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1.4.1.b Proportion of the population using basic sanitation services (%) by country

Countries reporting
200
Highest
100
Andorra
Lowest
9.34
Ethiopia
Median
92.13
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
4,476

What the numbers show

1.4.1.b Proportion of the population using basic sanitation services (%) is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 100 in Andorra; the lowest is 9.34 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 92.13, and the mean is 78.41.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 156 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 105.8%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 19.1%).

1.4.1.b Proportion of the population using basic sanitation services: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Andorra 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Australia 100 2022 up 0.0% flat
1 Bahrain 100 2022 up 0.0% flat
1 Chile 100 2022 up 2.0% rising
1 Kuwait 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Monaco 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Singapore 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 San Marino 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Seychelles 100 2022 up 1.7% flat
11 Austria 99.97 2022 down 0.0% flat
12 Malta 99.96 2022 down 0.0% flat
13 Liechtenstein 99.95 2022 down 0.0% flat
14 Japan 99.94 2022 down 0.0% flat
15 Qatar 99.94 2022 down 0.0% flat
16 Israel 99.92 2022 down 0.1% flat
17 Spain 99.92 2022 up 0.0% flat
18 Switzerland 99.9 2022 up 0.0% flat
19 Italy 99.89 2022 down 0.0% flat
20 Turkmenistan 99.82 2022 up 3.7% rising
21 South Korea 99.82 2022 down 0.1% flat
22 Maldives 99.7 2022 up 10.4% rising
23 Portugal 99.66 2022 up 0.7% flat
24 United States 99.63 2022 down 0.2% flat
25 Denmark 99.6 2022 down 0.0% flat
26 Belarus 99.56 2022 up 3.7% rising
27 Belgium 99.49 2022 up 0.0% flat
28 Brunei 99.48 2022 up 13.9% rising
29 Finland 99.45 2022 down 0.0% flat
30 Palestine 99.44 2022 up 4.9% rising
31 Cyprus 99.4 2022 down 0.1% flat
32 Oman 99.32 2022 up 1.6% rising
33 Albania 99.3 2022 up 3.2% rising
34 Turkey 99.25 2022 up 4.9% rising
35 Germany 99.23 2022 up 0.0% flat
36 Lebanon 99.2 2022 up 10.2% rising
37 Czechia 99.14 2022 up 0.0% flat
38 United Kingdom 99.1 2022 down 0.0% flat
39 United Arab Emirates 99.09 2022 down 0.0% flat
40 Estonia 99.06 2022 down 0.1% flat
41 Palau 99.02 2022 up 2.8% rising
42 Thailand 99.02 2022 up 3.1% rising
43 Greece 99 2022 up 0.3% flat
44 North Macedonia 98.98 2022 up 5.9% rising
45 Poland 98.96 2022 up 3.5% rising
46 Sweden 98.86 2022 down 0.2% flat
47 Iceland 98.78 2022 down 0.0% flat
48 France 98.65 2022 down 0.0% flat
49 Canada 98.59 2022 down 0.8% flat
50 Iraq 98.5 2022 up 13.9% rising
51 Venezuela 98.4 2022 up 5.9% rising
52 Costa Rica 98.38 2022 up 2.1% flat
53 Uruguay 98.32 2022 up 2.7% rising
54 Slovenia 98.31 2022 down 0.5% flat
55 Barbados 98.09 2022 up 3.4% rising
56 Norway 98.05 2022 down 0.0% flat
57 Hungary 97.98 2022 down 0.0% flat
