Proportion of population using basic sanitation services (Sanitation) by country
Countries reporting
146
Highest
91.21
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
Lowest
0
Qatar
Median
16.02
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,159
What the numbers show
Proportion of population using basic sanitation services (Sanitation) is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 91.21 in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244); the lowest is 0 in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.02, and the mean is 23.06.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania (up 157.3%), and the largest decrease in Andorra (down 100.0%).
Proportion of population using basic sanitation services (Sanitation): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 91.21 | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 2 | North Macedonia | 86.89 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 3 | Armenia | 82.93 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 4 | Morocco | 79.35 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 5 | Colombia | 77.89 | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 6 | Serbia | 73.88 | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 7 | Lebanon | 73.53 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 8 | Thailand | 72.63 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 72.5 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 10 | Venezuela | 72.38 | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 11 | Puerto Rico | 67.49 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Libya | 66.75 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 13 | Suriname | 64.87 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 14 | Tonga | 62.69 | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 15 | Greenland | 62.5 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 59.24 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | 56.16 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 18 | Samoa | 52.98 | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 19 | El Salvador | 52.07 | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 20 | Vietnam | 50.07 | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 21 | Tuvalu | 49.97 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 22 | Cuba | 48.89 | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 23 | Guyana | 47.87 | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 24 | Iraq | 47.61 | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 47.15 | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 26 | Montenegro | 46.98 | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 27 | Argentina | 46.28 | 2016 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 28 | Fiji | 44.25 | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 29 | Ecuador | 41.92 | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 30 | Egypt | 39.75 | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 31 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38.76 | 2018 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 32 | Nauru | 38.17 | 2024 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 33 | Brazil | 37.45 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 34 | Paraguay | 37.41 | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 35 | Bhutan | 37.36 | 2024 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 36 | Russia | 34.03 | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 37 | Nepal | 32.61 | 2024 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 38 | Senegal | 32.44 | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 39 | Cambodia | 31.73 | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 30.98 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 30.3 | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 42 | Mexico | 30.24 | 2024 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 43 | Albania | 30.02 | 2024 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 29.72 | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 45 | China | 28.4 | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 46 | Somalia | 28.07 | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 47 | Mali | 27.75 | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 48 | Georgia | 27.71 | 2024 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 49 | Djibouti | 27.37 | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 50 | Palestine | 25.88 | 2024 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 51 | Belarus | 25.31 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 52 | Philippines | 24.98 | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 53 | Algeria | 23.41 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 54 | Cyprus | 22.51 | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 55 | Reunion | 22.43 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 56 | Peru | 22.28 | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 21.95 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 58 | Italy | 21.68 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 21.06 | 2021 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 60 | India | 20.6 | 2024 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 61 | Kiribati | 20.53 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 62 | Turkey | 20.41 | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 63 | Norway | 20.12 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 64 | Gambia | 20.08 | 2024 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 65 | Macao | 20.04 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 66 | Yemen | 19.96 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 67 | American Samoa | 19.19 | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 68 | Tunisia | 18.75 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 69 | Jamaica | 18.01 | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 70 | French Guiana | 17.9 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 71 | Laos | 17.35 | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 72 | Canada | 17.29 | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 73 | Jordan | 16.34 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 74 | Nigeria | 15.69 | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 75 | Isle of Man | 15.18 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Slovakia | 14.12 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 77 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13.99 | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 78 | Slovenia | 13.77 | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 79 | Saudi Arabia | 13.72 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 80 | Myanmar | 13.65 | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.3 | 2024 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 82 | Ghana | 12.82 | 2024 | up 79.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Togo | 12.14 | 2024 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 84 | Spain | 11.64 | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 85 | New Zealand | 11.2 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 11.08 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 10.36 | 2024 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 88 | Malaysia | 10.23 | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 89 | San Marino | 9.81 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Finland | 9.33 | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 91 | Tanzania | 8.76 | 2024 | up 157.3% | volatile |
| 92 | France | 8.65 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 93 | Estonia | 8.46 | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 94 | Ireland | 8.46 | 2024 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 95 | Sierra Leone | 8.07 | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 96 | Comoros | 7.87 | 2024 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Czechia | 7.69 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 98 | Niger | 7.19 | 2024 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 99 | Burkina Faso | 7.07 | 2024 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 100 | Papua New Guinea | 6.91 | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 101 | Bahrain | 6.65 | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 102 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.34 | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 103 | Hungary | 6.26 | 2024 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Greece | 6.12 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 105 | Benin | 5.89 | 2024 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 106 | Portugal | 5.73 | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.51 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 108 | Ukraine | 5.33 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 109 | Kenya | 5.06 | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 110 | Chile | 4.87 | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Mozambique | 4.65 | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 112 | Belgium | 4.59 | 2024 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 113 | Mongolia | 4.33 | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 114 | Australia | 4.23 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 115 | Lesotho | 4.14 | 2024 | up 101.0% | rising |
| 116 | Liechtenstein | 3.65 | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 117 | Eswatini | 3.62 | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 118 | South Africa | 3.6 | 2024 | down 76.7% | falling |
| 119 | Uganda | 3.53 | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 120 | Sweden | 3.39 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 121 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.22 | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 122 | Malawi | 3.08 | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 123 | Israel | 2.75 | 2024 | down 72.3% | falling |
| 124 | United States | 2.61 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 125 | Madagascar | 2.57 | 2024 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 126 | Germany | 2.46 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 127 | Ethiopia | 2.31 | 2024 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 128 | Chad | 2.05 | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 129 | Austria | 1.47 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Luxembourg | 1.28 | 2024 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 131 | United Kingdom | 1.26 | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 132 | Poland | 1.13 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 133 | Japan | 0.7576 | 2024 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 134 | Romania | 0.7427 | 2024 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Denmark | 0.6961 | 2024 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6372 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 137 | Central African Republic | 0.5104 | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 138 | South Korea | 0.4009 | 2024 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Switzerland | 0.2134 | 2024 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Netherlands | 0.1588 | 2024 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 141 | Andorra | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Lithuania | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Latvia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Malta | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Qatar | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) 39.21
- Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) 39.05
- América Latina y el Caribe 39.04
- (SDGRC) North Africa 38.24
- Northern Africa (African Union) 37.45
- Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) 35.04
- East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) 32
- World Bank (upper middle income) 31.96
- Asia Oriental y Pacífico 31.29
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) 31.03
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions) 30.49
- Western Pacific (WHO regions) 30.43
- Northern Africa and Western Asia (UNSDG) 30.25
- Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 29.65
- Oriente Medio y África del Norte 28.05
- Small island developing States (SIDS) (UNSDG) 27.08
- Europa del Este y Asia Central 26.84
- Americas (WHO regions) 26.32
- South-East Asia (WHO regions) 23.76
- SDG regions - Global (UNSDG) 23.51
- Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) 23.36
- South Asia (UNICEF Prog.regions) 23.28
- Asia Meridional 23.28
- Europe and Central Asia (UNICEF Prog.regions) 22.84
- Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG) 22.78
- World Bank (lower middle income) 22.72
- OECD Fragile Contexts 17.87
- Europa y Asia Central 17.25
- Europe (WHO regions) 17.12
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) (UNSDG) 14.94
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 14.64
- Western Africa (African Union) 14.64
- (SDGRC) West Africa 14.64
- Países menos adelantados 14.6
- African Union 14.58
- (SDGRC) United Nations Economic Commission for Africa 14.57
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 14.53
- World Bank (high income) 13.72
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDC) (UNSDG) 13.17
- Europe and Northern America (UNSDG) 12.57