Proportion of population using basic sanitation services, by location (%) by country
Countries reporting
249
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
10.4%
Ethiopia
Median
94.8%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
6,859
What the numbers show
Proportion of population using basic sanitation services, by location (%) is currently reported for 249 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 10.4% in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 94.8%, and the mean is 82.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 188 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 71.0%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 14.1%).
Proportion of population using basic sanitation services, by location: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Brunei | 100.0% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Isle of Man | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | New Caledonia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mayotte | 100.0% | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 1 | Guernsey | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jersey | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Helena | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | Australia and New Zealand | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Brunei Darussalam | 100.0% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 1 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Barthélemy | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 24 | Chile | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 25 | Austria | 100.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 26 | Liechtenstein | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Japan | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 28 | Bermuda | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 29 | Qatar | 99.9% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 31 | Israel | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 32 | Spain | 99.9% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 33 | Switzerland | 99.9% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 34 | Italy | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 35 | Northern Mariana Islands | 99.8% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 36 | Belarus | 99.7% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 37 | Turkmenistan | 99.7% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 38 | South Korea | 99.7% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 38 | Republic of Korea | 99.7% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 40 | Guadeloupe | 99.7% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 41 | Maldives | 99.7% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 42 | Seychelles | 99.7% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 43 | Portugal | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 44 | United States | 99.6% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 45 | Antigua and Barbuda | 99.6% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 46 | Denmark | 99.6% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 47 | Belgium | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 48 | Martinique | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 49 | Cyprus | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 50 | Reunion | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 50 | Réunion | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 52 | Finland | 99.4% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 53 | State of Palestine | 99.4% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 54 | Thailand | 99.4% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 55 | Oman | 99.3% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 56 | Albania | 99.3% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 57 | Turkey | 99.3% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 57 | Türkiye | 99.3% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 59 | United States Virgin Islands | 99.3% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 60 | Germany | 99.2% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 61 | Lebanon | 99.2% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 62 | Curacao | 99.2% | 2017 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 62 | Curaçao | 99.2% | 2017 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 64 | Uruguay | 99.2% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 65 | United Kingdom | 99.1% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 65 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 99.1% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 99.1% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 68 | Czechia | 99.1% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 69 | Palau | 99.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 70 | Estonia | 99.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 71 | Greece | 99.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 72 | North Macedonia | 99.0% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 99.0% | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 74 | Poland | 99.0% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 75 | Aruba | 98.8% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 76 | Cook Islands | 98.8% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 98.8% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 78 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 98.8% | 2017 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 79 | Iceland | 98.8% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 80 | Sweden | 98.7% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 81 | France | 98.6% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 82 | Canada | 98.6% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 98.5% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 84 | Tunisia | 98.5% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 85 | Iraq | 98.5% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 86 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 98.4% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 87 | Slovenia | 98.3% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 88 | Barbados | 98.1% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 89 | Norway | 98.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 90 | Hungary | 98.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 91 | Kazakhstan | 97.9% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 92 | Serbia | 97.9% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 93 | Niue | 97.9% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 94 | Montenegro | 97.8% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 95 | Ukraine | 97.7% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 96 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 97.7% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 97.6% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 98 | Luxembourg | 97.6% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 99 | Slovakia | 97.5% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 100 | French Polynesia | 97.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 101 | Mauritius | 97.4% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 102 | China | 97.3% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 103 | Samoa | 97.1% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 104 | Egypt | 97.1% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 105 | Tokelau | 96.9% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 106 | British Virgin Islands | 96.9% | 2016 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 107 | Anguilla | 96.7% | 2017 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 108 | Colombia | 96.6% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 96.5% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 110 | Jordan | 96.4% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 111 | Lithuania | 96.4% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 112 | Malaysia | 96.0% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 113 | Tajikistan | 96.0% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 114 | Paraguay | 95.9% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 115 | Croatia | 95.8% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 116 | Syria | 95.6% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 116 | Syrian Arab Republic | 95.6% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 118 | Vietnam | 95.4% | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 118 | Viet Nam | 95.4% | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 120 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 95.4% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 95.4% | 2018 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 95.4% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 123 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 95.0% | 2017 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 124 | Argentina | 94.8% | 2016 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 125 | Cuba | 94.8% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 126 | Polynesia | 94.3% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 127 | Trinidad and Tobago | 94.