People using safely managed sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) by country
The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated...
What the numbers show
People using safely managed sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) is currently reported for 100 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 1.2% in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of.
The median across all reporting countries is 47.7%, and the mean is 49.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 81.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 87.6%), and the largest decrease in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (down 90.4%).
People using safely managed sanitation services, rural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 2 | Switzerland | 99.4% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 98.5% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | Netherlands | 97.5% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 5 | Austria | 96.3% | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan | 95.1% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 7 | Israel | 94.6% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 8 | Lithuania | 93.1% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 9 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 91.6% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Sweden | 91.6% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Germany | 91.3% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 89.0% | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 13 | Portugal | 88.3% | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 14 | Jamaica | 87.8% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 15 | Hungary | 87.6% | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 86.3% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 17 | Czechia | 82.1% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 18 | Canada | 81.6% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 19 | Türkiye | 81.4% | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 77.3% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 21 | Slovakia | 76.2% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 22 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 72.7% | 2024 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 23 | Honduras | 72.4% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 24 | Paraguay | 71.1% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 25 | Ireland | 71.0% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 26 | Philippines | 69.9% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 68.5% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 28 | Eswatini | 67.5% | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 29 | India | 66.9% | 2024 | up 73.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Myanmar | 64.3% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 31 | Rwanda | 64.3% | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 62.9% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 33 | Cuba | 59.8% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 34 | Ecuador | 59.2% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 35 | Tajikistan | 58.7% | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 36 | El Salvador | 58.3% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 37 | Fiji | 57.2% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 38 | Tunisia | 56.9% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 39 | Algeria | 56.0% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 40 | Nepal | 55.6% | 2024 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 41 | Bhutan | 53.6% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 42 | Mongolia | 52.3% | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 43 | Cambodia | 51.2% | 2024 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Jordan | 51.0% | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 45 | Comoros | 50.8% | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 46 | Georgia | 50.2% | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 47 | Belarus | 50.1% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 48 | Egypt | 48.5% | 2024 | up 85.0% | rising |
| 49 | Viet Nam | 48.3% | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 50 | Lesotho | 47.8% | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 51 | Iraq | 47.5% | 2024 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 52 | Malawi | 47.3% | 2024 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 47.0% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 54 | Guyana | 46.9% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 55 | Tuvalu | 44.4% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 56 | Samoa | 44.3% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 57 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 43.9% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 41.9% | 2024 | up 80.3% | rising |
| 59 | Pakistan | 41.3% | 2024 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 60 | Montenegro | 40.7% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 61 | Kenya | 39.3% | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 62 | China | 38.1% | 2024 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 36.0% | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 64 | Tonga | 34.0% | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 65 | Suriname | 33.9% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 66 | Senegal | 32.6% | 2024 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 67 | Palestine, State of | 32.6% | 2024 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 68 | Sao Tome and Principe | 32.0% | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 69 | Zambia | 31.3% | 2024 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 30.0% | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 71 | Serbia | 29.6% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 72 | Mali | 29.1% | 2024 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28.3% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 74 | Yemen | 27.9% | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 75 | Nigeria | 26.6% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 76 | Afghanistan | 24.7% | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 77 | Kiribati | 23.7% | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 78 | Gambia | 22.6% | 2024 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 79 | Thailand | 22.0% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 80 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 21.7% | 2024 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Burkina Faso | 21.4% | 2024 | up 87.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Mozambique | 21.4% | 2024 | up 71.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Côte d'Ivoire | 21.2% | 2024 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 84 | Djibouti | 20.9% | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 85 | Ghana | 20.4% | 2024 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Uganda | 18.8% | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 18.0% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 88 | Guinea-Bissau | 16.0% | 2024 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Somalia | 15.5% | 2024 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 90 | Papua New Guinea | 14.4% | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 91 | Togo | 11.4% | 2024 | up 77.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 11.2% | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 93 | Sierra Leone | 10.8% | 2024 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 94 | Benin | 10.7% | 2024 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 95 | Madagascar | 10.0% | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 96 | Niger | 6.0% | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 97 | Central African Republic | 5.7% | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 4.7% | 2024 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 99 | Chad | 4.2% | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 100 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 1.2% | 2023 | down 90.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 74.6%
- Europe & Central Asia 71.7%
- High income 71.5%
- South Asia 64.3%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 64.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 63.0%
- IBRD only 55.5%
- Lower middle income 54.8%
- World 48.5%
- IDA & IBRD total 46.7%
- Upper middle income 45.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 44.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 44.1%
- East Asia & Pacific 44.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 43.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 42.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 42.8%
- IDA blend 36.5%
- IDA total 31.0%
- IDA only 28.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 23.7%
- Low income 21.5%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 21.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 21.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 21.1%
- Africa Western and Central 20.7%
About this data
The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.