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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |