health2024

Share of the population using at least basic sanitation

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data232 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
82.0%
Median: 94.8%
Countries Covered
232
with available data
Highest
Mayotte
100.0%
Lowest
Ethiopia
10.4%
Top 5 Countries
1Mayotte100.0%
2Falkland Islands (Malvinas)100.0%
3Gibraltar100.0%
4Kuwait100.0%
5Macao100.0%
By Region
Oceania100.0%(2 countries)
Europe97.6%(32 countries)
South America93.3%(7 countries)
Asia91.3%(26 countries)
North America90.6%(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (10.4%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 82.0%)

Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
Asia (26)
North America (4)
Other (152)
Africa (9)

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 2024; 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
1Mayotte100.0%
2Falkland Islands (Malvinas)100.0%
3Gibraltar100.0%
4Kuwait100.0%
5Macao100.0%
6Malta100.0%
7Monaco100.0%
8New Caledonia100.0%
9New Zealand100.0%
10Puerto Rico100.0%
11Saint Barthélemy100.0%
12Saint Helena100.0%
13Saint Martin (French part)100.0%
14San Marino100.0%
15Singapore100.0%
16Guernsey100.0%
17Jersey100.0%
18Isle of Man100.0%
19Andorra100.0%
20Australia100.0%
21Bahrain100.0%
22Brunei Darussalam100.0%
23Chile100.0%
24Austria100.0%
25Liechtenstein100.0%
26Japan99.9%
27Bermuda99.9%
28Qatar99.9%
29Saint Pierre and Miquelon99.9%
30Israel99.9%
31Spain99.9%
32Switzerland99.9%
33Italy99.9%
34Northern Mariana Islands99.8%
35Belarus99.7%
36Turkmenistan99.7%
37South Korea99.7%
38Guadeloupe99.7%
39Maldives99.7%
40Seychelles99.7%
41Portugal99.7%
42United States of America99.6%
43Antigua and Barbuda99.6%
44Denmark99.6%
45Belgium99.5%
46Martinique99.5%
47Cyprus99.5%
48Reunion99.5%
49Finland99.4%
50State of Palestine99.4%
51Thailand99.4%
52Oman99.3%
53Albania99.3%
54Türkiye99.3%
55Virgin Islands, U.S.99.3%
56Germany99.2%
57Lebanon99.2%
58Curaçao99.2%
59Uruguay99.2%
60United Kingdom99.1%
61United Arab Emirates99.1%
62Czech Republic99.1%
63Palau99.0%
64Estonia99.0%
65Greece99.0%
66The Republic of North Macedonia99.0%
67Azerbaijan99.0%
68Poland99.0%
69Aruba98.8%
70Cook Islands98.8%
71Costa Rica98.8%
72Sint Maarten (Dutch part)98.8%
73Iceland98.8%
74Sweden98.7%
75France98.6%
76Canada98.6%
77Kyrgyzstan98.5%
78Tunisia98.5%
79Iraq98.5%
80Venezuela98.4%
81Slovenia98.3%
82Barbados98.1%
83Norway98.0%
84Hungary98.0%
85Kazakhstan97.9%
86Serbia97.9%
87Niue97.9%
88Montenegro97.8%
89Ukraine97.7%
90Netherlands97.7%
91Saudi Arabia97.6%
92Luxembourg97.6%
93Slovakia97.5%
94French Polynesia97.5%
95Mauritius97.4%
96People's Republic of China97.3%
97Samoa97.1%
98Egypt97.1%
99Tokelau96.9%
100Virgin Islands, British96.9%
101Anguilla96.7%
102Colombia96.6%
103Uzbekistan96.5%
104Jordan96.4%
105Lithuania96.4%
106Malaysia96.0%
107Tajikistan96.0%
108Paraguay95.9%
109Croatia95.8%
110Syrian Arab Republic95.6%
111Vietnam95.4%
112Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba95.4%
113Bosnia and Herzegovina95.4%
114Sri Lanka95.4%
115Saint Kitts and Nevis95.0%
116Hong Kong94.8%
117Argentina94.8%
118Cuba94.8%
119Trinidad and Tobago94.2%
120French Guiana94.1%
121Tonga93.9%
122Bahamas93.7%
123Armenia93.7%
124Turks and Caicos Islands93.2%
125Mexico93.0%
126Wallis and Futuna93.0%
127Fiji92.8%
128Grenada92.6%
129Latvia92.5%
130Brazil92.4%
131Russian Federation92.2%
132Jamaica91.6%
133Guyana91.3%
134Ecuador91.2%
135Faroe Islands90.9%
136Georgia90.7%
137Romania90.5%
138Islamic Republic of Iran90.5%
139Micronesia, Federated States of90.5%
140Guam90.4%
141Dominican Republic90.1%
142Suriname90.0%
143Ireland89.7%
144Saint Vincent and the Grenadines89.7%
145Tuvalu89.7%
146Montserrat89.4%
147Panama89.1%
148Lao People's Democratic Republic88.7%
149Libya88.5%
150Indonesia88.2%
151El Salvador88.0%
152Morocco87.8%
153Honduras87.7%
154Philippines87.2%
155Moldova, Republic of86.9%
156Bhutan86.8%
157Bulgaria86.1%
158Nepal86.0%
159Algeria85.9%
160North Korea84.8%
161Belize84.3%
162India83.4%
163Saint Lucia83.4%
164Cambodia83.3%
165Cayman Islands83.2%
166Cape Verde83.1%
167Rwanda81.3%
168Dominica80.4%
169Marshall Islands79.0%
170Peru78.8%
171South Africa77.4%
172Mongolia74.3%
173Myanmar74.2%
174Timor-Leste72.9%
175Botswana72.1%
176Pakistan71.9%
177Bolivia71.6%
178Nauru71.3%
179Guatemala71.2%
180Bangladesh67.6%
181Djibouti67.0%
182Equatorial Guinea66.3%
183Sudan65.7%
184Eswatini64.5%
185Yemen63.1%
186Senegal62.5%
187Greenland62.5%
188American Samoa62.1%
189Mauritania58.7%
190Gabon57.4%
191Comoros57.2%
192Afghanistan54.5%
193Angola50.3%
194Malawi49.2%
195Sao Tome and Principe48.7%
196Republic of The Gambia48.2%
197Nigeria47.9%
198Lesotho47.9%
199Vanuatu47.8%
200Mali47.8%
201Cameroon47.1%
202Kiribati45.2%
203Burundi44.6%
204Somalia44.5%
205Kenya40.9%
206Cote d'Ivoire40.4%
207Namibia38.7%
208Mozambique38.6%
209Zambia37.5%
210United Republic of Tanzania37.2%
211Solomon Islands34.6%
212Zimbabwe34.6%
213Guinea32.6%
214Burkina Faso31.8%
215Ghana31.6%
216Haiti29.1%
217Guinea-Bissau28.9%
218Togo25.2%
219Sierra Leone24.9%
220Uganda23.9%
221Papua New Guinea23.6%
222Liberia23.3%
223Benin22.2%
224Republic of the Congo20.6%
225Niger16.3%
226Democratic Republic of the Congo16.3%
227Madagascar15.4%
228South Sudan14.4%
229Central African Republic14.0%
230Chad13.1%
231Eritrea11.9%
232Ethiopia10.4%
Showing 232 of 232 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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