People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population): Q2 by country
Countries reporting
97
Highest
99.1%
Serbia
Lowest
6.3%
Madagascar
Median
62.8%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663
What the numbers show
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population): Q2 is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 99.1% in Serbia; the lowest is 6.3% in Madagascar.
The median across all reporting countries is 62.8%, and the mean is 61.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.
Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 128.7%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 16.7%).
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbia | 99.1% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Egypt | 99.0% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | Maldives | 99.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 4 | Tunisia | 98.8% | 2017 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 5 | Jordan | 98.6% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Armenia | 98.4% | 2017 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Turkey | 98.3% | 2017 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 8 | Ukraine | 98.3% | 2017 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 9 | Uruguay | 98.0% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | North Macedonia | 97.8% | 2017 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 11 | Albania | 97.7% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | Montenegro | 97.4% | 2017 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 97.2% | 2017 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 96.6% | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 96.5% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Palestine | 95.3% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Barbados | 95.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Mexico | 95.0% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Tajikistan | 94.8% | 2017 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 20 | Thailand | 94.3% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Turkmenistan | 93.9% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Trinidad and Tobago | 93.4% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Cambodia | 93.4% | 2017 | up 93.8% | rising |
| 24 | Laos | 93.0% | 2017 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 25 | Georgia | 92.0% | 2017 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 26 | Belize | 91.7% | 2017 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 27 | Paraguay | 91.2% | 2017 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 28 | Belarus | 90.9% | 2017 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 90.3% | 2017 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 30 | Vietnam | 89.7% | 2017 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 31 | Panama | 89.4% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Algeria | 88.3% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Iraq | 87.6% | 2017 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 34 | Suriname | 87.0% | 2017 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 35 | Yemen | 86.6% | 2017 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 36 | El Salvador | 85.9% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Guyana | 84.2% | 2017 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 38 | Colombia | 82.5% | 2017 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 82.4% | 2017 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 40 | Jamaica | 82.1% | 2017 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 41 | Moldova | 81.4% | 2017 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 42 | Saint Lucia | 81.0% | 2017 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 43 | Indonesia | 76.4% | 2017 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 44 | Honduras | 76.2% | 2017 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 45 | Guatemala | 75.1% | 2017 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 46 | Peru | 75.0% | 2017 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 47 | Nicaragua | 72.3% | 2017 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 48 | Philippines | 66.6% | 2017 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 49 | Pakistan | 62.8% | 2017 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 50 | Senegal | 58.9% | 2017 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 51 | Nepal | 56.8% | 2017 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 52 | Rwanda | 56.3% | 2017 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 53 | Mongolia | 55.8% | 2017 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 54 | Angola | 54.8% | 2017 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 55 | Cameroon | 52.2% | 2017 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 51.9% | 2017 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 57 | South Africa | 51.2% | 2017 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 58 | India | 50.6% | 2017 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 59 | Afghanistan | 50.0% | 2017 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 60 | Mali | 49.8% | 2017 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 61 | Sudan | 49.5% | 2017 | up 118.1% | rising |
| 62 | Mauritania | 49.2% | 2017 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 63 | Bolivia | 43.8% | 2017 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 64 | Nigeria | 41.8% | 2017 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 41.8% | 2017 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 66 | Central African Republic | 40.9% | 2016 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 67 | Somalia | 40.8% | 2017 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 68 | Tanzania | 40.4% | 2017 | up 123.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 38.6% | 2017 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 70 | Eswatini | 37.5% | 2017 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 71 | Niger | 35.1% | 2017 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 72 | Comoros | 33.9% | 2017 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 73 | Mozambique | 31.9% | 2017 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 74 | Lesotho | 31.8% | 2017 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 75 | Guinea | 30.5% | 2017 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 76 | Gambia | 30.5% | 2017 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 77 | Namibia | 29.9% | 2017 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 78 | Haiti | 29.6% | 2017 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 79 | Sao Tome and Principe | 28.9% | 2017 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 80 | Uganda | 28.2% | 2017 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 25.4% | 2017 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 82 | Burundi | 23.8% | 2017 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 83 | Zambia | 21.5% | 2017 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 84 | Malawi | 20.6% | 2017 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 85 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.5% | 2017 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 17.8% | 2017 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 87 | Kenya | 17.2% | 2017 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 88 | Gabon | 17.2% | 2017 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 89 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 17.1% | 2017 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 90 | Chad | 17.1% | 2017 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 91 | Ghana | 14.3% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 92 | Togo | 13.0% | 2017 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 93 | Congo | 12.6% | 2017 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 94 | Liberia | 12.0% | 2017 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 95 | Benin | 10.5% | 2017 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 96 | Ethiopia | 8.2% | 2017 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 97 | Madagascar | 6.3% | 2017 | up 128.7% | volatile |