Proportion of population using improved latrines and other improved facilities (Sanitation) by country

Countries reporting
215
Highest
99.65
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Lowest
0
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Median
11.24
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
6,989

What the numbers show

Proportion of population using improved latrines and other improved facilities (Sanitation) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 99.65 in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba; the lowest is 0 in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.24, and the mean is 21.01.

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Cabo Verde (up 105,167,000,000,000,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 100.0%).

Proportion of population using improved latrines and other improved: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 99.65 2024 up 0.3% flat
2 Rwanda 96.53 2024 up 24.0% rising
3 Bermuda 94.94 2024 down 0.0% flat
4 Barbados 91.58 2024 up 8.1% rising
5 Sri Lanka 83.08 2024 up 0.9% rising
6 Botswana 82.83 2024 up 14.3% rising
7 Kyrgyzstan 79.03 2024 down 1.0% flat
8 Tajikistan 78.76 2023 down 2.5% flat
9 Cambodia 78.17 2024 up 68.3% volatile
10 Uzbekistan 75.87 2024 down 1.2% flat
11 Jamaica 73.39 2024 up 26.5% rising
12 Malawi 71.58 2024 up 60.9% volatile
13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 71.37 2024 up 36.0% rising
14 Eswatini 71.21 2024 up 7.8% rising
15 Turkmenistan 67.15 2024 down 6.4% falling
16 Lesotho 63.88 2024 up 40.0% rising
17 Sudan 62.49 2024 up 56.2% rising
18 Myanmar 61.67 2024 down 6.1% falling
19 Burkina Faso 60.74 2024 up 42.6% rising
20 Equatorial Guinea 59.42 2017 up 9.8% rising
21 Mali 58.28 2024 up 23.5% rising
22 Mongolia 58.03 2024 up 1.6% rising
23 Djibouti 57.45 2023 up 23.5% rising
24 Iran 57.25 2024 down 17.2% falling
25 Mauritius 55.86 2024 down 15.2% falling
26 Kenya 54.64 2024 up 18.4% rising
27 Kazakhstan 54.37 2024 up 3.3% flat
28 Afghanistan 53.95 2024 up 34.8% rising
29 Bangladesh 53.77 2024 up 20.7% rising
30 Somalia 53.37 2024 up 27.5% rising
31 Comoros 52.99 2024 up 25.5% rising
32 Burundi 51.6 2024 up 1.4% flat
33 Sierra Leone 51.17 2024 up 19.8% rising
34 Guinea 48.56 2024 up 30.6% rising
35 Ukraine 47.32 2024 up 0.3% rising
36 Sint Maarten 47.11 2017 up 6.1% rising
37 Ghana 46.88 2024 down 4.5% flat
38 Republic of Moldova 46.83 2024 up 9.8% rising
39 Mauritania 45.85 2024 up 43.0% rising
40 Cameroon 45.51 2024 down 5.2% falling
41 Vanuatu 44.31 2024 down 9.1% falling
42 Zambia 42.55 2024 up 30.3% rising
43 Azerbaijan 41.71 2024 down 2.0% rising
44 Côte d'Ivoire 39.69 2024 up 18.1% rising
45 Uganda 38.95 2024 up 16.3% rising
46 India 38.79 2024 up 56.3% volatile
47 Nepal 38.6 2024 up 56.6% rising
48 Congo 38.57 2021 up 10.0% rising
49 Timor-Leste 37.73 2024 up 50.5% rising
50 Paraguay 36.44 2024 down 0.4% rising
51 Tanzania, United Republic of 35.57 2024 up 25.1% rising
52 Benin 35.55 2024 up 18.4% rising
53 Haiti 33.39 2024 down 8.6% falling
54 Zimbabwe 33.25 2024 down 1.2% flat
55 Gambia 32.99 2024 down 30.0% falling
56 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 32.11 2023 up 30.9% rising
57 Albania 31.66 2024 up 26.6% rising
58 Guinea-Bissau 31.13 2024 up 53.7% volatile
59 Nigeria 30.93 2024 down 15.6% falling
60 Mozambique 30.55 2024 up 38.6% rising
61 Romania 30.43 2024 down 4.7% falling
62 Central African Republic 30.35 2024 up 4.1% flat
63 Senegal 29.02 2024 up 12.8% rising
64 Madagascar 28.84 2024 up 42.2% rising
65 El Salvador 28.42 2024 down 24.7% falling
66 Sao Tome and Principe 28.4 2024 up 24.3% rising
67 South Africa 26.25 2024 down 2.0% flat