58 Samoa 97.93 2022 up 3.8% rising
59 Serbia 97.91 2022 up 1.1% flat
60 Kyrgyzstan 97.86 2022 up 1.9% rising
61 Kazakhstan 97.86 2022 up 0.3% flat
62 Montenegro 97.81 2022 up 4.2% rising
63 Ukraine 97.75 2022 up 1.1% flat
64 Netherlands 97.67 2022 down 0.1% flat
65 Luxembourg 97.59 2022 down 0.0% flat
66 Slovakia 97.54 2022 down 0.4% flat
67 Egypt 97.53 2022 up 2.7% rising
68 Tunisia 97.44 2022 up 9.6% rising
69 Niue 97.43 2022 down 1.3% flat
70 Antigua and Barbuda 97.4 2022 up 0.0% flat
71 Jordan 97.14 2022 down 0.7% flat
72 British Virgin Islands 96.86 2016 up 0.0% flat
73 Tajikistan 96.75 2022 up 2.7% rising
74 Anguilla 96.7 2017 up 2.9% rising
75 Uzbekistan 96.31 2022 up 1.3% flat
76 Croatia 96.17 2021 down 0.4% flat
77 Azerbaijan 96.13 2019 up 16.9% rising
78 Malaysia 96 2022 up 1.0% flat
79 China 95.89 2022 up 20.7% rising
80 Mauritius 95.46 2017 up 2.7% rising
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 95.39 2018 up 0.2% flat
82 Saudi Arabia 95.35 2022 up 0.1% flat
83 Lithuania 95.31 2022 up 5.7% rising
84 Tonga 95.3 2022 up 2.9% rising
85 Sri Lanka 95.09 2022 up 9.9% rising
86 Syria 94.98 2022 up 3.7% rising
87 Saint Kitts and Nevis 94.95 2017 up 4.3% rising
88 Bahamas 94.93 2019 up 2.8% rising
89 Argentina 94.82 2016 up 4.8% rising
90 Colombia 94.73 2022 up 10.1% rising
91 Paraguay 94.57 2022 up 12.1% rising
92 Armenia 93.98 2022 up 2.5% rising
93 Trinidad and Tobago 93.92 2022 up 0.9% flat
94 Turks and Caicos Islands 93.15 2022 up 0.0% flat
95 Fiji 93.04 2022 up 1.2% rising
96 Mexico 92.52 2022 up 7.2% rising
97 Latvia 92.44 2021 up 2.3% rising
98 Ecuador 92.27 2022 up 11.7% rising
99 Vietnam 92.17 2022 up 25.7% rising
100 Cuba 92.15 2022 up 5.7% rising
101 Libya 92.11 2022 up 0.5% flat
102 Grenada 91.49 2017 down 0.2% flat
103 Guyana 90.99 2022 up 7.2% rising
104 Brazil 90.88 2022 up 8.8% rising
105 Micronesia (country) 90.45 2020 up 37.2% rising
106 Iran 90.36 2022 up 4.6% rising
107 Suriname 89.97 2022 up 6.5% rising
108 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 89.7 2018 up 12.8% rising
109 Russia 89.42 2022 up 2.6% rising
110 Ireland 89.25 2022 down 0.5% flat
111 Montserrat 89.1 2022 up 3.4% rising
112 Dominican Republic 88.68 2022 up 6.1% rising
113 Romania 88.28 2022 up 9.4% rising
114 Belize 88.25 2022 up 2.3% rising
115 Indonesia 88.16 2022 up 33.0% rising
116 El Salvador 87.55 2022 up 3.6% rising
117 Morocco 87.52 2022 up 9.7% rising
118 Jamaica 86.55 2022 up 1.6% rising
119 Georgia 86.26 2022 down 1.3% flat
120 Bulgaria 86.06 2022 up 0.1% flat
121 Panama 85.88 2022 up 14.2% rising
122 Algeria 85.83 2022 down 1.5% flat
123 Cook Islands 85.44 2022 up 1.4% flat
124 Moldova 84.91 2022 up 8.5% rising
125 North Korea 84.77 2022 up 6.7% rising
126 Philippines 84.76 2022 up 15.7% rising
127 Honduras 84.4 2022 up 11.2% rising
128 Tuvalu 83.55 2022 up 0.5% flat
129 Saint Lucia 83.36 2022 up 0.2% flat
130 Cape Verde 83.05 2022 up 29.9% rising
131 Marshall Islands 81.46 2022 down 3.7% falling
132 Botswana 80.55 2022 up 14.8% rising
133 Nepal 80.39 2022 up 65.9% rising
