People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q1 (lowest) by country
Countries reporting
97
Highest
98.9%
Kyrgyzstan
Lowest
0.6%
Chad
Median
41.0%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,672
What the numbers show
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 98.9% in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 0.6% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 41.0%, and the mean is 43.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 158.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 534.1%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 60.1%).
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q1: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 98.9% | 2017 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 98.2% | 2017 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 3 | Jordan | 98.0% | 2017 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 4 | Maldives | 97.4% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 5 | Tajikistan | 97.3% | 2017 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 97.0% | 2017 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 7 | Palestine, State of | 96.4% | 2017 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 8 | Ukraine | 95.6% | 2017 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 9 | Thailand | 93.7% | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 10 | Barbados | 92.7% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Türkiye | 92.3% | 2017 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 12 | Albania | 90.5% | 2017 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 13 | Egypt | 89.4% | 2017 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 14 | Belarus | 88.8% | 2017 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 15 | Uruguay | 88.5% | 2017 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 87.9% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Serbia | 87.8% | 2017 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 18 | Montenegro | 84.9% | 2017 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 84.4% | 2017 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 20 | Armenia | 83.9% | 2017 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | 83.8% | 2017 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 22 | Mexico | 80.5% | 2017 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 23 | Tunisia | 79.8% | 2017 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 24 | Iraq | 78.0% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 76.5% | 2017 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 26 | Jamaica | 74.3% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 27 | North Macedonia | 72.8% | 2017 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 28 | Algeria | 72.6% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Belize | 69.4% | 2017 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 30 | Nepal | 69.1% | 2017 | up 175.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Guyana | 68.5% | 2017 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 32 | El Salvador | 65.3% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Georgia | 65.3% | 2017 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 34 | Republic of Moldova | 59.1% | 2017 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 35 | Colombia | 58.1% | 2017 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 57.2% | 2017 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 37 | Paraguay | 57.0% | 2017 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 38 | South Africa | 53.9% | 2017 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 39 | Peru | 53.9% | 2017 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 40 | Honduras | 53.6% | 2017 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 41 | Panama | 52.7% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Philippines | 49.8% | 2017 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 43 | Rwanda | 47.5% | 2017 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 44 | Nicaragua | 45.9% | 2017 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 45 | Guatemala | 44.9% | 2017 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 46 | Suriname | 44.1% | 2017 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 47 | Indonesia | 41.9% | 2017 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 48 | Eswatini | 41.8% | 2017 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 49 | Viet Nam | 41.0% | 2017 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 50 | Mongolia | 36.8% | 2017 | up 99.7% | rising |
| 51 | Burundi | 32.1% | 2017 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 52 | Afghanistan | 30.9% | 2017 | up 160.7% | rising |
| 53 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 29.4% | 2017 | up 92.4% | rising |
| 54 | Comoros | 29.2% | 2017 | up 82.5% | rising |
| 55 | Lesotho | 28.2% | 2017 | up 88.6% | rising |
| 56 | Gambia | 26.7% | 2017 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 22.5% | 2017 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 58 | Nigeria | 17.3% | 2017 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 59 | Pakistan | 16.4% | 2017 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 60 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 16.3% | 2017 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 61 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 16.3% | 2017 | up 280.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 15.5% | 2017 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 63 | Malawi | 15.5% | 2017 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 64 | Cambodia | 14.6% | 2017 | up 293.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Mali | 14.4% | 2017 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 66 | Gabon | 14.2% | 2017 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 67 | Zambia | 14.0% | 2017 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 68 | Yemen | 13.4% | 2017 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 69 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12.8% | 2017 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 70 | Angola | 12.0% | 2017 | up 107.4% | rising |
| 71 | Haiti | 11.6% | 2017 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 72 | Kenya | 10.5% | 2017 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 73 | India | 10.3% | 2017 | up 138.4% | rising |
| 74 | Senegal | 10.3% | 2017 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 10.0% | 2017 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 9.7% | 2017 | up 209.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Ghana | 8.6% | 2017 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 78 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.3% | 2017 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 79 | Mozambique | 8.2% | 2017 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 80 | Guinea | 8.2% | 2017 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 81 | Cameroon | 7.9% | 2017 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 82 | Sudan | 7.4% | 2017 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 83 | Somalia | 5.8% | 2017 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 84 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.5% | 2017 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 85 | Uganda | 5.4% | 2017 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 86 | Ethiopia | 5.1% | 2017 | up 83.7% | rising |
| 87 | Mauritania | 4.0% | 2017 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 88 | Namibia | 3.8% | 2017 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 3.5% | 2017 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 90 | Niger | 3.1% | 2017 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 91 | Togo | 2.8% | 2017 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 92 | Congo | 2.5% | 2017 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 93 | Liberia | 1.9% | 2017 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 94 | Madagascar | 1.6% | 2017 | up 534.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Benin | 0.8% | 2017 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 96 | Central African Republic | 0.7% | 2016 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 97 | Chad | 0.6% | 2017 | down 44.4% | falling |