People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 by country
Countries reporting
97
Highest
99.5%
Turkmenistan
Lowest
0.5%
Chad
Median
55.6%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,672
What the numbers show
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 99.5% in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 0.5% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 55.6%, and the mean is 52.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 215.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 588.7%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 77.8%).
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 99.5% | 2017 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 2 | Ukraine | 98.7% | 2017 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 3 | Jordan | 98.7% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | Maldives | 98.2% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 97.7% | 2017 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 6 | Tajikistan | 97.5% | 2017 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 97.4% | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 97.4% | 2017 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 9 | Uruguay | 97.1% | 2017 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 10 | Serbia | 96.4% | 2017 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 11 | Thailand | 96.1% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 12 | Türkiye | 96.1% | 2017 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 13 | Palestine, State of | 95.4% | 2017 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Tunisia | 94.9% | 2017 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 15 | Barbados | 94.8% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Montenegro | 94.6% | 2017 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 17 | Belarus | 93.9% | 2017 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 18 | Albania | 93.8% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 92.3% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Trinidad and Tobago | 91.5% | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 21 | Mexico | 91.0% | 2017 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 22 | North Macedonia | 89.8% | 2017 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 23 | Armenia | 89.3% | 2017 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 88.8% | 2017 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 25 | Egypt | 88.8% | 2017 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 26 | Iraq | 88.0% | 2017 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 27 | Paraguay | 86.9% | 2017 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 28 | Jamaica | 83.2% | 2017 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 29 | Algeria | 82.4% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Belize | 82.4% | 2017 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 31 | Guyana | 81.9% | 2017 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 32 | El Salvador | 81.2% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Suriname | 80.5% | 2017 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 34 | Panama | 78.2% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 77.4% | 2017 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 36 | Colombia | 76.8% | 2017 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 37 | Viet Nam | 76.8% | 2017 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 38 | Georgia | 72.0% | 2017 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 39 | Peru | 68.7% | 2017 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 40 | Honduras | 67.9% | 2017 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 41 | Indonesia | 66.9% | 2017 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 42 | Moldova | 66.0% | 2017 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 43 | Philippines | 64.0% | 2017 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 44 | Mongolia | 61.2% | 2017 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 45 | Rwanda | 59.4% | 2017 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 46 | Nicaragua | 58.9% | 2017 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 47 | Nepal | 58.7% | 2017 | up 146.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Eswatini | 56.2% | 2017 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 49 | South Africa | 55.6% | 2017 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 50 | Guatemala | 54.7% | 2017 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 51 | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 51.6% | 2017 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 52 | Pakistan | 45.1% | 2017 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 53 | Burundi | 43.0% | 2017 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 54 | Lesotho | 39.7% | 2017 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 55 | Yemen | 37.4% | 2017 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 35.0% | 2017 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 57 | Bolivia | 34.9% | 2017 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 58 | Gambia | 31.6% | 2017 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 59 | Senegal | 31.2% | 2017 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 60 | Cambodia | 27.9% | 2017 | up 236.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Afghanistan | 26.4% | 2017 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 62 | Sao Tome and Principe | 25.8% | 2017 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 63 | Nigeria | 25.5% | 2017 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 25.3% | 2017 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 65 | India | 25.2% | 2017 | up 144.4% | rising |
| 66 | Comoros | 24.6% | 2017 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 67 | Angola | 23.9% | 2017 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 68 | Mali | 21.7% | 2017 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 69 | Malawi | 20.5% | 2017 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 70 | Kenya | 19.2% | 2017 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 71 | Tanzania | 18.6% | 2017 | up 280.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Zambia | 18.4% | 2017 | up 105.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Haiti | 18.1% | 2017 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 74 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 17.8% | 2017 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 75 | Somalia | 17.0% | 2017 | up 216.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.1% | 2017 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 77 | Gabon | 14.9% | 2017 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 78 | Cameroon | 14.9% | 2017 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 79 | Guinea | 14.3% | 2017 | up 140.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Mozambique | 13.1% | 2017 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 81 | Mauritania | 12.3% | 2017 | up 82.6% | rising |
| 82 | Congo | 12.2% | 2017 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 83 | Burkina Faso | 11.8% | 2017 | up 144.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Côte d’Ivoire | 11.8% | 2017 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 85 | Ghana | 11.7% | 2017 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 86 | Uganda | 10.7% | 2017 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 87 | Namibia | 10.6% | 2017 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 88 | Sudan | 8.8% | 2017 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 5.4% | 2017 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 90 | Ethiopia | 5.4% | 2017 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 4.2% | 2016 | up 106.8% | rising |
| 92 | Niger | 3.7% | 2017 | up 265.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Liberia | 3.6% | 2017 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 94 | Benin | 3.2% | 2017 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 95 | Togo | 2.8% | 2017 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 96 | Madagascar | 2.4% | 2017 | up 588.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Chad | 0.5% | 2017 | down 77.8% | falling |