health2023

Deaths from all causes attributed to unsafe sanitation per 100,000 people

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data204 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
6.4deaths per 100,000 people
Median: 0.6deaths per 100,000 people
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
Chad
129.0deaths per 100,000 people
Lowest
Andorra
0.0deaths per 100,000 people
Top 5 Countries
1Chad129.0deaths per 100,000 people
2Central African Republic91.6deaths per 100,000 people
3South Sudan82.5deaths per 100,000 people
4Somalia57.3deaths per 100,000 people
5Niger54.1deaths per 100,000 people
By Region
Africa9.4deaths per 100,000 people(9 countries)
Other9.4deaths per 100,000 people(124 countries)
Asia1.9deaths per 100,000 people(26 countries)
North America1.7deaths per 100,000 people(4 countries)
South America0.4deaths per 100,000 people(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0deaths per 100,000 people)High (129.0deaths per 100,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 6.4deaths per 100,000 people)

Africa (9)
Other (124)
Asia (26)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Chad129.0deaths per 100,000 people
2Central African Republic91.6deaths per 100,000 people
3South Sudan82.5deaths per 100,000 people
4Somalia57.3deaths per 100,000 people
5Niger54.1deaths per 100,000 people
6Sierra Leone43.6deaths per 100,000 people
7Madagascar36.3deaths per 100,000 people
8Togo33.0deaths per 100,000 people
9Burundi30.6deaths per 100,000 people
10Eritrea27.5deaths per 100,000 people
11Cameroon25.8deaths per 100,000 people
12Malawi24.5deaths per 100,000 people
13Mali24.0deaths per 100,000 people
14Guinea-Bissau23.8deaths per 100,000 people
15Mozambique21.8deaths per 100,000 people
16Benin20.8deaths per 100,000 people
17Djibouti20.5deaths per 100,000 people
18Nigeria20.0deaths per 100,000 people
19Lesotho18.9deaths per 100,000 people
20Ethiopia18.6deaths per 100,000 people
21Comoros18.3deaths per 100,000 people
22Rwanda18.1deaths per 100,000 people
23Burkina Faso17.1deaths per 100,000 people
24Bhutan16.9deaths per 100,000 people
25Mauritania16.3deaths per 100,000 people
26Liberia16.0deaths per 100,000 people
27Zambia15.7deaths per 100,000 people
28Guinea15.4deaths per 100,000 people
29Zimbabwe15.1deaths per 100,000 people
30Republic of the Congo15.0deaths per 100,000 people
31Cote d'Ivoire15.0deaths per 100,000 people
32Kenya14.3deaths per 100,000 people
33Lao People's Democratic Republic14.3deaths per 100,000 people
34India14.0deaths per 100,000 people
35Angola12.9deaths per 100,000 people
36United Republic of Tanzania12.6deaths per 100,000 people
37Uganda11.4deaths per 100,000 people
38Haiti11.0deaths per 100,000 people
39Senegal11.0deaths per 100,000 people
40Papua New Guinea10.7deaths per 100,000 people
41Botswana10.0deaths per 100,000 people
42Pakistan9.3deaths per 100,000 people
43South Africa9.2deaths per 100,000 people
44Republic of The Gambia8.8deaths per 100,000 people
45Ghana8.6deaths per 100,000 people
46Democratic Republic of the Congo8.3deaths per 100,000 people
47Kiribati8.1deaths per 100,000 people
48Vanuatu7.6deaths per 100,000 people
49Gabon7.5deaths per 100,000 people
50Eswatini7.4deaths per 100,000 people
51Afghanistan7.3deaths per 100,000 people
52Bangladesh6.8deaths per 100,000 people
53Namibia6.5deaths per 100,000 people
54Guatemala6.0deaths per 100,000 people
55Myanmar5.4deaths per 100,000 people
56Solomon Islands4.8deaths per 100,000 people
57Cape Verde4.8deaths per 100,000 people
58Nepal4.7deaths per 100,000 people
59Indonesia4.1deaths per 100,000 people
60Micronesia, Federated States of3.9deaths per 100,000 people
61Tuvalu3.5deaths per 100,000 people
62Sao Tome and Principe3.4deaths per 100,000 people
63Equatorial Guinea3.3deaths per 100,000 people
64Timor-Leste3.1deaths per 100,000 people
65Cambodia2.8deaths per 100,000 people
66Tajikistan2.8deaths per 100,000 people
67Honduras2.5deaths per 100,000 people
68Venezuela2.4deaths per 100,000 people
69Fiji2.2deaths per 100,000 people
70Marshall Islands2.1deaths per 100,000 people
71Nicaragua1.8deaths per 100,000 people
72Palau1.7deaths per 100,000 people
73Suriname1.7deaths per 100,000 people
74Yemen1.6deaths per 100,000 people
75Sudan1.5deaths per 100,000 people
76El Salvador1.5deaths per 100,000 people
77Nauru1.3deaths per 100,000 people
78Guyana1.3deaths per 100,000 people
79Philippines1.3deaths per 100,000 people
80Jamaica1.1deaths per 100,000 people
81Sri Lanka1.1deaths per 100,000 people
82Dominican Republic1.1deaths per 100,000 people
83Niue1.1deaths per 100,000 people
84Azerbaijan1.1deaths per 100,000 people
85American Samoa1.0deaths per 100,000 people
86Tokelau0.9deaths per 100,000 people
87Bolivia0.9deaths per 100,000 people
88Brazil0.9deaths per 100,000 people
89Panama0.9deaths per 100,000 people
90Peru0.9deaths per 100,000 people
91Northern Mariana Islands0.8deaths per 100,000 people
92Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.8deaths per 100,000 people
93Cuba0.7deaths per 100,000 people
94Thailand0.7deaths per 100,000 people
95Paraguay0.7deaths per 100,000 people
96Egypt0.7deaths per 100,000 people
97Vietnam0.7deaths per 100,000 people
98Tunisia0.7deaths per 100,000 people
99Seychelles0.6deaths per 100,000 people
100Saint Kitts and Nevis0.6deaths per 100,000 people
101Belize0.6deaths per 100,000 people
102Guam0.6deaths per 100,000 people
103Romania0.6deaths per 100,000 people
104Dominica0.6deaths per 100,000 people
105Virgin Islands, U.S.0.6deaths per 100,000 people
106Saint Lucia0.5deaths per 100,000 people
107Mexico0.5deaths per 100,000 people
108Kyrgyzstan0.5deaths per 100,000 people
109Mauritius0.5deaths per 100,000 people
110Turkmenistan0.5deaths per 100,000 people
111Samoa0.5deaths per 100,000 people
112Malaysia0.4deaths per 100,000 people
113Trinidad and Tobago0.4deaths per 100,000 people
114Antigua and Barbuda0.4deaths per 100,000 people
115Grenada0.4deaths per 100,000 people
116Ecuador0.4deaths per 100,000 people
117Morocco0.4deaths per 100,000 people
118Colombia0.4deaths per 100,000 people
119Iraq0.3deaths per 100,000 people
120Barbados0.3deaths per 100,000 people
121Islamic Republic of Iran0.3deaths per 100,000 people
122Tonga0.3deaths per 100,000 people
123Hungary0.3deaths per 100,000 people
124Maldives0.2deaths per 100,000 people
125Uzbekistan0.2deaths per 100,000 people
126Chile0.2deaths per 100,000 people
127The Republic of North Macedonia0.2deaths per 100,000 people
128Bosnia and Herzegovina0.2deaths per 100,000 people
129Poland0.2deaths per 100,000 people
130Uruguay0.2deaths per 100,000 people
131North Korea0.2deaths per 100,000 people
132Puerto Rico0.2deaths per 100,000 people
133Cook Islands0.2deaths per 100,000 people
134Lebanon0.2deaths per 100,000 people
135Canada0.2deaths per 100,000 people
136Greenland0.2deaths per 100,000 people
137Libya0.2deaths per 100,000 people
138Algeria0.2deaths per 100,000 people
139Lithuania0.1deaths per 100,000 people
140Argentina0.1deaths per 100,000 people
141Moldova, Republic of0.1deaths per 100,000 people
142Kazakhstan0.1deaths per 100,000 people
143Mongolia0.1deaths per 100,000 people
144Japan0.1deaths per 100,000 people
145Türkiye0.1deaths per 100,000 people
146United States of America0.1deaths per 100,000 people
147Syrian Arab Republic0.1deaths per 100,000 people
148Armenia0.1deaths per 100,000 people
149Belgium0.1deaths per 100,000 people
150Serbia0.1deaths per 100,000 people
151Bahamas0.1deaths per 100,000 people
152South Korea0.1deaths per 100,000 people
153Russian Federation0.1deaths per 100,000 people
154Costa Rica0.1deaths per 100,000 people
155Croatia0.1deaths per 100,000 people
156Norway0.1deaths per 100,000 people
157Czech Republic0.1deaths per 100,000 people
158Denmark0.1deaths per 100,000 people
159Georgia0.1deaths per 100,000 people
160People's Republic of China0.1deaths per 100,000 people
161Saudi Arabia0.1deaths per 100,000 people
162Portugal0.1deaths per 100,000 people
163Jordan0.1deaths per 100,000 people
164Bermuda0.1deaths per 100,000 people
165Spain0.1deaths per 100,000 people
166Cyprus0.1deaths per 100,000 people
167New Zealand0.1deaths per 100,000 people
168State of Palestine0.1deaths per 100,000 people
169Sweden0.1deaths per 100,000 people
170Albania0.1deaths per 100,000 people
171Israel0.1deaths per 100,000 people
172Austria0.1deaths per 100,000 people
173Australia0.1deaths per 100,000 people
174Singapore0.1deaths per 100,000 people
175Bulgaria0.1deaths per 100,000 people
176Taiwan, Province of China0.0deaths per 100,000 people
177Germany0.0deaths per 100,000 people
178Italy0.0deaths per 100,000 people
179Slovenia0.0deaths per 100,000 people
180Bahrain0.0deaths per 100,000 people
181Slovakia0.0deaths per 100,000 people
182Luxembourg0.0deaths per 100,000 people
183Oman0.0deaths per 100,000 people
184Brunei Darussalam0.0deaths per 100,000 people
185France0.0deaths per 100,000 people
186Estonia0.0deaths per 100,000 people
187Switzerland0.0deaths per 100,000 people
188Ireland0.0deaths per 100,000 people
189Netherlands0.0deaths per 100,000 people
190Latvia0.0deaths per 100,000 people
191Ukraine0.0deaths per 100,000 people
192Greece0.0deaths per 100,000 people
193Belarus0.0deaths per 100,000 people
194Finland0.0deaths per 100,000 people
195Iceland0.0deaths per 100,000 people
196Montenegro0.0deaths per 100,000 people
197United Arab Emirates0.0deaths per 100,000 people
198United Kingdom0.0deaths per 100,000 people
199Malta0.0deaths per 100,000 people
200Qatar0.0deaths per 100,000 people
201Monaco0.0deaths per 100,000 people
202Kuwait0.0deaths per 100,000 people
203San Marino0.0deaths per 100,000 people
204Andorra0.0deaths per 100,000 people
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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

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