People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4 by country
Countries reporting
97
Highest
100.0%
Viet Nam
Lowest
5.4%
Chad
Median
76.9%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,672
What the numbers show
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4 is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Viet Nam; the lowest is 5.4% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 76.9%, and the mean is 67.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 235.8%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 17.2%).
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viet Nam | 100.0% | 2017 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 100.0% | 2017 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 3 | Serbia | 99.2% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Ukraine | 99.2% | 2017 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 5 | Maldives | 99.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 6 | Montenegro | 98.8% | 2017 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 7 | Tunisia | 98.8% | 2017 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 8 | Saint Lucia | 98.7% | 2017 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 9 | Jordan | 98.6% | 2017 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 98.4% | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 11 | Mexico | 98.1% | 2017 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 98.1% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | North Macedonia | 98.0% | 2017 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 14 | Albania | 97.9% | 2017 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 15 | Thailand | 97.8% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 16 | Barbados | 97.6% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96.9% | 2017 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 18 | Belize | 96.8% | 2017 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 19 | Uruguay | 96.7% | 2017 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 20 | Trinidad and Tobago | 96.4% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 96.3% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 22 | Paraguay | 96.1% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 23 | Belarus | 96.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Egypt | 95.9% | 2017 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 95.7% | 2017 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 26 | Tajikistan | 95.6% | 2017 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 27 | Palestine, State of | 95.5% | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 28 | Georgia | 95.5% | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 29 | Armenia | 95.2% | 2017 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 30 | Jamaica | 94.8% | 2017 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 31 | Panama | 94.7% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Suriname | 94.6% | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 33 | Turkmenistan | 94.4% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | El Salvador | 94.2% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Colombia | 93.3% | 2017 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 36 | Algeria | 93.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 92.5% | 2017 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 38 | Guyana | 92.0% | 2017 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 39 | Iraq | 91.4% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 40 | Pakistan | 90.9% | 2017 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 41 | Peru | 88.1% | 2017 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 42 | Indonesia | 86.6% | 2017 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 43 | Philippines | 86.1% | 2017 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 44 | Honduras | 84.0% | 2017 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 45 | South Africa | 83.0% | 2017 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 46 | Republic of Moldova | 80.0% | 2017 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 47 | Yemen | 79.8% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 48 | Nicaragua | 78.5% | 2017 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 49 | Guatemala | 76.9% | 2017 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 50 | Rwanda | 74.6% | 2017 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 51 | Cambodia | 73.6% | 2017 | up 110.6% | rising |
| 52 | Mongolia | 70.2% | 2017 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 53 | Nepal | 69.8% | 2017 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 54 | Senegal | 67.6% | 2017 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 55 | Angola | 66.8% | 2017 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 56 | Sao Tome and Principe | 65.8% | 2017 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 57 | India | 64.4% | 2017 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 58 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 61.5% | 2017 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 59.4% | 2017 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 60 | Mauritania | 57.2% | 2017 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 61 | Namibia | 56.4% | 2017 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 62 | Burundi | 56.0% | 2017 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 63 | Eswatini | 54.9% | 2017 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 64 | Lesotho | 54.2% | 2017 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 65 | Cameroon | 54.1% | 2017 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 66 | Sudan | 51.9% | 2017 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 67 | Gabon | 49.5% | 2017 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 47.8% | 2017 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 69 | Mali | 46.6% | 2017 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 70 | Somalia | 44.4% | 2017 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 71 | Central African Republic | 43.4% | 2016 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 72 | Gambia | 43.1% | 2017 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 73 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 42.9% | 2017 | up 199.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Nigeria | 38.3% | 2017 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 75 | Haiti | 36.2% | 2017 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 76 | Guinea | 35.6% | 2017 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 77 | Kenya | 35.4% | 2017 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 78 | Comoros | 33.6% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 79 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31.0% | 2017 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 80 | Afghanistan | 29.1% | 2017 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 81 | Mozambique | 28.7% | 2017 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 82 | Uganda | 27.2% | 2017 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 83 | Zambia | 26.6% | 2017 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 84 | Burkina Faso | 26.1% | 2017 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 85 | Malawi | 24.1% | 2017 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 86 | Congo | 21.9% | 2017 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 87 | Guinea-Bissau | 21.3% | 2017 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 88 | Ghana | 19.9% | 2017 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 89 | Liberia | 19.4% | 2017 | up 106.3% | rising |
| 90 | Sierra Leone | 18.9% | 2017 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 91 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 17.7% | 2017 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 92 | Togo | 17.5% | 2017 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 93 | Benin | 15.2% | 2017 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 94 | Niger | 10.2% | 2017 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 95 | Ethiopia | 7.8% | 2017 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 96 | Madagascar | 6.1% | 2017 | up 235.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Chad | 5.4% | 2017 | down 17.2% | falling |