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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4
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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