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People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population): Q2 by country

Countries reporting
97
Highest
99.6%
Turkmenistan
Lowest
0.5%
Chad
Median
44.5%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663

What the numbers show

People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population): Q2 is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 99.6% in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 0.5% in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 44.5%, and the mean is 47.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 191.

Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 538.9%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 66.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Turkmenistan 99.6% 2017 up 1.8% flat
2 Jordan 99.3% 2017 up 0.5% flat
3 Kazakhstan 98.8% 2017 up 1.5% flat
4 Kyrgyzstan 98.7% 2017 up 0.9% flat
5 Tajikistan 98.0% 2017 up 7.4% rising
6 Maldives 97.8% 2017 — flat
7 Barbados 97.5% 2016 unchanged flat
8 Ukraine 97.0% 2017 up 3.5% rising
9 Thailand 97.0% 2017 up 0.3% flat
10 Palestine, State of 96.7% 2017 up 2.3% flat
11 Uruguay 96.3% 2017 down 0.2% flat
12 Trinidad and Tobago 95.0% 2015 unchanged flat
13 Costa Rica 92.8% 2015 unchanged flat
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 92.6% 2017 up 5.5% rising
15 Albania 92.6% 2017 up 0.0% flat
16 Serbia 92.3% 2017 down 6.3% falling
17 Belarus 90.5% 2017 down 3.8% falling
18 Egypt 87.7% 2017 down 0.5% flat
19 Saint Lucia 87.4% 2017 up 5.2% rising
20 Montenegro 87.0% 2017 down 5.5% falling
21 Türkiye 86.4% 2017 up 32.1% rising
22 Mexico 85.3% 2017 up 18.3% rising
23 Armenia 83.6% 2017 up 4.7% rising
24 Tunisia 83.0% 2017 up 35.2% rising
25 Iraq 82.3% 2017 up 13.4% rising
26 Guyana 81.2% 2017 up 10.0% rising
27 Jamaica 80.2% 2017 up 0.7% flat
28 North Macedonia 79.3% 2017 down 0.7% flat
29 Algeria 78.4% 2017 unchanged flat
30 Belize 74.3% 2017 down 12.6% falling
31 El Salvador 71.5% 2017 unchanged flat
32 Dominican Republic 69.1% 2017 up 4.6% rising
33 Viet Nam 67.5% 2017 up 50.0% rising
34 South Africa 66.6% 2017 up 53.9% rising
35 Nepal 65.0% 2017 up 157.4% volatile
36 Georgia 63.7% 2017 down 24.8% falling
37 Colombia 63.7% 2017 up 25.9% rising
38 Paraguay 63.0% 2017 up 18.3% rising
39 Honduras 62.7% 2017 up 25.4% rising
40 Republic of Moldova 62.4% 2017 up 2.3% flat
41 Panama 61.9% 2017 unchanged flat
42 Philippines 61.6% 2017 up 31.5% rising
43 Rwanda 60.7% 2017 up 23.1% rising
44 Indonesia 56.9% 2017 up 62.2% rising
45 Eswatini 54.5% 2017 up 23.6% rising
46 Nicaragua 52.5% 2017 up 26.7% rising
47 Peru 51.6% 2017 up 46.7% rising
48 Guatemala 46.2% 2017 up 14.5% rising
49 Lao People's Democratic Republic 44.5% 2017 up 112.6% rising
50 Suriname 43.4% 2017 up 4.0% rising
51 Burundi 42.0% 2017 down 3.1% flat
52 Pakistan 39.4% 2017 up 45.4% rising
53 Lesotho 35.7% 2017 up 88.6% rising
54 Mongolia 35.0% 2017 up 88.8% rising
55 Bangladesh 29.7% 2017 up 71.3% rising
56 Afghanistan 27.9% 2017 up 35.6% rising
57 Gambia 26.7% 2017 down 32.3% falling
58 Yemen 26.6% 2017 up 49.4% rising
59 Comoros 25.0% 2017 up 58.5% rising
60 Cambodia 23.7% 2017 up 242.3% volatile
61 Sao Tome and Principe 20.6% 2017 up 74.1% rising
62 India 19.2% 2017 up 181.1% volatile
63 Nigeria 19.0% 2017 down 28.7% falling
64 Malawi 18.5% 2017 up 13.1% rising
65 Mali 18.4% 2017 up 19.7% rising
66 Zambia 18.0% 2017 up 80.7% rising
67 Tanzania, United Republic of 17.5% 2017 up 278.2% volatile
68 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 17.2% 2017 down 7.8% falling
69 Senegal 16.8% 2017 up 3.4% rising
70 Zimbabwe 16.8% 2017 down 15.7% falling
71 Kenya 16.0% 2017 up 37.9% rising
72 Angola 14.3% 2017 up 120.6% volatile
73 Gabon 14.3% 2017 down 12.4% falling
74 Haiti 13.9% 2017 up 94.0% rising
75 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 13.8% 2017 up 22.2% rising
76 Cameroon 10.8% 2017 down 51.3% falling
77 Burkina Faso 10.6% 2017 up 151.4% volatile
78 Ghana 10.2% 2017 up 7.3% rising
79 Uganda 10.1% 2017 up 43.8% rising
80 Mozambique 10.1% 2017 up 31.3% rising
81 Guinea 9.3% 2017 up 68.0% rising
82 Guinea-Bissau 6.7% 2017 up 30.7% rising
83 Côte d'Ivoire 6.5% 2017 down 0.6% flat
84 Sudan 6.2% 2017 down 15.5% falling
85 Namibia 5.7% 2017 up 50.9% rising
86 Mauritania 5.2% 2017 up 26.8% rising
87 Ethiopia 5.1% 2017 up 55.0% rising
88 Togo 3.4% 2017 up 46.5% rising
89 Sierra Leone 3.4% 2017 down 14.1% falling
90 Niger 3.0% 2017 up 277.7% volatile
91 Liberia 2.7% 2017 up 105.8% rising
92 Somalia 2.2% 2017 up 46.2% rising
93 Madagascar 2.0% 2017 up 538.9% volatile
94 Congo 1.9% 2017 up 7.8% rising
95 Benin 1.6% 2017 up 5.4% rising
96 Central African Republic 1.3% 2016 up 10.2% rising
97 Chad 0.5% 2017 down 66.8% falling

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Indicator
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population): Q2
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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