Population using safely managed sanitation services (%) by country
Countries reporting
99
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
1.2%
North Korea
Median
47.8%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
2,614
What the numbers show
Population using safely managed sanitation services (%) is currently reported for 99 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 1.2% in North Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 47.8%, and the mean is 49.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 81.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 87.6%), and the largest decrease in North Korea (down 90.4%).
Population using safely managed sanitation services: 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 | 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 | Turkey | 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 | Laos | 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 | Vietnam | 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 | Senegal | 32.6% | 2024 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 66 | Palestine | 32.6% | 2024 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 67 | Sao Tome and Principe | 32.0% | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 68 | Zambia | 31.3% | 2024 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 30.0% | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 70 | Serbia | 29.6% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 71 | Mali | 29.1% | 2024 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28.3% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 73 | Yemen | 27.9% | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 74 | Nigeria | 26.6% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 75 | Afghanistan | 24.7% | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 76 | Kiribati | 23.7% | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 77 | Gambia | 22.6% | 2024 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 78 | Thailand | 22.0% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 79 | Tanzania | 21.7% | 2024 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 21.4% | 2024 | up 87.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Mozambique | 21.4% | 2024 | up 71.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Cote d'Ivoire | 21.2% | 2024 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 83 | Djibouti | 20.9% | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 84 | Ghana | 20.4% | 2024 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Uganda | 18.8% | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 86 | North Macedonia | 18.0% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 87 | Guinea-Bissau | 16.0% | 2024 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Somalia | 15.5% | 2024 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 89 | Papua New Guinea | 14.4% | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 90 | Togo | 11.4% | 2024 | up 77.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 11.2% | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 10.8% | 2024 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 93 | Benin | 10.7% | 2024 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 94 | Madagascar | 10.0% | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 95 | Niger | 6.0% | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 96 | Central African Republic | 5.7% | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 97 | Ethiopia | 4.7% | 2024 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 98 | Chad | 4.2% | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 99 | North Korea | 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 (WHO region) 71.7%
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 62.8%
- World 48.5%
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 44.0%
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 40.0%
- Africa (WHO region) 22.1%