelessness
| Homeless Statistics Worldwide An estimated 100 million people are homeless worldwide Source: United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 2005 Europe An estimated 3 million people are homeless in Europe Source: Red de Apoyo a la Integración Sociolaboral (RAIS) 2010 Argentina An estimated 15,000 people are homeless in Buenos Aires An estimated 4,500 children are homeless in Buenos Aires Source: Red Solidaria Australia 100,000 people sleep on the streets of Australia everyday Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2003. An estimated 105,000 people are homeless in Australia. Approximately 44% of homeless people in Australia are female Approximately 12% of homeless people in Australia are children under the age of 12 Source: http://www.homelessnessaustralia.org.au, 2009 Austria It is estimated that more than 2000 people sleep rough every night in Austria Approximately 12,000 people are accommodated by homeless facilities in Austria Source: Feantsa Belgium An estimated 1,200 people are homeless in Brussels Source: De Decker, 2001 Brazil In Brazil, there is a deficit of 6.6 Million housing units, equalling 20 million homeless people, who live in favelas, shared clandestine rooms, hovels or under bridges and viaducts, or are squatters, in some of the country's largest cities Source: Brazil 2000 census An estimated 2,500 people are homeless in Rio de Janiero An estimated 10,000 people sleep rough in Sao Paulo Half of the population of Sao Paulo live in informal shelter Source: Brazil’s Economic Research Institute Foundation, 2003 Canada Supporting Canda's homeless population costs Canadian Tax Payers CAD$6 billion a year Source: International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 2008. Women and Children are the fastest growing group of those who are homeless in Canada Source: Women’s Housing Advocacy Group, 2003 There are 6,100 homeless people in Ontario There are 3,365 homeless people in Quebec Source: www.thamesresearch.org.uk/news-and-views/homelessness-facts-and-figures/ There are 200,000 Homeless people in Canada. Source: International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 2008. Columbia There are an estimated 9,654,722 homeless people in Columbia. Source: http://www.eclac.org/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/publicaciones/xml/5/3030 Croatia An estimated 2,285 people are displaced as a result of conflict in Croatia Source: UN figures 0 2402 UNHCR (June 2009) Finland An estimated 7,600 people are homeless in Finland Approximately half of homeless people in Finland live in the Greater Helsinki area Source: European Federation of National organisations working with the Homeless (FIANCE) 2010 France An estimated 1 million people are homeless in France An estimated 100,000 people live on the streets in France Source: http://www.emmaus-france.org.uk, 2007 Germany An estimated 254,000 people are homeless in Germany Approximately 25% are women Approximately 11% are children and young people Source: European Federation of National organisations working with the Homeless (FIANCE) Greece Homelessness in Greece has risen from 17,000 in 2009 to 20,000 in 2010 An estimated 9,000 people are homeless in Athens Source: European Observatory on Homelessness Hong Kong 52.7% of homeless people are aged 49 or over in Hong Kong 18% of homeless people have not received a formal education in Hong Kong. Source: Project on Helping Street Sleepers - Paper of LegCo Welfare Panel (2004) Hungary Approximately 10,000 people are homeless in Budapest Source: Estimating the Size of Homeless Population in Budapest, Hungary David Beata India In 2003, there were 78 million homeless people in India Source: Action Aid, 2003 India is home to 63% of all slum dwellers in South Asia Source: http://www.slumdogs.org, UNHABITAT, 2007 Indonesia There are 3,000,000 homeless people in Indonesia Source: www.achr.net/indonesia.htm An estimated 28,364 people are homeless in Jakata Source: 2001 Census Ireland An estimated 2366 people are homeless in Dublin every night Source: http://www.combatpoverty.ie/povertyinireland/homelessness.htm, 2008 Italy An estimated 7,000 people are homeless in Rome Italy has no official, legal definition of homelessness An estimated 17,000 people are homeless in Italy Source: http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/news.php?id_n=3559 Ivory Coast An estimated 40,000 people are homeless in the western Ivory Coast Japan An estimated 25,296 people are homeless in Japan An estimated 5,000 people are homeless in Tokyo Source: www.street-papers.org/case-studies-asia, 2006 Lithuania There are 1,250 homeless people in Lithuania Source: Homelessness in Lithuania: An Outline of the Situation for FEANTSA Malawi An estimated 90% of Malawi’s urban population live under slum conditions Source: http://www.homeless-international.org/standard_1.aspx?id=1:28496&id=0:276&id=0:262 Mexico In Mexico City an estimated 40% of people live in informal housing Source: www.unhabitat.org Namibia More than 70,000 people live in shack settlements in Namibia Source: http://www.homeless-international.org/standard_1.aspx?doc=1:26148&id=1:28813&id=1:28652&id=1:28486&id=0:262 Netherlands An estimated 30,000 people are homeless in the Netherlands Source: http://www.feantsa.org/code/en/country.asp?ID=12&Page=22 Nigeria By 2015, there will be an estimated homeless population of 24.4 million people in Nigeria http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/STATISTICS/4852366f2.pdf Palestine An estimated 24,145 Palestinian homes have been demolished in the Occupied Territories since 1967 Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7839075.stm Philippines 32.8million, 40% of the population in Philippines, live in slums Source: Homeless International, 2008 An estimated 1,200,000 children live on the streets in the Philippines Source: http://www.unhabitat.org Portugal Most homeless people live in metropolitan areas such as Lisbon and Porto. Source: European Federation of National organisations working with the Homeless (FIANCE) 2010 Russia An estimated 5 million people are homeless in Russia An estimated 1 million children are homeless in Russia Approximately 3.4%of the population is homeless Source: Russian Interior Ministry, 2008 Scotland 40,123 homeless applications accepted in 2008-09 More than 50% are asked to leave their accommodation following domestic issues Source: http://scotland.shelter.org.uk/housing_issues/research_and_statistics/key_statistics/homelessness_facts_and_research Spain An estimated 39,654 people are homeless in Spain An estimated 6,190 sleep on the streets Source: Red de Apoyo a la Integración Sociolaboral (RAIS) 2010 Sweden Around 17,800 people are homeless in Sweden Source: Swedish Home Office 2010 United Kingdom The UK has one of the highest levels of homelessness in Europe with more than 4 people per 1,000 estimated to be homeless Source: Homeless Pages, 2004. The average life expectancy of a Homeless Person in the UK is 42 years, compared to the national average of 74 for men and 79 for women. This is lower than the life expectancy of Ethiopia or the Democratic Republic of the Congo) Source: “Still Dying for a Home” – Crisis, 1996. In the UK there are 10,459 rough sleepers and 98,750 households in temporary accommodation Source: Department for Communities and Local Government, 2005 Homelessness costs London £38.9 million a year in lost economic development and costs to its justice and health-care communities, and a much higher toll in human lives Source: University of Western Ontario, 2003 The estimated cost for one homeless person in the UK to be provided accommodation and other support services is £15,000 per year Source: Homeless Link UK, 2008 Statistics indicate that 63% of homeless women in the UK have experienced domestic violence and 40% have been sexually abused Source: Homeless Link, 2007 USA Estimated homeless figures in the United States range from 600,000 to 2.5 million Source: http://www.fas.org, 2009 1.37 million of the total homeless population in USA are children under the age of 18. 40% are families with children, 41% are single males, 14% are single females Source: International Journal of Psychosocial Research, 2008 Research by Dennis Culhane, University of Pennsylvania, followed thousands of homeless people in New York and each of them used an average of $40,000 a year in public services, such as increased health care. Source: University of Pennsylvania Wales An estimated 1,475 households are homeless in Wales Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/wales_politics/8270906.stm |
