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Share of the population not using improved sanitation facilities
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.
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Key Insights
Global Average
11.6%
Median: 1.5%
Countries Covered
232
with available data
Highest
Chad
81.3%
Lowest
Brunei Darussalam
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Chad81.3%
2Ethiopia81.1%
3Eritrea78.3%
4South Sudan77.7%
5Niger73.5%
By Region
Africa25.4%(9 countries)
Other14.9%(152 countries)
North America4.8%(4 countries)
Asia4.8%(26 countries)
South America3.8%(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0%)High (81.3%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 11.6%)
Africa (9)
Other (152)
North America (4)
Asia (26)
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 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 ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad | 81.3% |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 81.1% |
| 3 | Eritrea | 78.3% |
| 4 | South Sudan | 77.7% |
| 5 | Niger | 73.5% |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | 70.6% |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 69.4% |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 65.9% |
| 9 | Madagascar | 61.8% |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 59.4% |
| 11 | Uganda | 57.9% |
| 12 | Benin | 56.9% |
| 13 | Mozambique | 55.9% |
| 14 | Guinea-Bissau | 52.6% |
| 15 | Togo | 51.4% |
| 16 | Liberia | 49.6% |
| 17 | Haiti | 48.7% |
| 18 | Namibia | 47.3% |
| 19 | Sao Tome and Principe | 45.5% |
| 20 | Republic of the Congo | 45.0% |
| 21 | United Republic of Tanzania | 42.4% |
| 22 | Burundi | 42.2% |
| 23 | Sierra Leone | 40.5% |
| 24 | Republic of The Gambia | 40.1% |
| 25 | Zambia | 39.9% |
| 26 | Greenland | 37.5% |
| 27 | Guinea | 37.3% |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 37.0% |
| 29 | Kiribati | 36.8% |
| 30 | Nigeria | 36.2% |
| 31 | Somalia | 36.1% |
| 32 | Cameroon | 35.4% |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 34.3% |
| 34 | Yemen | 33.0% |
| 35 | Lesotho | 32.8% |
| 36 | Mali | 32.4% |
| 37 | Mauritania | 31.9% |
| 38 | Kenya | 31.6% |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 31.4% |
| 40 | Cote d'Ivoire | 31.2% |
| 41 | Sudan | 30.3% |
| 42 | Angola | 29.1% |
| 43 | Vanuatu | 27.4% |
| 44 | Comoros | 27.1% |
| 45 | Ghana | 26.9% |
| 46 | Djibouti | 25.9% |
| 47 | Malawi | 24.1% |
| 48 | Gabon | 24.0% |
| 49 | Equatorial Guinea | 23.8% |
| 50 | Pakistan | 20.5% |
| 51 | Senegal | 20.2% |
| 52 | Guatemala | 17.4% |
| 53 | Dominica | 16.5% |
| 54 | North Korea | 14.5% |
| 55 | Myanmar | 14.0% |
| 56 | Timor-Leste | 12.6% |
| 57 | Bolivia | 12.0% |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 11.8% |
| 59 | Mongolia | 11.6% |
| 60 | Peru | 11.4% |
| 61 | Eswatini | 10.9% |
| 62 | Botswana | 10.7% |
| 63 | Morocco | 10.7% |
| 64 | Cape Verde | 10.1% |
| 65 | Panama | 9.6% |
| 66 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 9.5% |
| 67 | Marshall Islands | 9.5% |
| 68 | Romania | 9.2% |
| 69 | Faroe Islands | 9.1% |
| 70 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8.7% |
| 71 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.5% |
| 72 | Georgia | 8.5% |
| 73 | Moldova, Republic of | 8.2% |
| 74 | South Africa | 7.8% |
| 75 | Russian Federation | 7.8% |
| 76 | Brazil | 7.5% |
| 77 | Cambodia | 7.4% |
| 78 | Belize | 7.3% |
| 79 | Wallis and Futuna | 7.0% |
| 80 | Honduras | 6.8% |
| 81 | India | 6.7% |
| 82 | Cayman Islands | 6.6% |
| 83 | Saint Lucia | 6.2% |
| 84 | French Guiana | 5.9% |
| 85 | Latvia | 5.3% |
| 86 | Indonesia | 5.2% |
| 87 | Armenia | 5.2% |
| 88 | Hong Kong | 5.2% |
| 89 | Grenada | 5.1% |
| 90 | Libya | 4.6% |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.0% |
| 92 | Philippines | 4.0% |
| 93 | Suriname | 3.9% |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.7% |
| 95 | Nauru | 3.6% |
| 96 | Ireland | 3.4% |
| 97 | Algeria | 3.3% |
| 98 | Virgin Islands, British | 3.1% |
| 99 | Tuvalu | 3.1% |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 3.0% |
| 101 | Argentina | 2.9% |
| 102 | Colombia | 2.8% |
