Homeless Statistics:
An estimated 100 million people worldwide are homeless. Source: United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 2005In the USA as many as 3.5 million people experience homelessness in a given year. Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration , 2007
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.
There are 200,000 Homeless people in Canada. Source: International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 2008.
Supporting Canda's homeless population costs Canadian Tax Payers CAD$6 billion a year. (£3.1 billion)
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
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
Over 10,000 homeless in Sao Paulo sleep in the city’s streets, squares, underpasses, thoroughfares, cemeteries, and shelters. Source: Brazil’s Economic Research Institute Foundation, 2003.
1 in 4 people homeless in the UK are ex-military. Source: Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation
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. (Which is lower than the life expectancy of Ethiopia of 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
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
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
1 million people in France are legally homeless, of which 100,000 are on the streets. Source: “The Children of Don Quixote”, Lobby Group, 2007
In 2001 it was estimated that 91.1% of Malawi’s urban population lived in slums. Source: Homeless International
There are 1,000,000 people homeless in Somalia. Source: UN Refugee Agency, 2007
In 2003, there were 78 Million homeless people in India.Source: Action Aid, 2003.
100,000 people sleep on the streets of Australia everyday. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2003.
The Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) is Australia’s major homelessness support program. Last year it provided support to almost 190,000 people. Source: Homelessness Australia, 2008
The Philippines has a total population of 82 million people, who are dispersed across thousands of islands, of which forty percent live in slums (32.8million). Source: Homeless International, 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
Women and Children are the fastest growing group of those who are homeless in Canada. Source: Women’s Housing Advocacy Group, 2003.
