People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban 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...
Countries reporting
124
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
0.0%
Armenia
Median
53.7%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
3,817
What the numbers show
People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) is currently reported for 124 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 0.0% in Armenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 53.7%, and the mean is 57.1%.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 1,037.8%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
People using safely managed sanitation services, urban: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 5 | Austria | 100.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 6 | Switzerland | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 7 | Chile | 99.2% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 98.4% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 10 | Germany | 98.3% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Lithuania | 97.9% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 12 | Estonia | 97.8% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 13 | Greece | 97.7% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 14 | Netherlands | 97.5% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | Israel | 97.4% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 16 | United States of America | 97.2% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 96.9% | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 18 | Portugal | 96.5% | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 19 | Sweden | 95.8% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 20 | Hong Kong, China | 94.8% | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 21 | Czechia | 94.5% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 22 | Hungary | 93.2% | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 23 | Ukraine | 92.4% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 89.6% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 25 | Slovakia | 89.5% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 26 | Tunisia | 89.2% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 27 | Ireland | 86.8% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 28 | Cyprus | 86.2% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 86.2% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 30 | Palestine, State of | 85.1% | 2024 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 31 | Croatia | 85.1% | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 32 | China | 85.1% | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 33 | Jordan | 82.5% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 34 | Canada | 81.2% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 35 | Belarus | 81.1% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 36 | Macau, China | 80.0% | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 79.6% | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 38 | Italy | 78.6% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 39 | Türkiye | 78.1% | 2024 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 40 | Mongolia | 77.8% | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 41 | Republic of Moldova | 77.2% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 75.9% | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 43 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 75.3% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 44 | South Africa | 74.8% | 2024 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 45 | Mauritius | 72.2% | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 46 | Georgia | 71.1% | 2024 | up 1,037.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 69.3% | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 48 | Egypt | 69.0% | 2024 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | 67.6% | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 50 | Yemen | 65.6% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 51 | Mexico | 65.4% | 2024 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 52 | Russian Federation | 64.9% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 53 | Algeria | 64.6% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 54 | Albania | 63.3% | 2024 | up 109.6% | rising |
| 55 | Jamaica | 63.2% | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 63.1% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 57 | Peru | 60.1% | 2024 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 58.1% | 2024 | up 123.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Brazil | 56.6% | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 60 | India | 55.8% | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 61 | Montenegro | 55.4% | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 62 | Philippines | 54.1% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 63 | Mozambique | 53.3% | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 64 | Cambodia | 52.8% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 65 | Myanmar | 52.7% | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 66 | Iraq | 52.2% | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 67 | Paraguay | 51.3% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 68 | Panama | 50.3% | 2024 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.4% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 70 | Comoros | 46.1% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 71 | Nepal | 46.0% | 2024 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 72 | Argentina | 45.6% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 73 | Djibouti | 44.8% | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 74 | Bhutan | 44.4% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 75 | Ecuador | 44.0% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 76 | Samoa | 43.5% | 2024 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 77 | Fiji | 42.5% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 42.2% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 79 | Cuba | 41.9% | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 80 | Malawi | 41.2% | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 81 | Viet Nam | 41.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 82 | Eswatini | 40.9% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 83 | Morocco | 40.8% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 84 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 39.5% | 2024 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 85 | Tuvalu | 37.4% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 86 | Nigeria | 36.8% | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 87 | Sao Tome and Principe | 35.5% | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 88 | Lesotho | 34.7% | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 89 | Guyana | 34.1% | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 90 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 33.3% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Naoero | 33.2% | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 92 | Côte d'Ivoire | 32.2% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 93 | Chad | 32.0% | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 94 | Burkina Faso | 31.4% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 95 | Gambia | 31.0% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 96 | Papua New Guinea | 31.0% | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 97 | Bangladesh | 30.7% | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 98 | Thailand | 30.7% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 99 | Guinea-Bissau | 30.4% | 2024 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 100 | El Salvador | 28.9% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 101 | Kenya | 27.9% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 102 | Senegal | 27.5% | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 103 | Kiribati | 25.3% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 104 | Afghanistan | 24.9% | 2024 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 105 | Uganda | 24.6% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 106 | Niger | 24.4% | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 24.3% | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 24.3% | 2024 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 109 | Central African Republic | 23.4% | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 110 | Tonga | 22.2% | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 111 | Benin | 21.8% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 112 | Suriname | 20.7% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 113 | Serbia | 19.9% | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 18.9% | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 115 | Ghana | 17.6% | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 116 | Somalia | 17.3% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 117 | Madagascar | 16.7% | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 118 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 15.2% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 119 | Togo | 15.0% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 120 | Zimbabwe | 10.3% | 2024 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 121 | Mali | 9.8% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 122 | North Macedonia | 8.2% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 123 | Colombia | 7.2% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 124 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 95.6%
- High income 87.4%
- Europe & Central Asia 83.3%
- East Asia & Pacific 74.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 74.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 74.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 73.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 71.4%
- Upper middle income 69.9%
- World 65.8%
- IBRD only 65.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 63.1%
- IDA & IBRD total 59.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 59.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 58.9%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 53.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean 52.9%
- South Asia 52.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 52.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 51.7%
- Lower middle income 47.8%
- IDA blend 37.3%
- Low income 35.6%
- IDA total 34.9%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 33.5%
- IDA only 33.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 33.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 32.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 32.2%
- Africa Western and Central 30.7%
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.