68 Antigua and Barbuda 25.11 2024 up 17.9% rising
69 Greenland 25 2022 unchanged flat
70 Togo 24.86 2024 down 0.5% rising
71 Guatemala 24.34 2024 down 4.4% falling
72 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 24.13 2024 down 21.8% falling
73 Georgia 23.34 2024 down 26.8% falling
74 Tunisia 23.15 2024 up 34.7% rising
75 Honduras 22.64 2024 down 9.3% falling
76 Grenada 22.42 2024 down 24.5% falling
77 Gabon 22.19 2024 up 182.6% volatile
78 Liberia 21.65 2024 down 7.0% flat
79 Pakistan 21.63 2024 up 87.8% volatile
80 South Sudan 21.14 2024 up 42.3% rising
81 Cuba 21.09 2024 down 5.0% falling
82 Niger 21.07 2024 up 37.6% rising
83 Armenia 20.63 2024 down 10.8% falling
84 Guadeloupe 20.38 2024 up 19.1% rising
85 Poland 20.1 2024 down 28.9% falling
86 Belize 19.8 2024 down 22.3% falling
87 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 19.68 2024 up 12.5% rising
88 Papua New Guinea 18.49 2024 up 26.3% rising
89 Guyana 17.9 2024 down 41.6% falling
90 Libya 17.8 2024 down 12.4% falling
91 China (People’s Republic of) 17.41 2024 down 16.9% falling
92 Chad 17.27 2024 up 13.5% rising
93 Solomon Islands 17.22 2024 up 34.5% rising
94 Cayman Islands 16.15 2024 up 58.6% rising
95 Ethiopia 16.08 2024 up 42.6% rising
96 Wallis and Futuna 15.26 2024 down 7.8% falling
97 Kiribati 15.08 2024 up 39.7% rising
98 Argentina 15.01 2016 down 21.1% falling
99 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.93 2018 down 19.6% falling
100 Fiji 14.83 2024 up 14.6% rising
101 Cabo Verde 14.72 2024 up 105,167,000,000,000,000.0% volatile
102 Philippines 14.59 2024 up 18.8% rising
103 Eritrea 13.44 2016 up 36.5% rising
104 Palestine, State of 13.23 2024 up 153.5% volatile
105 Yemen 13.22 2024 down 1.7% falling
106 Namibia 13.06 2024 up 21.5% rising
107 Palau 11.81 2024 down 35.3% falling
108 Nauru 11.24 2024 down 65.5% falling
109 Belarus 11.17 2024 down 31.9% falling
110 Türkiye 10.23 2024 down 25.4% falling
111 Dominica 9.32 2017 down 21.8% falling
112 Morocco 9.1 2024 down 25.7% falling
113 Peru 8.87 2024 up 26.5% rising
114 French Guiana 8.41 2024 down 15.1% falling
115 Micronesia (Federated States of) 8.34 2020 up 67.4% volatile
116 Dominican Republic 8.31 2024 down 59.8% falling
117 Lebanon 8.18 2024 up 17.4% volatile
118 Viet Nam 8.15 2024 down 52.0% falling
119 Turks and Caicos Islands 8.06 2024 down 1.1% flat
120 Panama 7.4 2024 down 45.5% falling
121 Indonesia 7.38 2024 down 43.3% falling
122 Saint Lucia 7.09 2022 down 55.2% volatile
123 North Macedonia 7.08 2024 up 8.2% rising
124 Mayotte 6.7 2024 down 66.0% falling
125 Iraq 6.62 2024 down 49.5% falling
126 Belgium 6.43 2024 up 135.1% volatile
127 Serbia 6 2024 down 40.8% falling
128 Bhutan 5.88 2024 down 73.7% falling
129 Brazil 5.8 2024 down 38.4% falling
130 United Arab Emirates 5.25 2024 down 3.3% falling
131 Saint Barthélemy 4.89 2024 down 65.4% falling
132 Uruguay 4.84 2024 up 162.4% volatile
133 Cyprus 4.44 2024 up 39.0% volatile
134 Lithuania 4.29 2024 up 293.8% volatile
135 Ireland 4.05 2024 up 42.2% rising
136 Slovak Republic 4.03 2024 up 0.5% rising
137 Anguilla 3.98 2017 up 243.4% volatile
138 Canada 3.47 2024 down 9.5% falling
139 Croatia 3.4 2021 down 1.9% flat
140 Aruba 3.33 2024 up 10.5% rising
141 Tonga 3.31 2024 down 78.8% falling
142 Ecuador 3.01 2024 down 68.2% falling
143 Thailand 2.95 2024 down 0.3% rising
144 Réunion 2.93 2024 down 20.9% falling
145 Suriname 2.79 2024 down 71.7% volatile
146 Tuvalu 2.47 2024 down 78.0% falling
147 Algeria 2.42 2024 down 34.0% falling
148 Colombia 2.25 2024 down 29.8% falling
149 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.25 2024 up 230.0% volatile
150 Oman 2.09 2024 down 4.6% volatile
