Share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitation services by country

Countries reporting
100
Highest
100
Andorra
Lowest
1.23
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Median
47.66
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
2,464

What the numbers show

Share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitation services is currently reported for 100 countries. The highest value is 100 in Andorra; the lowest is 1.23 in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 47.66, and the mean is 49.09.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 81.

Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 87.6%), and the largest decrease in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (down 90.4%).

Share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Andorra 100 2024 up 10.4% rising
2 Switzerland 99.45 2024 up 3.1% rising
3 United Arab Emirates 98.51 2024 up 0.0% flat
4 Netherlands 97.47 2024 up 0.0% flat
5 Austria 96.34 2024 down 3.7% flat
6 Kyrgyzstan 95.11 2024 up 0.1% rising
7 Israel 94.64 2024 up 7.4% rising
8 Lithuania 93.06 2024 up 15.3% rising
9 Sweden 91.59 2024 up 0.2% flat
9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 91.59 2024 unchanged flat
11 Germany 91.26 2024 up 0.2% flat
12 Luxembourg 88.98 2024 up 2.9% flat
13 Portugal 88.3 2024 up 22.0% rising
14 Jamaica 87.81 2024 up 15.0% rising
15 Hungary 87.56 2024 up 19.5% rising
16 Uzbekistan 86.35 2024 up 2.6% rising
17 Czechia 82.12 2024 up 1.0% flat
18 Canada 81.61 2024 up 3.4% rising
19 Türkiye 81.44 2024 up 25.7% rising
20 Italy 77.26 2024 down 0.6% flat
21 Slovakia 76.25 2024 up 0.9% flat
22 Lao People's Democratic Republic 72.73 2024 up 49.4% rising
23 Honduras 72.44 2024 up 16.3% rising
24 Paraguay 71.13 2024 up 19.9% rising
25 Ireland 71 2024 up 1.8% rising
26 Philippines 69.86 2024 up 21.5% rising
27 Azerbaijan 68.52 2024 up 15.4% rising
28 Eswatini 67.5 2024 up 19.6% rising
29 India 66.87 2024 up 73.3% volatile
30 Myanmar 64.31 2024 up 3.3% rising
31 Rwanda 64.25 2024 up 27.4% rising
32 Bulgaria 62.87 2024 up 15.3% rising
33 Cuba 59.76 2024 up 9.0% rising
34 Ecuador 59.18 2024 up 13.7% rising
35 Tajikistan 58.73 2023 up 1.1% flat
36 El Salvador 58.33 2024 down 4.6% falling
37 Fiji 57.16 2024 up 6.4% rising
38 Tunisia 56.95 2024 up 10.8% rising
39 Algeria 56 2024 up 4.1% rising
40 Nepal 55.56 2024 up 69.4% rising
41 Bhutan 53.63 2024 up 13.7% rising
42 Mongolia 52.3 2024 up 37.2% rising
43 Cambodia 51.17 2024 up 85.1% volatile
44 Jordan 50.96 2024 up 26.4% rising
45 Comoros 50.78 2024 up 31.9% rising
46 Georgia 50.2 2024 up 25.0% rising
47 Belarus 50.08 2024 down 12.9% falling
48 Egypt 48.47 2024 up 85.0% rising
49 Viet Nam 48.3 2024 up 22.0% rising
50 Lesotho 47.82 2024 up 43.3% rising
51 Iraq 47.49 2024 up 27.6% rising
52 Malawi 47.29 2024 up 62.0% volatile
53 Dominican Republic 47.05 2024 down 9.5% falling
54 Guyana 46.93 2024 down 10.5% falling
55 Tuvalu 44.44 2024 down 10.3% falling
56 Samoa 44.25 2024 up 0.4% flat
57 Turks and Caicos Islands 43.87 2024 unchanged flat
58 Bangladesh 41.93 2024 up 80.3% rising
59 Pakistan 41.26 2024 up 55.6% rising
60 Montenegro 40.74 2024 up 8.0% rising
61 Kenya 39.25 2024 up 27.7% rising
62 China 38.08 2024 up 72.4% volatile
63 Costa Rica 35.97 2024 up 3.7% flat
64 Tonga 33.98 2024 down 15.9% falling
65 Suriname 33.95 2024 down 7.3% falling
66 Senegal 32.62 2024 up 49.5% rising
67 Palestine, State of 32.57 2024 up 49.6% rising
68 Sao Tome and Principe 32.05 2024 up 36.7% rising
69 Zambia 31.28 2024 up 49.3% rising
70 Zimbabwe 29.98 2024 down 3.9% falling
71 Serbia 29.61 2024 down 3.0% falling
72 Mali 29.08 2024 up 50.5% rising
73 Trinidad and Tobago 28.35 2024 down 4.8% falling
74 Yemen 27.87 2024 up 29.3% rising
75 Nigeria 26.55 2024 up 7.5% rising
76 Afghanistan 24.72 2024 up 29.9% rising
77 Kiribati 23.7 2024 up 22.6% rising
78 Gambia 22.61 2024 down 35.9% falling
79 Thailand 21.95 2024 up 8.9% rising
80 Tanzania, United Republic of 21.67 2024 up 45.1% volatile
81 Burkina Faso 21.42 2024 up 87.6% volatile
82 Mozambique 21.38 2024 up 71.5% volatile
83 Côte d'Ivoire 21.2 2024 up 50.4% rising
84 Djibouti 20.94 2023 up 30.7% rising
85 Ghana 20.44 2024 up 83.1% volatile
86 Uganda 18.76 2024 up 19.6% rising
87 North Macedonia 17.96 2024 up 2.7% rising
88 Guinea-Bissau 15.99 2024 up 62.7% volatile
89 Somalia 15.47 2024 up 80.7% rising
90 Papua New Guinea 14.35 2024 up 25.5% rising
91 Togo 11.43 2024 up 77.9% volatile
92 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 11.17 2024 down 24.7% falling
93 Sierra Leone 10.78 2024 up 70.9% rising
94 Benin 10.75 2024 up 65.3% rising
95 Madagascar 10.03 2024 up 47.2% rising
96 Niger 5.97 2024 up 24.4% rising
97 Central African Republic 5.71 2024 down 20.6% falling
98 Ethiopia 4.68 2024 up 48.9% rising
99 Chad 4.22 2024 down 13.1% falling
100 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1.23 2023 down 90.4% volatile

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Indicator
Share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitation services
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
100 places, 2,464 data points, 2000–2024
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