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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |