United States of America vs Uruguay: Share of the population using improved sanitation facilities

United States of America
99.62
in 2024
Uruguay
99.59
in 2024
United States of America rank
76th
Uruguay rank
79th

Share of the population using improved sanitation facilities over time

  • United States of America
  • Uruguay
020406080100200020122024

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 99.62 against 99.59 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.03.

Across all 25 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.

United States of America ranks 76th and Uruguay ranks 79th of 225 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade United States of America Uruguay Difference Ahead
2000s 99.87 97.46 2.41 United States of America
2010s 99.77 98.6 1.17 United States of America
2020s 99.64 99.41 0.2227 United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of the population using improved sanitation facilities, United States of America or Uruguay?
United States of America, at 99.62 against 99.59 in Uruguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in share of the population using improved sanitation facilities between United States of America and Uruguay?
0.03, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States of America and Uruguay?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do United States of America and Uruguay rank globally for share of the population using improved sanitation facilities?
United States of America ranks 76th and Uruguay ranks 79th of 225 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Share of the population using improved sanitation facilities. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

United States of America vs Uruguay: Share of the population using improved sanitation facilities. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 24 August 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/share-of-the-population-using-improved-sanitation-facilities/united-states/uruguay/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/share-of-the-population-using-improved-sanitation-facilities/united-states/uruguay/">United States of America vs Uruguay: Share of the population using improved sanitation facilities</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of the population using improved sanitation facilities
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
232 places, 5,597 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed