People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban population): Q5 (highest) by country

Countries reporting
97
Highest
100.0%
Laos
Lowest
33.2%
Democratic Republic of Congo
Median
95.5%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663

What the numbers show

People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban population): Q5 (highest) is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Laos; the lowest is 33.2% in Democratic Republic of Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 95.5%, and the mean is 87.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 38.2%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 7.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Laos 100.0% 2017 up 6.0% rising
1 North Macedonia 100.0% 2017 up 1.3% flat
1 Tunisia 100.0% 2017 up 1.6% flat
4 Egypt 99.9% 2017 down 0.0% flat
5 Panama 99.9% 2017 unchanged flat
6 Turkey 99.9% 2017 up 0.2% flat
7 Jamaica 99.8% 2017 unchanged flat
8 Serbia 99.7% 2017 down 0.2% flat
9 Ukraine 99.6% 2017 up 0.5% flat
10 Albania 99.5% 2017 down 0.1% flat
11 Georgia 99.5% 2017 up 0.2% flat
12 Maldives 99.4% 2017 flat
13 Mexico 99.3% 2017 down 0.3% flat
14 Kazakhstan 99.3% 2017 down 0.2% flat
15 Trinidad and Tobago 99.2% 2015 unchanged flat
16 Montenegro 99.2% 2017 down 0.6% flat
17 Dominican Republic 99.2% 2017 down 0.2% flat
18 Thailand 99.1% 2017 down 0.0% flat
19 Cambodia 99.0% 2017 down 0.1% flat
20 Armenia 98.9% 2017 down 0.3% flat
21 Yemen 98.8% 2017 down 0.8% flat
22 Belize 98.8% 2017 unchanged flat
23 Tajikistan 98.8% 2017 up 0.8% flat
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.7% 2017 down 0.9% flat
25 Paraguay 98.7% 2017 down 0.5% flat
26 Turkmenistan 98.6% 2017 unchanged flat
27 Peru 98.4% 2017 up 0.5% flat
28 Jordan 98.3% 2017 unchanged flat
29 Mongolia 98.3% 2017 up 0.1% flat
30 Vietnam 98.2% 2017 down 0.1% flat
31 Barbados 98.1% 2016 unchanged flat
32 Kyrgyzstan 98.1% 2017 down 0.5% flat
33 El Salvador 98.0% 2017 unchanged flat
34 Saint Lucia 97.9% 2017 unchanged flat
35 Uruguay 97.8% 2017 down 0.3% flat
36 Indonesia 97.8% 2017 up 2.6% flat
37 Guyana 97.8% 2017 up 0.6% flat
38 Angola 97.8% 2017 up 14.4% rising
39 Colombia 97.3% 2017 up 0.1% flat
40 Mozambique 96.9% 2017 up 31.2% rising
41 Suriname 96.8% 2017 down 0.1% flat
42 Belarus 96.4% 2017 unchanged flat
43 Costa Rica 96.3% 2015 unchanged flat
44 Moldova 96.3% 2017 up 0.1% flat
45 South Africa 96.2% 2017 up 0.8% flat
46 Palestine 96.2% 2017 down 0.5% flat
47 Philippines 96.0% 2017 down 0.1% flat
48 Guatemala 95.9% 2017 down 0.8% flat
49 Nicaragua 95.5% 2017 up 1.6% flat
50 Algeria 95.2% 2017 unchanged flat
51 Honduras 94.9% 2017 down 0.7% flat
52 Pakistan 94.1% 2017 up 0.6% flat
53 India 93.6% 2017 up 2.4% flat
54 Bolivia 93.2% 2017 up 2.9% flat
55 Iraq 92.7% 2017 down 1.0% flat
56 Namibia 92.7% 2017 down 0.8% flat
57 Senegal 89.7% 2017 up 1.8% flat
58 Gabon 88.1% 2017 down 0.3% flat
59 Burundi 87.7% 2017 up 0.1% flat
60 Mauritania 87.4% 2017 down 0.0% flat
61 Sudan 86.5% 2017 up 9.1% rising
62 Cote d'Ivoire 86.5% 2017 up 2.2% flat
63 Sao Tome and Principe 86.4% 2017 up 8.7% rising
64 Nepal 85.7% 2017 down 0.3% flat
65 Gambia 85.6% 2017 down 2.6% falling
66 Eswatini 85.2% 2017 down 1.3% flat
67 Cameroon 84.6% 2017 up 1.3% flat
68 Zambia 83.0% 2017 down 1.4% flat
69 Haiti 83.0% 2017 up 19.6% rising
70 Bangladesh 82.3% 2017 down 6.3% falling
71 Central African Republic 80.2% 2016 up 38.2% rising
72 Kenya 80.2% 2017 down 1.4% flat
73 Guinea 78.1% 2017 up 18.5% rising
74 Zimbabwe 77.1% 2017 down 1.5% flat
75 Rwanda 76.9% 2017 down 0.4% flat
76 Liberia 73.6% 2017 up 22.8% rising
77 Afghanistan 72.7% 2017 up 7.8% rising
78 Malawi 72.7% 2017 down 3.0% falling
79 Lesotho 72.4% 2017 up 6.8% rising
80 Guinea-Bissau 71.7% 2017 up 19.1% rising
81 Mali 71.2% 2017 up 2.4% flat
82 Burkina Faso 71.2% 2017 up 1.1% flat
83 Tanzania 70.5% 2017 up 25.1% rising
84 Nigeria 69.6% 2017 up 3.7% rising
85 Comoros 67.9% 2017 down 7.2% falling
86 Togo 67.4% 2017 down 0.3% flat
87 Niger 67.4% 2017 up 0.5% flat
88 Benin 63.3% 2017 down 2.9% falling
89 Chad 61.9% 2017 up 19.9% rising
90 Uganda 60.0% 2017 up 6.4% rising
91 Ghana 59.2% 2017 up 1.8% flat
92 Somalia 58.8% 2017 up 13.8% rising
93 Congo 57.0% 2017 up 19.0% rising
94 Sierra Leone 55.7% 2017 up 19.7% rising
95 Ethiopia 52.1% 2017 up 2.1% flat
96 Madagascar 43.4% 2017 up 31.3% rising
97 Democratic Republic of Congo 33.2% 2017 up 1.1% flat

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Indicator
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban population): Q5 (highest)
Unit
highest
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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