134 Dominica 80.37 2017 up 10.3% rising
135 Laos 79.51 2022 up 29.0% rising
136 Peru 78.46 2022 up 8.2% rising
137 India 78.39 2022 up 61.0% rising
138 Bhutan 77.94 2022 up 18.7% rising
139 South Africa 77.63 2022 up 11.2% rising
140 Cambodia 76.72 2022 up 73.0% rising
141 Myanmar 74.13 2022 up 6.2% rising
142 Rwanda 73.83 2022 up 19.6% rising
143 Nicaragua 73.02 2020 up 9.1% rising
144 Pakistan 70.53 2022 up 32.8% rising
145 Mongolia 69.96 2022 up 18.3% rising
146 Guatemala 69.62 2022 up 5.4% rising
147 Bolivia 68.61 2022 up 33.3% rising
148 Djibouti 66.91 2022 up 16.3% rising
149 Equatorial Guinea 66.31 2017 up 8.1% rising
150 Nauru 65.93 2021 up 0.2% flat
151 Eswatini 64.42 2022 up 10.6% rising
152 Senegal 60.18 2022 up 21.3% rising
153 Bangladesh 59.3 2022 up 35.1% rising
154 East Timor 58.38 2022 up 23.1% rising
155 Afghanistan 55.95 2022 up 44.0% rising
156 Mauritania 55.93 2022 up 55.2% rising
157 Yemen 54.84 2022 up 8.6% rising
158 Angola 52.18 2022 up 19.7% rising
159 Lesotho 50.28 2022 up 45.4% rising
160 Mali 50.21 2022 up 52.7% rising
161 Gabon 49.9 2022 up 8.1% rising
162 Malawi 49.24 2022 up 79.6% volatile
163 Sao Tome and Principe 47.84 2022 up 33.6% rising
164 Gambia 47.72 2022 up 2.8% flat
165 Vanuatu 46.71 2022 down 10.1% falling
166 Nigeria 46.57 2022 up 27.8% rising
167 Burundi 45.69 2022 down 0.5% flat
168 Kiribati 45.18 2022 up 9.4% rising
169 Cameroon 43.12 2022 up 6.0% rising
170 Somalia 40.58 2022 up 30.9% rising
171 Haiti 37.48 2022 up 28.1% rising
172 Mozambique 37.38 2022 up 56.6% rising
173 Cote d'Ivoire 36.96 2022 up 27.0% rising
174 Sudan 36.89 2020 up 30.6% rising
175 Kenya 36.53 2022 up 12.3% rising
176 Zambia 36.3 2022 up 20.8% rising
177 Comoros 35.91 2019 up 5.4% rising
178 Namibia 35.84 2022 up 9.0% rising
179 Solomon Islands 35.02 2021 up 25.7% rising
180 Zimbabwe 34.62 2022 down 13.3% falling
181 Guinea 31.27 2022 up 57.5% rising
182 Tanzania 30.62 2022 up 46.5% rising
183 Ghana 28.58 2022 up 67.1% rising
184 Guinea-Bissau 27.84 2022 up 75.0% volatile
185 Burkina Faso 24.76 2022 up 31.2% rising
186 Sierra Leone 22.92 2022 up 60.2% rising
187 Liberia 22.52 2022 up 32.8% rising
188 Uganda 21.01 2022 up 10.8% rising
189 Congo 20.55 2021 up 23.6% rising
190 Benin 19.49 2022 up 34.9% rising
191 Papua New Guinea 19.3 2022 up 3.1% rising
192 Togo 19.2 2022 up 32.4% rising
193 Niger 16.41 2022 up 43.7% rising
194 Democratic Republic of Congo 16.17 2022 down 13.8% falling
195 South Sudan 16.06 2022 up 105.8% rising
196 Madagascar 14.75 2022 up 54.1% rising
197 Central African Republic 13.85 2022 down 19.1% falling
198 Chad 12.92 2022 up 18.5% rising
199 Eritrea 11.94 2016 up 16.3% rising
200 Ethiopia 9.34 2022 up 43.3% rising

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Indicator
1.4.1.b Proportion of the population using basic sanitation services (%)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
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Coverage
200 places, 4,476 data points, 2000–2022
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