151 Spain 2 2024 up 4.6% rising
152 Marshall Islands 1.92 2024 down 81.5% volatile
153 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.81 2017 down 0.7% volatile
154 Trinidad and Tobago 1.61 2024 down 78.5% falling
155 Japan 1.55 2024 down 77.4% falling
156 Norway 1.51 2024 down 6.7% falling
157 Saudi Arabia 1.27 2024 down 4.7% falling
158 Hong Kong (China) 1.26 2024 down 52.8% falling
159 Mexico 1.23 2024 down 57.1% falling
160 Czechia 1.22 2024 down 1.7% rising
161 Hungary 1.15 2024 down 48.2% falling
162 Austria 1.06 2024 up 2.4% flat
163 Costa Rica 1.06 2024 up 36.5% falling
164 Chile 1.01 2024 down 64.8% falling
165 Malta 0.9645 2024 down 29.8% falling
166 Martinique 0.9608 2024 down 59.4% falling
167 Montenegro 0.9149 2024 down 64.6% falling
168 Brunei Darussalam 0.74 2024 volatile
169 Estonia 0.6667 2024 down 86.5% volatile
170 Germany 0.5827 2024 down 3.1% falling
171 Jordan 0.4998 2024 up 16.0% falling
172 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.4511 2024 down 88.5% volatile
173 Egypt 0.4093 2024 down 87.7% volatile
174 Switzerland 0.3214 2024 up 496.5% volatile
175 Guam 0.2583 2024 down 0.0% flat
176 Syrian Arab Republic 0.2165 2024 down 97.8% volatile
177 Denmark 0.1926 2024 down 30.0% falling
178 United States Virgin Islands 0.1845 2024 down 65.2% falling
179 Faroe Islands 0.1835 2015 unchanged flat
180 Italy 0.1455 2024 down 0.4% flat
181 Curaçao 0.108 2017 down 75.4% volatile
182 Liechtenstein 0.05 2024 unchanged flat
183 Maldives 0.0223 2024 down 99.1% volatile
184 Luxembourg 0.0158 2024 up 31.3% rising
185 Sweden 0.0033 2024 down 99.0% volatile
186 Australia 0.0008 2024 volatile
187 Netherlands 0.0004 2024 down 45.8% volatile
188 Portugal 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
189 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 2024 volatile
189 Greece 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
189 Russia 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
192 Angola 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
192 American Samoa 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
192 Bulgaria 0 2024 volatile
192 Bahamas 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
192 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
192 France 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
192 Iceland 0 2024 volatile
192 Israel 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
192 Korea 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
192 Saint Martin (French part) 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
192 Northern Mariana Islands 0 2024 volatile
192 Malaysia 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
192 New Zealand 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
192 Puerto Rico 0 2024 volatile
192 French Polynesia 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
192 Qatar 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
192 Slovenia 0 2024 volatile
192 Seychelles 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
192 United States of America 0 2024 volatile
192 British Virgin Islands 0 2016 down 100.0% volatile
192 Samoa 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
192 Montserrat 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
192 Niue 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
192 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 0 2024 volatile

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Indicator
Proportion of population using improved latrines and other improved facilities (Sanitation)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
288 places, 6,989 data points, 2000–2024
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