Iceland vs Maldives: People using improved sanitation facilities

Iceland
393,396 people
in 2024
Maldives
527,799 people
in 2024
Iceland rank
172nd
Maldives rank
169th

People using improved sanitation facilities over time

  • Iceland
  • Maldives
0200.0k400.0k600.0k200020122024

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 527,799 people against 393,396 people in Iceland, a difference of 134,403 people.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.3 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 172nd and Maldives ranks 169th of 232 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People using improved sanitation facilities
Unit
people
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
232 places, 5,597 data points, 2000–2024
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Number of people using improved sanitation facilities, regardless of whether they are shared with other households.