People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q3 by country

Countries reporting
97
Highest
99.8%
Kyrgyzstan
Lowest
1.3%
Chad
Median
63.6%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,672

What the numbers show

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q3 is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 99.8% in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 1.3% in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 63.6%, and the mean is 59.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 76.

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 395.3%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 65.9%).

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q3: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kyrgyzstan 99.8% 2017 up 10.2% rising
2 Ukraine 99.4% 2017 up 2.7% rising
3 Turkmenistan 99.3% 2017 up 2.2% flat
4 Jordan 98.9% 2017 up 0.0% flat
5 Maldives 98.7% 2017 flat
6 Türkiye 98.4% 2017 up 3.0% rising
7 Serbia 98.3% 2017 down 0.9% flat
8 Tunisia 98.1% 2017 up 3.3% rising
9 Costa Rica 97.7% 2015 unchanged flat
10 Uruguay 97.6% 2017 down 0.0% flat
11 Kazakhstan 97.6% 2017 up 0.4% flat
12 Montenegro 97.5% 2017 down 1.7% flat
13 Tajikistan 97.4% 2017 up 4.5% rising
14 Barbados 97.2% 2016 unchanged flat
15 Albania 97.1% 2017 down 0.3% flat
16 Mexico 96.8% 2017 up 0.2% flat
17 Saint Lucia 96.3% 2017 up 5.4% rising
18 Thailand 96.3% 2017 down 0.0% flat
19 Paraguay 95.9% 2017 up 7.7% rising
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 95.7% 2017 down 0.5% flat
21 Palestine, State of 95.3% 2017 up 0.0% flat
22 North Macedonia 95.2% 2017 up 3.1% rising
23 Trinidad and Tobago 94.9% 2017 up 1.0% flat
24 Belarus 93.4% 2017 down 0.2% flat
25 Armenia 93.2% 2017 up 3.9% rising
26 Iraq 92.5% 2017 up 11.9% rising
27 Viet Nam 92.0% 2017 up 37.7% rising
28 Belize 91.4% 2017 up 1.8% flat
29 Suriname 90.8% 2017 up 1.5% flat
30 Panama 90.5% 2017 unchanged flat
31 Dominican Republic 89.6% 2017 up 1.8% flat
32 Egypt 89.5% 2017 down 6.3% falling
33 Algeria 89.3% 2017 unchanged flat
34 El Salvador 87.5% 2017 unchanged flat
35 Colombia 86.6% 2017 up 4.5% rising
36 Guyana 85.8% 2017 up 6.1% rising
37 Jamaica 84.1% 2017 up 0.5% flat
38 Georgia 83.2% 2017 down 8.3% falling
39 Honduras 80.2% 2017 up 19.3% rising
40 Indonesia 79.4% 2017 up 32.2% rising
41 Peru 77.3% 2017 up 15.9% rising
42 Philippines 73.8% 2017 up 1.8% flat
43 Republic of Moldova 72.5% 2017 up 3.0% rising
44 Lao People's Democratic Republic 70.6% 2017 up 51.2% rising
45 Rwanda 68.9% 2017 up 13.7% rising
46 Nicaragua 67.2% 2017 up 13.5% rising
47 Guatemala 66.3% 2017 up 7.0% rising
48 Eswatini 63.9% 2017 up 15.6% rising
49 Pakistan 63.6% 2017 up 32.5% rising
50 Senegal 62.0% 2017 up 29.2% rising
51 Yemen 60.5% 2017 up 23.5% rising
52 Mongolia 59.4% 2017 up 7.0% rising
53 South Africa 55.5% 2017 down 3.5% falling
54 Lesotho 54.0% 2017 up 70.4% rising
55 Nepal 53.1% 2017 up 105.5% rising
56 Bangladesh 49.2% 2017 up 66.4% rising
57 Cambodia 48.2% 2017 up 215.5% volatile
58 Burundi 47.7% 2017 up 3.2% flat
59 Zimbabwe 45.6% 2017 down 3.2% falling
60 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 44.5% 2017 up 37.2% rising
61 India 42.1% 2017 up 84.7% rising
62 Angola 40.9% 2017 up 36.6% rising
63 Sao Tome and Principe 39.8% 2017 up 56.9% rising
64 Somalia 38.6% 2017 up 196.7% volatile
65 Gambia 36.2% 2017 down 18.5% falling
66 Cameroon 34.2% 2017 up 2.8% rising
67 Nigeria 32.8% 2017 up 19.6% rising
68 Afghanistan 32.5% 2017 up 42.5% rising
69 Mauritania 31.0% 2017 up 46.4% rising
70 Haiti 29.5% 2017 up 72.9% rising
71 Mali 28.7% 2017 up 21.4% rising
72 Guinea 27.2% 2017 up 108.9% rising
73 Kenya 26.5% 2017 up 40.3% rising
74 Comoros 25.4% 2017 up 10.0% rising
75 Tanzania, United Republic of 24.6% 2017 up 186.8% volatile
76 Gabon 24.2% 2017 down 9.1% falling
77 Namibia 22.2% 2017 up 36.0% rising
78 Zambia 22.1% 2017 up 72.1% rising
79 Sudan 22.1% 2017 up 36.1% rising
80 Malawi 21.5% 2017 up 10.9% rising
81 Guinea-Bissau 20.9% 2017 up 59.6% rising
82 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 17.9% 2017 down 14.1% falling
83 Côte d'Ivoire 17.3% 2017 down 13.9% falling
84 Mozambique 16.8% 2017 up 39.5% rising
85 Uganda 16.2% 2017 up 41.4% rising
86 Burkina Faso 15.2% 2017 up 73.4% rising
87 Ghana 15.0% 2017 up 14.1% rising
88 Congo 14.6% 2017 up 44.9% rising
89 Central African Republic 11.9% 2016 up 63.6% rising
90 Sierra Leone 10.8% 2017 up 39.6% rising
91 Liberia 7.5% 2017 up 49.1% rising
92 Benin 6.7% 2017 up 37.7% rising
93 Ethiopia 6.5% 2017 up 56.4% rising
94 Togo 6.5% 2017 up 30.5% rising
95 Niger 5.2% 2017 up 192.2% volatile
96 Madagascar 3.2% 2017 up 395.3% volatile
97 Chad 1.3% 2017 down 65.9% falling

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Indicator
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q3
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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