Share of the population with access to sanitation facilities by country
Countries reporting
149
Highest
100
Andorra
Lowest
8.05
Ethiopia
Median
62.49
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
3,667
What the numbers show
Share of the population with access to sanitation facilities is currently reported for 149 countries. The highest value is 100 in Andorra; the lowest is 8.05 in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 62.49, and the mean is 60.42.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 202.7%), and the largest decrease in Nauru (down 17.4%).
Share of the population with access to sanitation facilities: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 100 | 2024 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 1 | Singapore | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Qatar | 99.94 | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 7 | Switzerland | 99.69 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 8 | Korea | 99.33 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 9 | Japan | 99.19 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 10 | Denmark | 98.9 | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 11 | Austria | 98.5 | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 98.45 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 97.84 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Poland | 97.83 | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands | 97.5 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 16 | Israel | 97.17 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 17 | United States | 97.01 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 18 | Germany | 96.77 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 19 | Lithuania | 96.4 | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 96.32 | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 21 | Liechtenstein | 96.3 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 22 | Australia | 95.77 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 23 | Sweden | 95.35 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Chile | 95.13 | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 25 | Jersey | 95 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Belgium | 94.9 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 27 | Hong Kong (China) | 94.83 | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 28 | Portugal | 93.92 | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 29 | Bahrain | 93.35 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 93.03 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 31 | Greece | 92.89 | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 32 | Latvia | 92.53 | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 33 | Ukraine | 92.39 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 34 | Hungary | 91.71 | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 35 | Czechia | 91.38 | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 36 | Estonia | 90.56 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | San Marino | 90.19 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Finland | 90.12 | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 39 | France | 89.99 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 40 | Romania | 89.8 | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 41 | New Zealand | 88.8 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 42 | Spain | 88.28 | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 43 | Bailiwick of Guernsey | 87.5 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Malaysia | 85.79 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 45 | Isle of Man | 84.82 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Slovenia | 84.54 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 83.89 | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 48 | Slovak Republic | 83.43 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 49 | Canada | 81.3 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 50 | Ireland | 81.26 | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 51 | Jordan | 80.08 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 52 | Macau (China) | 79.96 | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 53 | Tunisia | 79.79 | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 54 | Türkiye | 78.86 | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 78.21 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 56 | Norway | 77.93 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 57 | Réunion | 77.02 | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 58 | Cyprus | 76.97 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 59 | French Guiana | 76.23 | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 75.72 | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 61 | Croatia | 74.73 | 2021 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 74.6 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 63 | Belarus | 74.44 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 64 | South Africa | 73.78 | 2024 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 65 | Jamaica | 73.61 | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 66 | Palestine, State of | 73.51 | 2024 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 67 | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 71.38 | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 68 | Mongolia | 69.95 | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 69 | Albania | 69.28 | 2024 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 70 | China (People’s Republic of) | 68.87 | 2024 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 68 | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 72 | Georgia | 62.97 | 2024 | up 202.7% | rising |
| 73 | India | 62.78 | 2024 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 74 | Mexico | 62.75 | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 75 | Algeria | 62.49 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 76 | Philippines | 62.17 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 77 | Eswatini | 60.84 | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 78 | Myanmar | 60.53 | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 79 | Paraguay | 58.53 | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 80 | Russia | 58.19 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 81 | Egypt | 57.34 | 2024 | up 82.8% | rising |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.63 | 2018 | up 113.6% | rising |
| 83 | Peru | 56.49 | 2024 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 84 | Brazil | 54.96 | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 85 | Nepal | 53.41 | 2024 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 86 | Cambodia | 51.6 | 2024 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 87 | Iraq | 50.9 | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 88 | Montenegro | 50.87 | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 89 | Bhutan | 49.48 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 90 | Comoros | 49.36 | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 91 | Ecuador | 49.29 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 92 | Argentina | 48.54 | 2016 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 93 | Fiji | 48.5 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 94 | Malawi | 46.15 | 2024 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Cuba | 45.88 | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 96 | Viet Nam | 45.37 | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 97 | Samoa | 44.12 | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 98 | Lesotho | 43.76 | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 99 | Guyana | 43.44 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 100 | Yemen | 43.12 | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 42.97 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 102 | American Samoa | 42.93 | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 103 | Tuvalu | 39.71 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 104 | Djibouti | 39.66 | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.02 | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 106 | Bangladesh | 37.32 | 2024 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 107 | El Salvador | 35.97 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 108 | Kenya | 35.83 | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 109 | Sao Tome and Principe | 34.69 | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 110 | Mozambique | 33.94 | 2024 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 111 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 33.91 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 112 | Nauru | 33.16 | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 113 | Puerto Rico | 32.51 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Nigeria | 32.21 | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 115 | Tonga | 31.25 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 116 | Senegal | 30.08 | 2024 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 117 | Tanzania | 28.46 | 2024 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 118 | Gambia | 28.09 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 119 | Côte d’Ivoire | 27.1 | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 120 | Thailand | 26.72 | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 26.29 | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 122 | Venezuela | 26.02 | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 123 | Lebanon | 25.67 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 124 | Suriname | 25.13 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 125 | Afghanistan | 24.78 | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 126 | Burkina Faso | 24.72 | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 127 | Kiribati | 24.65 | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 128 | Serbia | 24.07 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 129 | Zimbabwe | 23.56 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 22.6 | 2024 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 131 | Libya | 21.75 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 132 | Uganda | 20.36 | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 133 | Mali | 20.01 | 2024 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 134 | Ghana | 18.76 | 2024 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 135 | Colombia | 18.69 | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 136 | Sierra Leone | 16.85 | 2024 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 16.66 | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 138 | Somalia | 16.38 | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 139 | Benin | 16.36 | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 140 | Central African Republic | 13.53 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 141 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 13.08 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 142 | Togo | 13.02 | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 143 | Madagascar | 12.8 | 2024 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 144 | North Macedonia | 12.11 | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 145 | Chad | 11.09 | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 146 | Armenia | 10.74 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 147 | Niger | 9.15 | 2024 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 148 | Morocco | 8.42 | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 149 | Ethiopia | 8.05 | 2024 | up 46.5% | rising |