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People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population): Q3 by country

Countries reporting
97
Highest
99.8%
Turkmenistan
Lowest
0.6%
Chad
Median
55.4%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663

What the numbers show

People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population): Q3 is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 99.8% in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 0.6% in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 55.4%, and the mean is 52.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 158.

Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 525.2%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 73.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Turkmenistan 99.8% 2017 up 2.4% flat
2 Uruguay 99.3% 2017 up 0.4% flat
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.9% 2017 up 8.8% rising
4 Kazakhstan 98.8% 2017 up 1.3% flat
5 Saint Lucia 98.8% 2017 up 6.7% rising
6 Jordan 98.6% 2017 up 0.1% flat
7 Kyrgyzstan 98.3% 2017 up 4.0% rising
8 Maldives 98.0% 2017 — flat
9 Tajikistan 97.3% 2017 up 4.5% rising
10 Thailand 97.0% 2017 up 0.1% flat
11 Ukraine 96.1% 2017 up 2.2% flat
12 Palestine, State of 95.9% 2017 up 1.5% flat
13 Serbia 95.2% 2017 down 3.7% falling
14 Costa Rica 94.6% 2015 unchanged flat
15 Trinidad and Tobago 94.5% 2015 unchanged flat
16 Barbados 93.8% 2016 unchanged flat
17 Montenegro 93.5% 2017 down 5.0% falling
18 Tunisia 92.4% 2017 up 26.8% rising
19 Belarus 92.4% 2017 down 3.9% falling
20 Albania 91.6% 2017 down 2.3% flat
21 Belize 88.8% 2017 up 2.9% flat
22 Egypt 88.3% 2017 down 4.6% falling
23 Türkiye 88.2% 2017 up 18.0% rising
24 Jamaica 88.2% 2017 up 0.8% flat
25 Mexico 87.9% 2017 up 11.2% rising
26 Iraq 85.6% 2017 up 11.1% rising
27 Guyana 85.0% 2017 up 7.3% rising
28 North Macedonia 84.9% 2017 down 3.1% falling
29 Viet Nam 83.1% 2017 up 38.2% rising
30 Armenia 82.9% 2017 up 7.3% rising
31 Paraguay 82.5% 2017 up 13.9% rising
32 Algeria 82.2% 2017 unchanged flat
33 El Salvador 81.3% 2017 unchanged flat
34 Colombia 78.6% 2017 up 29.1% rising
35 Dominican Republic 76.2% 2017 up 1.8% flat
36 Philippines 71.9% 2017 up 12.6% rising
37 Panama 71.2% 2017 unchanged flat
38 Rwanda 70.5% 2017 up 15.1% rising
39 Indonesia 69.7% 2017 up 54.7% rising
40 Suriname 68.3% 2017 up 2.3% flat
41 Georgia 68.0% 2017 down 22.4% falling
42 South Africa 64.8% 2017 up 14.6% rising
43 Honduras 64.6% 2017 up 6.1% rising
44 Republic of Moldova 64.4% 2017 up 1.5% flat
45 Pakistan 62.4% 2017 up 59.7% rising
46 Eswatini 62.2% 2017 up 16.6% rising
47 Lao People's Democratic Republic 60.5% 2017 up 99.5% rising
48 Peru 57.0% 2017 up 46.5% rising
49 Nicaragua 55.4% 2017 up 12.9% rising
50 Guatemala 54.8% 2017 up 19.7% rising
51 Nepal 49.6% 2017 up 112.2% rising
52 Lesotho 48.4% 2017 up 89.4% rising
53 Burundi 46.1% 2017 down 0.3% flat
54 Yemen 44.4% 2017 up 37.5% rising
55 Bangladesh 42.0% 2017 up 58.7% rising
56 Cambodia 41.7% 2017 up 247.0% volatile
57 Mongolia 39.7% 2017 up 30.9% rising
58 India 31.0% 2017 up 147.1% volatile
59 Zimbabwe 30.9% 2017 down 7.8% falling
60 Gambia 29.9% 2017 down 34.8% falling
61 Senegal 29.5% 2017 up 19.1% rising
62 Afghanistan 25.4% 2017 down 1.5% flat
63 Sao Tome and Principe 24.4% 2017 up 37.9% rising
64 Gabon 24.2% 2017 down 13.1% falling
65 Comoros 22.0% 2017 up 16.3% rising
66 Angola 21.7% 2017 up 106.6% rising
67 Kenya 21.5% 2017 up 28.4% rising
68 Nigeria 21.5% 2017 down 34.7% falling
69 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 21.2% 2017 up 37.7% rising
70 Malawi 20.9% 2017 up 10.9% rising
71 Haiti 19.6% 2017 up 75.2% rising
72 Tanzania, United Republic of 19.6% 2017 up 200.5% volatile
73 Mali 19.5% 2017 up 13.3% rising
74 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 19.4% 2017 down 5.1% falling
75 Zambia 18.6% 2017 up 102.6% rising
76 Sudan 14.6% 2017 up 103.0% rising
77 Mozambique 14.4% 2017 up 43.3% rising
78 Guinea 14.3% 2017 up 59.6% rising
79 Somalia 14.3% 2017 up 206.7% volatile
80 Cameroon 13.6% 2017 down 23.5% falling
81 Burkina Faso 13.5% 2017 up 130.8% volatile
82 Uganda 13.5% 2017 up 43.4% rising
83 Côte d'Ivoire 11.8% 2017 up 10.2% rising
84 Ghana 11.5% 2017 up 7.2% rising
85 Mauritania 9.3% 2017 up 70.6% rising
86 Guinea-Bissau 8.9% 2017 up 50.2% rising
87 Namibia 8.3% 2017 up 29.2% rising
88 Ethiopia 6.5% 2017 up 58.6% rising
89 Sierra Leone 4.8% 2017 down 16.8% falling
90 Central African Republic 4.5% 2016 up 63.1% rising
91 Congo 4.2% 2017 up 26.7% rising
92 Madagascar 3.6% 2017 up 525.2% volatile
93 Niger 3.3% 2017 up 150.6% volatile
94 Benin 3.3% 2017 up 34.5% rising
95 Togo 2.2% 2017 up 7.4% rising
96 Liberia 2.0% 2017 down 15.6% falling
97 Chad 0.6% 2017 down 73.7% falling

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Indicator
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population): Q3
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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