People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5 (highest) by country
Countries reporting
97
Highest
100.0%
Tunisia
Lowest
17.4%
Madagascar
Median
91.9%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,672
What the numbers show
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5 (highest) is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Tunisia; the lowest is 17.4% in Madagascar.
The median across all reporting countries is 91.9%, and the mean is 79.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania, United Republic of (up 72.1%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 5.9%).
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia | 100.0% | 2017 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 100.0% | 2017 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 100.0% | 2017 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 4 | Ukraine | 99.8% | 2017 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 5 | Türkiye | 99.7% | 2017 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 6 | Serbia | 99.5% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Montenegro | 99.3% | 2017 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 8 | Mexico | 99.3% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 9 | Thailand | 99.2% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 99.1% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 11 | Panama | 99.1% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Georgia | 99.1% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 99.1% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Saint Lucia | 99.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Jamaica | 98.9% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Maldives | 98.9% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.9% | 2017 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.8% | 2017 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 19 | Jordan | 98.5% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Paraguay | 98.5% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 21 | Belize | 98.4% | 2017 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 22 | Albania | 98.3% | 2017 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 23 | Viet Nam | 98.2% | 2017 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 24 | Egypt | 98.1% | 2017 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 25 | Uruguay | 97.9% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 26 | El Salvador | 97.7% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Barbados | 97.6% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Peru | 97.1% | 2017 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 29 | Armenia | 96.9% | 2017 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 30 | Suriname | 96.9% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 31 | Colombia | 96.8% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 96.5% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Turkmenistan | 96.4% | 2017 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 34 | Tajikistan | 96.3% | 2017 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 35 | Belarus | 96.3% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Palestine, State of | 96.2% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 37 | Kyrgyzstan | 96.2% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 38 | Yemen | 96.2% | 2017 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 39 | Indonesia | 96.0% | 2017 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 40 | Guyana | 95.9% | 2017 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 41 | Algeria | 95.1% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Mongolia | 95.0% | 2017 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 43 | Philippines | 94.8% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 44 | Republic of Moldova | 94.7% | 2017 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 45 | South Africa | 94.6% | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 46 | Honduras | 94.0% | 2017 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 47 | Guatemala | 92.6% | 2017 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 48 | Nicaragua | 92.2% | 2017 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 49 | Cambodia | 91.9% | 2017 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 50 | Angola | 91.8% | 2017 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 51 | Iraq | 90.7% | 2017 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 52 | Pakistan | 89.0% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 53 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 88.1% | 2017 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 54 | India | 87.9% | 2017 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 55 | Namibia | 87.4% | 2017 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 56 | Gabon | 85.6% | 2017 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 84.7% | 2017 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 58 | Senegal | 84.3% | 2017 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 59 | Sudan | 81.0% | 2017 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 60 | Mauritania | 78.5% | 2017 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 61 | Mozambique | 75.4% | 2017 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 62 | Nepal | 74.5% | 2017 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 63 | Cameroon | 73.7% | 2017 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 73.6% | 2017 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 65 | Central African Republic | 71.9% | 2016 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 66 | Gambia | 71.6% | 2017 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 67 | Côte d'Ivoire | 70.9% | 2017 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 68 | Haiti | 68.0% | 2017 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 69 | Rwanda | 66.8% | 2017 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 65.0% | 2017 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 71 | Lesotho | 64.5% | 2017 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 72 | Mali | 64.5% | 2017 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 73 | Zambia | 64.2% | 2017 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 74 | Eswatini | 63.4% | 2017 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 75 | Burundi | 63.0% | 2017 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 57.9% | 2017 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 77 | Liberia | 57.9% | 2017 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 78 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 57.5% | 2017 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 79 | Afghanistan | 55.6% | 2017 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 80 | Guinea | 54.8% | 2017 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 81 | Comoros | 54.1% | 2017 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 82 | Nigeria | 52.1% | 2017 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 83 | Somalia | 51.4% | 2017 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 84 | Kenya | 51.0% | 2017 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 85 | Congo | 48.9% | 2017 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 86 | Benin | 46.1% | 2017 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 87 | Ghana | 45.1% | 2017 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 88 | Togo | 44.2% | 2017 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 89 | Guinea-Bissau | 43.5% | 2017 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 90 | Uganda | 43.1% | 2017 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 91 | Malawi | 41.5% | 2017 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 37.1% | 2017 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 93 | Niger | 35.6% | 2017 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 94 | Chad | 35.5% | 2017 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 95 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 25.6% | 2017 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 96 | Ethiopia | 21.0% | 2017 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 97 | Madagascar | 17.4% | 2017 | up 69.6% | rising |