Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Chad
Chad: Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population was 32.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Chad, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Chad recorded 32.0% for using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Chad peaked at 32.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 18.5%, in 2000.
That places Chad 93rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.2% | 18.5% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.6% | 23.0% | 30.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.8% | 31.1% | 32.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 90 Turks and Caicos Islands 33.3% compare
- 91 Nauru 33.2% compare
- 92 Cote d'Ivoire 32.2% compare
- 94 Burkina Faso 31.4% compare
- 95 Gambia 31.0% compare
- 96 Papua New Guinea 31.0% compare
More population data for Chad
- World population growth 0.5% (2100)
- Population density 55.23 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 5.48 million people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development 0.5% (2100)
- Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 6.03 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 6.03 births per woman (2024)
- Refugees by country of asylum 1.28 million people (2024)
- Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 6.03 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Share of people who are religious 6.12 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age 4.94 children per women (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Chad?
- Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Chad was 32.0% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 32.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.5% in 2000.
- How does Chad rank for using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population?
- Chad ranks 93rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed in situ or transported and treated off-site.