| 103 | Bhutan | 2.6% |
| 104 | French Polynesia | 2.5% |
| 105 | Vietnam | 2.4% |
| 106 | Lithuania | 2.2% |
| 107 | Niue | 2.1% |
| 108 | Serbia | 2.1% |
| 109 | Nepal | 2.0% |
| 110 | Bahamas | 2.0% |
| 111 | Ecuador | 1.9% |
| 112 | Montenegro | 1.9% |
| 113 | Egypt | 1.8% |
| 114 | Cuba | 1.7% |
| 115 | Venezuela | 1.6% |
| 116 | American Samoa | 1.6% |
| 117 | Iraq | 1.5% |
| 118 | Tonga | 1.5% |
| 119 | Rwanda | 1.4% |
| 120 | Canada | 1.4% |
| 121 | Uzbekistan | 1.4% |
| 122 | Croatia | 1.3% |
| 123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.3% |
| 124 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.3% |
| 125 | Jamaica | 1.3% |
| 126 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.2% |
| 127 | El Salvador | 1.2% |
| 128 | Cook Islands | 1.2% |
| 129 | Aruba | 1.2% |
| 130 | Palau | 1.0% |
| 131 | Anguilla | 0.9% |
| 132 | Costa Rica | 0.9% |
| 133 | People's Republic of China | 0.8% |
| 134 | Curaçao | 0.8% |
| 135 | Slovenia | 0.8% |
| 136 | Guam | 0.8% |
| 137 | Mauritius | 0.8% |
| 138 | Jordan | 0.8% |
| 139 | Tunisia | 0.8% |
| 140 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.7% |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 0.7% |
| 142 | Azerbaijan | 0.6% |
| 143 | Sweden | 0.6% |
| 144 | Reunion | 0.5% |
| 145 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 0.5% |
| 146 | Cyprus | 0.5% |
| 147 | Martinique | 0.5% |
| 148 | Paraguay | 0.5% |
| 149 | Samoa | 0.5% |
| 150 | Uruguay | 0.4% |
| 151 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4% |
| 152 | Türkiye | 0.4% |
| 153 | United States of America | 0.4% |
| 154 | Guyana | 0.4% |
| 155 | Estonia | 0.3% |
| 156 | State of Palestine | 0.3% |
| 157 | Guadeloupe | 0.3% |
| 158 | South Korea | 0.3% |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | 0.3% |
| 160 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.2% |
| 161 | Belarus | 0.2% |
| 162 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2% |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2% |
| 164 | Turkmenistan | 0.2% |
| 165 | United Kingdom | 0.2% |
| 166 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.2% |
| 167 | Albania | 0.1% |
| 168 | Thailand | 0.1% |
| 169 | Israel | 0.1% |
| 170 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.1% |
| 171 | Qatar | 0.1% |
| 172 | Bermuda | 0.1% |
| 173 | Japan | 0.1% |
| 174 | Liechtenstein | 0.1% |
| 175 | Slovakia | 0.0% |
| 176 | Austria | 0.0% |
| 177 | Ukraine | 0.0% |
| 178 | Italy | 0.0% |
| 179 | Luxembourg | 0.0% |
| 180 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% |
| 181 | Netherlands | 0.0% |
| 182 | Bulgaria | 0.0% |
| 183 | Belgium | 0.0% |
| 184 | Finland | 0.0% |
| 185 | Chile | 0.0% |
| 186 | Mayotte | 0.0% |
| 187 | Czech Republic | 0.0% |
| 188 | Denmark | 0.0% |
| 189 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.0% |
| 190 | Fiji | 0.0% |
| 191 | France | 0.0% |
| 192 | Germany | 0.0% |
| 193 | Gibraltar | 0.0% |
| 194 | Greece | 0.0% |
| 195 | Hungary | 0.0% |
| 196 | Iceland | 0.0% |
| 197 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.0% |
| 198 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% |
| 199 | Kuwait | 0.0% |
| 200 | Lebanon | 0.0% |
| 201 | Macao | 0.0% |
| 202 | Malaysia | 0.0% |
| 203 | Maldives | 0.0% |
| 204 | Malta | 0.0% |
| 205 | Mexico | 0.0% |
| 206 | Monaco | 0.0% |
| 207 | Montserrat | 0.0% |
| 208 | Oman | 0.0% |
| 209 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0% |
| 210 | New Caledonia | 0.0% |
| 211 | New Zealand | 0.0% |
| 212 | Norway | 0.0% |
| 213 | Poland | 0.0% |
| 214 | Portugal | 0.0% |
| 215 | Puerto Rico | 0.0% |
| 216 | Saint Barthélemy | 0.0% |
| 217 | Saint Helena | 0.0% |
| 218 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0% |
| 219 | San Marino | 0.0% |
| 220 | Seychelles | 0.0% |
| 221 | Singapore | 0.0% |
| 222 | Spain | 0.0% |
| 223 | Switzerland | 0.0% |
| 224 | Tokelau | 0.0% |
| 225 | Guernsey | 0.0% |
| 226 | Jersey | 0.0% |
| 227 | Isle of Man | 0.0% |
| 228 | Andorra | 0.0% |
| 229 | Australia | 0.0% |
| 230 | Bahrain | 0.0% |
| 231 | Barbados | 0.0% |
| 232 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).
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