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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5 (highest)
Unit
highest
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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