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

Countries reporting
97
Highest
100.0%
Maldives
Lowest
8.3%
Madagascar
Median
79.6%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663

What the numbers show

People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban population): Q3 is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Maldives; the lowest is 8.3% in Madagascar.

The median across all reporting countries is 79.6%, and the mean is 67.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania (up 105.9%), and the largest decrease in Gabon (down 9.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Maldives 100.0% 2017 flat
1 Turkey 100.0% 2017 up 1.3% flat
1 Laos 100.0% 2017 up 35.8% rising
4 Egypt 99.7% 2017 down 0.1% flat
5 Serbia 99.6% 2017 down 0.2% flat
6 Tunisia 99.5% 2017 up 1.2% flat
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.3% 2017 up 0.1% flat
8 Armenia 99.1% 2017 up 0.2% flat
9 Jordan 99.0% 2017 up 0.0% flat
10 Ukraine 98.4% 2017 up 0.5% flat
11 Kazakhstan 98.4% 2017 up 0.9% flat
12 Montenegro 97.9% 2017 down 0.8% flat
13 Albania 97.4% 2017 down 1.2% flat
14 Uruguay 97.2% 2017 down 0.0% flat
15 Thailand 97.2% 2017 down 0.2% flat
16 Costa Rica 97.1% 2015 unchanged flat
17 Georgia 97.0% 2017 up 0.2% flat
18 North Macedonia 96.9% 2017 up 3.2% rising
19 Mexico 96.9% 2017 down 0.1% flat
20 Barbados 96.9% 2016 unchanged flat
21 Vietnam 96.1% 2017 up 1.7% flat
22 Belarus 95.7% 2017 unchanged flat
23 Yemen 95.5% 2017 up 5.4% rising
24 Paraguay 95.0% 2017 down 0.4% flat
25 Palestine 94.7% 2017 down 0.5% flat
26 Tajikistan 94.4% 2017 up 2.2% flat
27 Panama 94.1% 2017 unchanged flat
28 Belize 94.1% 2017 down 0.4% flat
29 Cambodia 93.7% 2017 up 17.8% rising
30 El Salvador 93.7% 2017 unchanged flat
31 Trinidad and Tobago 93.5% 2015 unchanged flat
32 Algeria 93.3% 2017 unchanged flat
33 Kyrgyzstan 92.9% 2017 down 0.7% flat
34 Jamaica 92.7% 2017 up 0.5% flat
35 Dominican Republic 92.3% 2017 up 0.1% flat
36 Pakistan 92.2% 2017 up 36.9% rising
37 Turkmenistan 92.1% 2017 up 0.4% flat
38 Suriname 92.0% 2017 up 0.1% flat
39 Guyana 91.0% 2017 up 3.6% rising
40 Saint Lucia 90.9% 2017 up 1.5% flat
41 Moldova 90.3% 2017 up 1.5% flat
42 Colombia 90.2% 2017 up 1.3% flat
43 Iraq 89.6% 2017 down 0.3% flat
44 Indonesia 86.0% 2017 up 13.3% rising
45 Peru 84.9% 2017 up 3.9% rising
46 Guatemala 84.6% 2017 down 3.3% falling
47 Honduras 83.0% 2017 up 2.6% rising
48 Philippines 81.5% 2017 down 0.5% flat
49 Nicaragua 79.6% 2017 up 11.1% rising
50 South Africa 79.4% 2017 up 0.2% flat
51 India 69.8% 2017 up 6.4% rising
52 Angola 65.8% 2017 up 34.0% rising
53 Sudan 65.0% 2017 up 45.0% rising
54 Mauritania 64.0% 2017 up 6.1% rising
55 Senegal 63.1% 2017 up 6.9% rising
56 Namibia 61.7% 2017 down 5.7% falling
57 Mongolia 61.7% 2017 up 2.1% flat
58 Bolivia 59.4% 2017 up 14.2% rising
59 Sao Tome and Principe 57.4% 2017 up 58.3% rising
60 Mozambique 57.1% 2017 up 60.4% rising
61 Cameroon 54.8% 2017 down 0.2% flat
62 Central African Republic 54.4% 2016 up 76.3% rising
63 Nepal 52.4% 2017 up 2.0% flat
64 Zimbabwe 51.2% 2017 down 1.1% flat
65 Afghanistan 51.0% 2017 up 40.9% rising
66 Burkina Faso 50.9% 2017 up 4.3% rising
67 Mali 50.8% 2017 up 11.7% rising
68 Tanzania 43.9% 2017 up 105.9% rising
69 Somalia 43.4% 2017 up 6.1% rising
70 Nigeria 42.8% 2017 up 28.8% rising
71 Bangladesh 42.4% 2017 up 30.6% rising
72 Comoros 42.0% 2017 up 11.3% rising
73 Eswatini 41.7% 2017 down 3.9% falling
74 Rwanda 40.5% 2017 up 5.1% rising
75 Lesotho 40.4% 2017 up 40.1% rising
76 Gambia 39.0% 2017 down 9.1% falling
77 Haiti 38.8% 2017 up 36.6% rising
78 Niger 37.7% 2017 up 5.9% rising
79 Cote d'Ivoire 35.7% 2017 up 6.2% rising
80 Zambia 34.1% 2017 down 1.9% flat
81 Guinea 32.9% 2017 up 30.7% rising
82 Gabon 29.4% 2017 down 9.1% falling
83 Chad 29.1% 2017 up 37.6% rising
84 Burundi 27.3% 2017 up 4.8% rising
85 Uganda 25.4% 2017 up 12.7% rising
86 Malawi 24.6% 2017 down 2.0% flat
87 Sierra Leone 23.4% 2017 up 46.4% rising
88 Democratic Republic of Congo 20.7% 2017 down 1.7% flat
89 Kenya 20.3% 2017 down 0.2% flat
90 Liberia 19.6% 2017 up 75.7% rising
91 Guinea-Bissau 19.5% 2017 up 12.8% rising
92 Ghana 19.5% 2017 up 4.1% rising
93 Congo 18.7% 2017 up 35.9% rising
94 Togo 18.7% 2017 up 2.7% flat
95 Benin 18.6% 2017 up 0.2% flat
96 Ethiopia 13.5% 2017 up 16.4% rising
97 Madagascar 8.3% 2017 up 59.9% rising

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