Proportion of population using on-site sanitation facilities with human waste disposed in situ (Sanitation) by country
Countries reporting
144
Highest
73.87
Kyrgyzstan
Lowest
0
Qatar
Median
13.08
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,290
What the numbers show
Proportion of population using on-site sanitation facilities with human waste disposed in situ (Sanitation) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 73.87 in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 0 in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.08, and the mean is 18.44.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 298.0%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 100.0%).
Proportion of population using on-site sanitation facilities with: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 73.87 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 2 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 70.23 | 2024 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 63.71 | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 4 | Jamaica | 63.67 | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 5 | Myanmar | 60.14 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 6 | Philippines | 59.3 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 7 | India | 56.93 | 2024 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 8 | Eswatini | 55.11 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 9 | Paraguay | 54.8 | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 10 | Nepal | 53.33 | 2024 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 11 | Mongolia | 46.32 | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 12 | Cambodia | 45.75 | 2024 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Malawi | 45.69 | 2024 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Comoros | 45.27 | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 15 | Samoa | 44.12 | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 43.51 | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 17 | Lesotho | 43.32 | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 18 | Guyana | 41.9 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 19 | Tuvalu | 39.71 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 20 | Bhutan | 39.18 | 2024 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 21 | Honduras | 38.57 | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 22 | Fiji | 38.21 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 37.32 | 2024 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 24 | Djibouti | 37.31 | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 25 | Vanuatu | 35.98 | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 26 | Kenya | 34.4 | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 34.3 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 28 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 33.91 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 33.87 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 30 | Mozambique | 33.59 | 2024 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 31 | El Salvador | 33.14 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 32 | Tonga | 29.77 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 33 | Nigeria | 29.12 | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 34 | Pakistan | 28.24 | 2024 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 35 | Sao Tome and Principe | 28.02 | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 36 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 27.91 | 2024 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 37 | Gambia | 27.61 | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 38 | Senegal | 26.99 | 2024 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 39 | Naoero | 26.22 | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.14 | 2018 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 41 | Iraq | 25.58 | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 42 | Brunei Darussalam | 25.18 | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 24.65 | 2024 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 44 | Côte d'Ivoire | 24.6 | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 45 | Suriname | 24.04 | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 23.57 | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 47 | Ukraine | 23.34 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 48 | Kiribati | 22.76 | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 49 | Cuba | 22.35 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 50 | Guinea-Bissau | 22.17 | 2024 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 21.7 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 52 | Ecuador | 21.46 | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 53 | Yemen | 21.33 | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 21.19 | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 55 | Uganda | 20.15 | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 56 | Montenegro | 19.7 | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 57 | Mali | 19.42 | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 58 | Ghana | 18.33 | 2024 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 59 | Ireland | 17.9 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 60 | Albania | 16.74 | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 61 | Tunisia | 16.73 | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 16.65 | 2024 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 63 | Thailand | 16.59 | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 64 | Georgia | 16.38 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 65 | Benin | 16.05 | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 66 | Romania | 15.57 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.28 | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 68 | Somalia | 13.81 | 2024 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 69 | Central African Republic | 13.5 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 70 | Palestine, State of | 13.47 | 2024 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 71 | Argentina | 13.32 | 2016 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 72 | French Guiana | 13.15 | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 73 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 13 | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 74 | Serbia | 12.87 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 75 | Togo | 12.8 | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 76 | Papua New Guinea | 12.79 | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 77 | Madagascar | 12.54 | 2024 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 78 | Réunion | 12.35 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 79 | Cyprus | 11.25 | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 80 | Chad | 10.88 | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 81 | Armenia | 10.74 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 82 | South Africa | 10.64 | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 83 | Libya | 10.17 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 84 | Croatia | 9.27 | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 85 | Slovenia | 8.84 | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 86 | Niger | 8.7 | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 87 | Morocco | 8.42 | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 88 | Slovak Republic | 8.38 | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 89 | Malaysia | 8.31 | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 90 | Jordan | 8.22 | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 91 | Ethiopia | 7.89 | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 92 | Belarus | 7.44 | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 93 | Lebanon | 7.32 | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 6.79 | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 95 | American Samoa | 6.46 | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 96 | United States | 6.34 | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 97 | Brazil | 6.12 | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 98 | Norway | 5.84 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 99 | Denmark | 5.79 | 2024 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 100 | France | 5.62 | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 101 | Belgium | 5.49 | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 102 | Colombia | 5.12 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 103 | Türkiye | 5.05 | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 104 | Peru | 5 | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 4.94 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 106 | Portugal | 4.61 | 2024 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 107 | Austria | 4.5 | 2024 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 108 | Estonia | 4.36 | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 109 | China (People’s Republic of) | 4.33 | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 110 | Mexico | 4.28 | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 111 | New Zealand | 4.04 | 2024 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 112 | Russia | 3.98 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 113 | San Marino | 3.75 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Algeria | 3.21 | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 115 | Greece | 3.06 | 2024 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 116 | Czechia | 3.05 | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 117 | Chile | 2.94 | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 2.92 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 2.79 | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 120 | Isle of Man | 2.53 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Hungary | 2.49 | 2024 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 122 | Egypt | 2.46 | 2024 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 123 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2.13 | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 124 | Lithuania | 2.11 | 2024 | up 298.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Australia | 1.48 | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 126 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 1.12 | 2024 | down 71.3% | falling |
| 127 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 0.8707 | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 128 | Germany | 0.8314 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 129 | Italy | 0.809 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 130 | United Kingdom | 0.6301 | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 131 | Hong Kong, China | 0.6297 | 2024 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 132 | Canada | 0.553 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 133 | Sweden | 0.4131 | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 134 | Luxembourg | 0.3743 | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 135 | Switzerland | 0.2025 | 2024 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 136 | Israel | 0.1844 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 137 | Finland | 0.0821 | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 138 | Netherlands | 0.0796 | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 139 | Spain | 0.0576 | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Liechtenstein | 0.025 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Japan | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Korea | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 2024 | — | 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.
- South-East Asia (WHO regions) 52.88
- South Asia (UNICEF Prog.regions) 50.89
- Asia Meridional 50.89
- Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG) 50.46
- World Bank (lower middle income) 43.93
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDC) (UNSDG) 28.05
- (SDGRC) Southern Africa 26.27
- Southern Africa (African Union) 26.18
- Países menos adelantados 25.54
- OECD Fragile Contexts 25.34
- Small island developing States (SIDS) (UNSDG) 25.12
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 24.72