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