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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q1 (lowest)
Unit
lowest
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
97 places, 1,672 data points, 2000–2017
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