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

Countries reporting
97
Highest
98.4%
Turkey
Lowest
2.2%
Madagascar
Median
55.8%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663

What the numbers show

People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban population): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 98.4% in Turkey; the lowest is 2.2% in Madagascar.

The median across all reporting countries is 55.8%, and the mean is 52.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 45.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 267.9%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 57.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Turkey 98.4% 2017 up 6.3% rising
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.4% 2017 up 1.1% flat
3 Maldives 98.3% 2017 flat
4 Jordan 97.7% 2017 up 0.6% flat
5 Ukraine 96.5% 2017 up 4.8% rising
6 Tajikistan 96.3% 2017 up 8.7% rising
7 North Macedonia 96.2% 2017 up 6.6% rising
8 Armenia 96.0% 2017 up 2.3% flat
9 Egypt 95.8% 2017 up 0.7% flat
10 Turkmenistan 95.7% 2017 up 0.4% flat
11 Serbia 95.4% 2017 down 2.0% flat
12 Tunisia 95.0% 2017 up 7.0% rising
13 Albania 94.9% 2017 down 0.4% flat
14 Palestine 94.3% 2017 up 3.2% flat
15 Kyrgyzstan 93.1% 2017 up 3.1% flat
16 Barbados 92.7% 2016 unchanged flat
17 Kazakhstan 92.6% 2017 up 0.3% flat
18 Thailand 92.0% 2017 down 0.3% flat
19 Montenegro 90.6% 2017 down 4.6% falling
20 Belarus 89.8% 2017 down 0.3% flat
21 Uruguay 88.3% 2017 down 5.0% falling
22 Costa Rica 87.6% 2015 unchanged flat
23 Georgia 86.8% 2017 down 3.5% falling
24 Iraq 85.2% 2017 down 1.3% flat
25 Mexico 83.1% 2017 up 1.0% flat
26 Trinidad and Tobago 81.5% 2015 unchanged flat
27 Paraguay 79.6% 2017 up 7.7% rising
28 Algeria 79.5% 2017 unchanged flat
29 Guyana 77.5% 2017 up 10.9% rising
30 Belize 76.9% 2017 up 2.9% flat
31 El Salvador 75.0% 2017 unchanged flat
32 Moldova 73.1% 2017 up 9.7% rising
33 Panama 72.0% 2017 unchanged flat
34 Yemen 71.2% 2017 down 7.0% falling
35 Pakistan 71.1% 2017 up 76.4% rising
36 Suriname 70.5% 2017 down 1.6% flat
37 Laos 68.4% 2017 up 42.0% rising
38 Vietnam 67.9% 2017 up 18.7% rising
39 Colombia 64.8% 2017 up 4.9% rising
40 Nicaragua 64.5% 2017 up 16.5% rising
41 Peru 64.4% 2017 up 21.4% rising
42 Jamaica 64.3% 2017 down 0.8% flat
43 Honduras 62.9% 2017 up 13.8% rising
44 Guatemala 62.0% 2017 down 2.2% flat
45 Saint Lucia 61.5% 2017 up 24.3% rising
46 Cambodia 60.4% 2017 up 267.9% volatile
47 Dominican Republic 59.0% 2017 up 2.5% flat
48 Indonesia 58.6% 2017 up 14.9% rising
49 Nepal 55.8% 2017 up 68.5% rising
50 Rwanda 53.3% 2017 up 24.8% rising
51 Mongolia 51.1% 2017 up 1.3% flat
52 Philippines 50.1% 2017 up 7.1% rising
53 Senegal 46.2% 2017 up 7.0% rising
54 Afghanistan 44.8% 2017 up 50.5% rising
55 Somalia 38.6% 2017 up 35.4% rising
56 Mali 38.5% 2017 up 12.2% rising
57 South Africa 37.1% 2017 down 11.9% falling
58 Guinea 36.9% 2017 up 100.6% rising
59 Angola 36.4% 2017 up 42.5% rising
60 Nigeria 36.2% 2017 up 42.0% rising
61 Bangladesh 36.1% 2017 up 67.5% rising
62 Burkina Faso 36.0% 2017 up 0.9% flat
63 Bolivia 33.3% 2017 up 50.6% rising
64 Lesotho 31.5% 2017 up 56.3% rising
65 Tanzania 31.2% 2017 up 216.2% volatile
66 Comoros 30.7% 2017 up 73.6% rising
67 Zimbabwe 30.5% 2017 down 4.1% falling
68 Cameroon 30.4% 2017 down 9.0% falling
69 India 29.7% 2017 up 43.1% rising
70 Mauritania 27.1% 2017 up 38.3% rising
71 Gambia 25.1% 2017 down 14.6% falling
72 Burundi 24.3% 2017 up 21.3% rising
73 Malawi 21.9% 2017 up 6.9% rising
74 Guinea-Bissau 21.7% 2017 up 17.5% rising
75 Niger 20.2% 2017 up 31.7% rising
76 Democratic Republic of Congo 19.8% 2017 down 16.0% falling
77 Eswatini 18.8% 2017 up 4.5% rising
78 Cote d'Ivoire 18.4% 2017 up 22.7% rising
79 Sao Tome and Principe 17.5% 2017 up 82.9% rising
80 Haiti 17.3% 2017 up 53.6% rising
81 Mozambique 15.2% 2017 up 3.3% rising
82 Sudan 15.0% 2017 down 17.6% falling
83 Congo 14.5% 2017 up 36.1% rising
84 Zambia 13.9% 2017 up 21.1% rising
85 Uganda 13.7% 2017 down 13.5% falling
86 Kenya 12.9% 2017 down 2.9% falling
87 Gabon 12.4% 2017 down 13.2% falling
88 Sierra Leone 11.2% 2017 up 86.9% rising
89 Namibia 10.8% 2017 down 15.3% falling
90 Ghana 10.6% 2017 down 2.5% flat
91 Togo 10.3% 2017 up 36.0% rising
92 Ethiopia 8.6% 2017 up 18.6% rising
93 Central African Republic 7.7% 2016 up 15.0% rising
94 Chad 4.1% 2017 down 57.2% falling
95 Liberia 4.0% 2017 down 22.8% falling
96 Benin 3.0% 2017 up 22.0% rising
97 Madagascar 2.2% 2017 up 126.5% volatile

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Indicator
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban 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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