People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population): Q1 (lowest) by country

Countries reporting
97
Highest
100.0%
Palestine, State of
Lowest
0.3%
Chad
Median
32.1%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663

What the numbers show

People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Palestine, State of; the lowest is 0.3% in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 32.1%, and the mean is 40.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 327.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 644.1%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 71.6%).

People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Palestine, State of 100.0% 2017 up 59.2% rising
2 Kyrgyzstan 99.9% 2017 up 7.2% rising
3 Turkmenistan 99.3% 2017 up 1.7% flat
4 Jordan 98.9% 2017 up 4.3% rising
5 Kazakhstan 98.2% 2017 up 1.0% flat
6 Tajikistan 97.2% 2017 up 8.3% rising
7 Maldives 97.0% 2017 flat
8 Ukraine 96.1% 2017 up 6.0% rising
9 Thailand 93.5% 2017 up 2.4% flat
10 Barbados 92.8% 2016 unchanged flat
11 Trinidad and Tobago 91.8% 2015 unchanged flat
12 Egypt 90.5% 2017 up 16.8% rising
13 Albania 89.8% 2017 up 3.2% flat
14 Belarus 87.7% 2017 down 7.0% falling
15 Uruguay 86.0% 2017 down 4.8% falling
16 Costa Rica 83.7% 2015 unchanged flat
17 Serbia 82.8% 2017 down 12.5% falling
18 Montenegro 82.0% 2017 down 9.1% falling
19 Saint Lucia 81.9% 2017 up 32.7% rising
20 Iraq 80.3% 2017 up 43.0% rising
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 80.0% 2017 down 0.5% flat
22 Türkiye 77.8% 2017 up 49.0% rising
23 Mexico 75.2% 2017 up 20.9% rising
24 Armenia 75.0% 2017 up 3.2% rising
25 Jamaica 74.8% 2017 up 2.6% rising
26 Nepal 71.9% 2017 up 181.8% volatile
27 Belize 69.2% 2017 up 1.0% flat
28 Tunisia 65.8% 2017 up 47.7% rising
29 Guyana 65.0% 2017 up 16.1% rising
30 Georgia 64.8% 2017 down 21.1% falling
31 Algeria 63.3% 2017 unchanged flat
32 South Africa 63.1% 2017 up 50.1% rising
33 North Macedonia 61.6% 2017 down 5.6% falling
34 El Salvador 57.4% 2017 unchanged flat
35 Republic of Moldova 56.6% 2017 up 2.1% flat
36 Honduras 52.5% 2017 up 19.7% rising
37 Dominican Republic 51.2% 2017 up 12.4% rising
38 Rwanda 49.9% 2017 up 38.0% rising
39 Peru 49.0% 2017 up 58.4% rising
40 Philippines 47.1% 2017 up 35.7% rising
41 Paraguay 42.8% 2017 up 39.1% rising
42 Guatemala 42.3% 2017 up 16.7% rising
43 Eswatini 39.3% 2017 up 33.6% rising
44 Nicaragua 36.0% 2017 up 28.2% rising
45 Viet Nam 34.7% 2017 up 55.1% rising
46 Colombia 34.7% 2017 up 24.8% rising
47 Indonesia 33.9% 2017 up 74.2% rising
48 Panama 32.1% 2017 unchanged flat
49 Burundi 32.1% 2017 down 18.0% falling
50 Afghanistan 30.8% 2017 up 209.7% rising
51 Comoros 27.7% 2017 up 82.4% rising
52 Lesotho 26.4% 2017 up 92.2% rising
53 Gambia 26.1% 2017 down 13.7% falling
54 Lao People's Democratic Republic 24.5% 2017 up 79.1% rising
55 Bangladesh 21.5% 2017 up 74.6% rising
56 Suriname 20.1% 2017 up 36.7% rising
57 Pakistan 18.5% 2017 up 25.0% rising
58 Gabon 17.7% 2017 down 14.5% falling
59 Malawi 15.0% 2017 up 16.3% rising
60 Tanzania, United Republic of 14.8% 2017 up 285.5% volatile
61 Mongolia 14.2% 2017 up 73.0% rising
62 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13.9% 2017 up 0.9% flat
63 Cambodia 13.6% 2017 up 283.7% volatile
64 Nigeria 13.0% 2017 down 32.1% falling
65 Mali 12.4% 2017 down 3.6% falling
66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 11.8% 2017 up 58.4% rising
67 Sao Tome and Principe 11.8% 2017 down 5.2% falling
68 Yemen 11.5% 2017 up 89.4% rising
69 Zambia 11.1% 2017 up 95.0% rising
70 Haiti 10.1% 2017 up 52.4% rising
71 Zimbabwe 8.7% 2017 down 8.3% falling
72 Kenya 8.7% 2017 up 38.6% rising
73 Mozambique 8.4% 2017 down 8.4% falling
74 Guinea 8.1% 2017 up 101.4% rising
75 India 7.6% 2017 up 125.9% rising
76 Angola 7.2% 2017 up 114.5% volatile
77 Ghana 7.1% 2017 up 8.9% rising
78 Sudan 6.7% 2017 up 23.5% rising
79 Burkina Faso 6.6% 2017 up 209.9% volatile
80 Senegal 6.1% 2017 down 43.6% falling
81 Cameroon 5.5% 2017 down 63.5% falling
82 Côte d'Ivoire 4.9% 2017 up 15.2% rising
83 Ethiopia 4.8% 2017 up 81.0% rising
84 Uganda 4.4% 2017 down 32.9% falling
85 Guinea-Bissau 4.0% 2017 up 5.8% rising
86 Somalia 3.3% 2017 up 98.6% rising
87 Togo 2.9% 2017 up 70.5% rising
88 Mauritania 2.9% 2017 up 4.9% rising
89 Sierra Leone 2.6% 2017 down 16.5% falling
90 Niger 2.6% 2017 up 205.9% volatile
91 Namibia 2.1% 2017 up 63.3% rising
92 Madagascar 1.3% 2017 up 644.1% volatile
93 Liberia 1.3% 2017 up 23.8% rising
94 Central African Republic 0.9% 2016 up 6.3% rising
95 Congo 0.8% 2017 down 1.9% flat
96 Benin 0.7% 2017 up 5.8% rising
97 Chad 0.3% 2017 down 71.6% falling

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Indicator
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population): Q1 (lowest)
Unit
lowest
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, 1,663 data points, 2000–2017
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