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