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 128 | French Guiana | 94.1% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 129 | Tonga | 93.9% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 130 | Bahamas | 93.7% | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 131 | Armenia | 93.7% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 132 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 93.2% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 133 | Mexico | 93.0% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 134 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 93.0% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 135 | Fiji | 92.8% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 136 | Grenada | 92.6% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 137 | Latvia | 92.5% | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 138 | Brazil | 92.4% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 139 | Russia | 92.2% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 139 | Russian Federation | 92.2% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 141 | Jamaica | 91.6% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 142 | Guyana | 91.3% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 143 | Ecuador | 91.2% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 144 | Faroe Islands | 90.9% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Georgia | 90.7% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 146 | Romania | 90.5% | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 147 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 90.5% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 148 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 90.5% | 2020 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 149 | Guam | 90.4% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 150 | Dominican Republic | 90.1% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 151 | Suriname | 90.0% | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 152 | Ireland | 89.7% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 153 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 89.7% | 2018 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 154 | Tuvalu | 89.7% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 155 | Montserrat | 89.4% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 156 | Panama | 89.1% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 157 | Laos | 88.7% | 2024 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 157 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 88.7% | 2024 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 159 | Libya | 88.5% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 160 | Indonesia | 88.2% | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 161 | El Salvador | 88.0% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 162 | Morocco | 87.8% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 163 | Honduras | 87.7% | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 164 | Philippines | 87.2% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 165 | Moldova | 86.9% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 165 | Republic of Moldova | 86.9% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 167 | Bhutan | 86.8% | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 168 | Bulgaria | 86.1% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 169 | Nepal | 86.0% | 2024 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 170 | Algeria | 85.9% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 171 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 84.8% | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 172 | Belize | 84.3% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 173 | India | 83.4% | 2024 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 174 | Saint Lucia | 83.4% | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 175 | Cambodia | 83.3% | 2024 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Cayman Islands | 83.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 177 | Cabo Verde | 83.1% | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 178 | Rwanda | 81.3% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 179 | Dominica | 80.4% | 2017 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 180 | Marshall Islands | 79.0% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 181 | Peru | 78.8% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 182 | South Africa | 77.4% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 183 | Caribbean | 76.0% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 184 | Micronesia | 75.5% | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 185 | Mongolia | 74.3% | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 186 | Myanmar | 74.2% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 187 | East Timor | 72.9% | 2024 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 187 | Timor-Leste | 72.9% | 2024 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 189 | Botswana | 72.1% | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 190 | Pakistan | 71.9% | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 191 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 71.6% | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 192 | Nauru | 71.3% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 192 | Naoero | 71.3% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 194 | Guatemala | 71.2% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 195 | Bangladesh | 67.6% | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 196 | Djibouti | 67.0% | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 197 | Equatorial Guinea | 66.3% | 2017 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 198 | Sudan | 65.7% | 2024 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 199 | Eswatini | 64.5% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 200 | Yemen | 63.1% | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 201 | Senegal | 62.5% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 202 | Greenland | 62.5% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 203 | American Samoa | 62.1% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 204 | Mauritania | 58.7% | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 205 | Gabon | 57.4% | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 206 | Comoros | 57.2% | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 207 | Afghanistan | 54.5% | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 208 | Angola | 50.3% | 2022 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 209 | Malawi | 49.2% | 2024 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 210 | Sao Tome and Principe | 48.7% | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 211 | Gambia | 48.2% | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 212 | Nigeria | 47.9% | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 213 | Lesotho | 47.9% | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 214 | Vanuatu | 47.8% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 215 | Mali | 47.8% | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 216 | Cameroon | 47.1% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 217 | Kiribati | 45.2% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 218 | Burundi | 44.6% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 219 | Somalia | 44.5% | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 220 | Kenya | 40.9% | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 221 | Cote d'Ivoire | 40.4% | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 221 | Côte d'Ivoire | 40.4% | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 223 | Namibia | 38.7% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 224 | Mozambique | 38.6% | 2024 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 225 | Zambia | 37.5% | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 226 | United Republic of Tanzania | 37.2% | 2024 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 227 | Solomon Islands | 34.6% | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 228 | Zimbabwe | 34.6% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 229 | Guinea | 32.6% | 2024 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 230 | Burkina Faso | 31.8% | 2024 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 231 | Melanesia | 31.6% | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 232 | Ghana | 31.6% | 2024 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 233 | Haiti | 29.1% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 234 | Guinea-Bissau | 28.9% | 2024 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 235 | Togo | 25.2% | 2024 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 236 | Sierra Leone | 24.9% | 2024 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 237 | Uganda | 23.9% | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 238 | Papua New Guinea | 23.6% | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 239 | Liberia | 23.3% | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 240 | Benin | 22.2% | 2024 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 241 | Congo | 20.6% | 2021 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 242 | Niger | 16.3% | 2024 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 243 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16.3% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 244 | Madagascar | 15.4% | 2024 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 245 | South Sudan | 14.4% | 2024 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 246 | Central African Republic | 14.0% | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 247 | Chad | 13.1% | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 248 | Eritrea | 11.9% | 2016 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 249 | Ethiopia | 10.4% | 2024 | up 46.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 100.0%
- Southern Europe 99.7%
- United States of America 99.6%
- Northern America 99.5%
- Western Europe 99.0%
- Northern Europe 98.4%
- Europe and Northern America 98.0%
- Eastern Asia 97.5%
- Central Asia 97.5%
- Europe 97.3%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 95.1%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 94.8%
- Eastern Europe 94.3%
- Western Asia 93.7%
- South America 92.0%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 91.0%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 90.4%
- Central America 90.3%
- South-Eastern Asia 89.5%
- Asia 88.8%
- Northern Africa 87.9%
- World 82.0%
- Central and Southern Asia 81.2%
- Southern Asia 80.6%
- Oceania 80.4%
- Southern Africa 74.4%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 69.1%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 46.0%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 41.6%
- Western Africa 41.6%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 36.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4%
- Eastern Africa 29.8%
- Middle Africa 21.9%