People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population): Q4 by country
Countries reporting
97
Highest
100.0%
Laos
Lowest
17.1%
Madagascar
Median
89.2%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663
What the numbers show
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population): Q4 is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Laos; the lowest is 17.1% in Madagascar.
The median across all reporting countries is 89.2%, and the mean is 75.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 79.3%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 8.8%).
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laos | 100.0% | 2017 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 1 | Turkey | 100.0% | 2017 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 3 | Tunisia | 99.9% | 2017 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 4 | Jamaica | 99.7% | 2017 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 5 | Egypt | 99.7% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.6% | 2017 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 7 | Ukraine | 99.2% | 2017 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 8 | Montenegro | 99.0% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 9 | Maldives | 99.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 99.0% | 2017 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 11 | Serbia | 98.9% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 12 | Armenia | 98.8% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 13 | Georgia | 98.7% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | North Macedonia | 98.7% | 2017 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | Albania | 98.7% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Thailand | 98.6% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Jordan | 98.5% | 2017 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 18 | Mexico | 98.4% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.3% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Belize | 98.1% | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 21 | Cambodia | 97.8% | 2017 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 97.7% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Yemen | 97.5% | 2017 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 24 | Paraguay | 97.3% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 97.2% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 26 | Barbados | 96.9% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Uruguay | 96.7% | 2017 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 28 | El Salvador | 96.6% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Vietnam | 96.6% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 30 | Suriname | 96.4% | 2017 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 31 | Tajikistan | 96.4% | 2017 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 32 | Panama | 96.2% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Palestine | 95.6% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 34 | Belarus | 95.5% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Saint Lucia | 95.4% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Colombia | 94.8% | 2017 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 37 | Moldova | 94.8% | 2017 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 38 | Turkmenistan | 94.4% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Guyana | 94.2% | 2017 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 40 | Algeria | 93.9% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Peru | 92.7% | 2017 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 42 | Guatemala | 92.5% | 2017 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 92.0% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 44 | Indonesia | 91.9% | 2017 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 45 | Iraq | 91.8% | 2017 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 46 | Pakistan | 91.8% | 2017 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 47 | Honduras | 91.3% | 2017 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 48 | South Africa | 91.1% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 49 | Philippines | 89.2% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 89.0% | 2017 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 51 | India | 85.2% | 2017 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 52 | Namibia | 82.9% | 2017 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 53 | Mongolia | 81.0% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 54 | Angola | 79.8% | 2017 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 55 | Senegal | 75.7% | 2017 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 56 | Sudan | 75.5% | 2017 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 73.7% | 2017 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 58 | Mauritania | 73.4% | 2017 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 59 | Bolivia | 73.1% | 2017 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 60 | Mozambique | 71.2% | 2017 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 61 | Central African Republic | 66.6% | 2016 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 62 | Eswatini | 62.4% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 63 | Cameroon | 62.0% | 2017 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 61.8% | 2017 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 61.3% | 2017 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 66 | Nepal | 60.6% | 2017 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 67 | Gambia | 59.5% | 2017 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 68 | Afghanistan | 58.9% | 2017 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 69 | Cote d'Ivoire | 56.7% | 2017 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 70 | Mali | 56.5% | 2017 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 71 | Zambia | 56.5% | 2017 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 72 | Comoros | 55.0% | 2017 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 73 | Gabon | 54.5% | 2017 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 74 | Burundi | 53.9% | 2017 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 75 | Burkina Faso | 53.6% | 2017 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 76 | Haiti | 52.8% | 2017 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 77 | Lesotho | 51.9% | 2017 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 78 | Tanzania | 47.0% | 2017 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 79 | Rwanda | 45.9% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 80 | Niger | 45.3% | 2017 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 81 | Somalia | 43.8% | 2017 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 82 | Chad | 43.4% | 2017 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 83 | Kenya | 43.0% | 2017 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 84 | Guinea | 42.2% | 2017 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 85 | Malawi | 41.1% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 86 | Nigeria | 40.5% | 2017 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 87 | Uganda | 36.3% | 2017 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 88 | Liberia | 35.6% | 2017 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 89 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.0% | 2017 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 90 | Benin | 30.8% | 2017 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 91 | Togo | 28.4% | 2017 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 92 | Congo | 28.2% | 2017 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 93 | Sierra Leone | 28.1% | 2017 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 94 | Ghana | 26.2% | 2017 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 95 | Ethiopia | 22.3% | 2017 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 96 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 20.9% | 2017 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 97 | Madagascar | 17.1% | 2017 | up 79.3% | rising |