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People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population)

Name: People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: health, % of rural population, people, using, least, basic, sanitation, services, rural, population

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•171 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

71.8% of rural population

Median: 85.5% of rural population

Countries Covered

171

with available data

Highest

Chile

100.0% of rural population

Lowest

Chad

4.5% of rural population

Top 5 Countries

1Chile100.0% of rural population

2Iceland100.0% of rural population

3Malta100.0% of rural population

4New Zealand100.0% of rural population

5Spain100.0% of rural population

By Region

Oceania100.0% of rural population(1 countries)

Europe96.9% of rural population(31 countries)

North America86.6% of rural population(4 countries)

Asia85.7% of rural population(19 countries)

South America82.5% of rural population(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (4.5% of rural population)High (100.0% of rural population)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 71.8% of rural population)

Oceania (1)

Europe (31)

North America (4)

Asia (19)

South America (7)

Other (100)

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

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Chile	100.0% of rural population
2	Iceland	100.0% of rural population
3	Malta	100.0% of rural population
4	New Zealand	100.0% of rural population
5	Spain	100.0% of rural population
6	Andorra	100.0% of rural population
7	Antigua and Barbuda	100.0% of rural population
8	Austria	100.0% of rural population
9	Turkmenistan	99.9% of rural population
10	United Arab Emirates	99.9% of rural population
11	Switzerland	99.9% of rural population
12	Italy	99.9% of rural population
13	Netherlands	99.9% of rural population
14	Portugal	99.8% of rural population
15	Kyrgyzstan	99.7% of rural population
16	Maldives	99.7% of rural population
17	Uruguay	99.6% of rural population
18	Denmark	99.6% of rural population
19	Belgium	99.5% of rural population
20	United Kingdom	99.5% of rural population
21	Finland	99.5% of rural population
22	Tunisia	99.4% of rural population
23	Czech Republic	99.4% of rural population
24	Oman	99.3% of rural population
25	Albania	99.3% of rural population
26	Poland	99.2% of rural population
27	Estonia	99.2% of rural population
28	Kazakhstan	99.1% of rural population
29	Germany	99.0% of rural population
30	Sweden	98.9% of rural population
31	Cyprus	98.9% of rural population
32	Thailand	98.9% of rural population
33	Belarus	98.9% of rural population
34	France	98.9% of rural population
35	Israel	98.9% of rural population
36	Luxembourg	98.9% of rural population
37	Canada	98.8% of rural population
38	State of Palestine	98.7% of rural population
39	Hungary	98.6% of rural population
40	Palau	98.4% of rural population
41	United States of America	98.4% of rural population
42	Norway	98.3% of rural population
43	Greece	98.1% of rural population
44	Costa Rica	98.1% of rural population
45	Azerbaijan	98.0% of rural population
46	Uzbekistan	97.8% of rural population
47	The Republic of North Macedonia	97.7% of rural population
48	Iraq	97.6% of rural population
49	Türkiye	97.2% of rural population
50	Ukraine	97.1% of rural population
51	Samoa	97.0% of rural population
52	Tajikistan	97.0% of rural population
53	Mauritius	96.8% of rural population
54	Paraguay	96.3% of rural population
55	Slovakia	96.2% of rural population
56	Malaysia	95.9% of rural population
57	Saudi Arabia	95.6% of rural population
58	Serbia	95.5% of rural population
59	People's Republic of China	95.2% of rural population
60	Sri Lanka	95.0% of rural population
61	Egypt	94.9% of rural population
62	Jordan	94.7% of rural population
63	Syrian Arab Republic	94.5% of rural population
64	Cuba	93.9% of rural population
65	Montenegro	93.9% of rural population
66	Jamaica	93.9% of rural population
67	Vietnam	93.5% of rural population
68	Croatia	93.4% of rural population
69	Ireland	93.2% of rural population
70	Tonga	93.2% of rural population
71	Trinidad and Tobago	93.1% of rural population
72	Lithuania	93.1% of rural population
73	Fiji	92.7% of rural population
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	92.1% of rural population
75	Turks and Caicos Islands	91.6% of rural population
76	Tuvalu	91.2% of rural population
77	Guyana	90.6% of rural population
78	Bhutan	89.2% of rural population
79	Mexico	89.2% of rural population
80	Philippines	87.5% of rural population
81	Colombia	87.1% of rural population
82	Nepal	87.0% of rural population
83	Rwanda	86.8% of rural population
84	Ecuador	86.1% of rural population
85	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	86.1% of rural population
86	Indonesia	85.5% of rural population
87	Latvia	84.9% of rural population
88	Saint Lucia	84.3% of rural population
89	Moldova, Republic of	83.8% of rural population
90	Bulgaria	83.7% of rural population
91	Honduras	82.6% of rural population
92	Lao People's Democratic Republic	82.5% of rural population
93	Armenia	82.4% of rural population
94	Suriname	82.4% of rural population
95	Islamic Republic of Iran	82.3% of rural population
96	Dominican Republic	81.1% of rural population
97	Romania	81.1% of rural population
98	India	81.0% of rural population
99	Cambodia	79.9% of rural population
100	Algeria	79.7% of rural population
101	Georgia	79.7% of rural population
102	South Africa	79.3% of rural population
103	El Salvador	77.1% of rural population
104	Argentina	76.8% of rural population
105	Cape Verde	76.6% of rural population
106	Belize	76.4% of rural population
107	North Korea	73.1% of rural population
108	Myanmar	71.7% of rural population
109	Morocco	71.4% of rural population
110	Panama	70.8% of rural population
111	Russian Federation	70.4% of rural population
112	Eswatini	70.1% of rural population
113	Timor-Leste	69.4% of rural population
114	Bangladesh	67.6% of rural population
115	Marshall Islands	67.5% of rural population
116	Brazil	67.0% of rural population
117	Pakistan	65.0% of rural population
118	Peru	61.0% of rural population
119	Guatemala	59.9% of rural population
120	Botswana	57.8% of rural population
121	Equatorial Guinea	57.3% of rural population
122	Comoros	57.1% of rural population
123	Sudan	56.8% of rural population
124	Senegal	54.0% of rural population
125	Bolivia	53.3% of rural population
126	Mongolia	52.9% of rural population
127	Malawi	49.5% of rural population
128	Lesotho	49.2% of rural population
129	Afghanistan	47.6% of rural population
130	Yemen	47.4% of rural population
131	Vanuatu	46.8% of rural population
132	Burundi	45.1% of rural population
133	Kenya	41.4% of rural population
134	Sao Tome and Principe	39.9% of rural population
135	Kiribati	39.4% of rural population
136	Mali	38.7% of rural population
137	Somalia	35.4% of rural population
138	Nigeria	34.2% of rural population
139	Zambia	32.3% of rural population
140	Zimbabwe	31.8% of rural population
141	Mauritania	26.6% of rural population
142	United Republic of Tanzania	25.8% of rural population
143	Cameroon	24.9% of rural population
144	Gabon	24.6% of rural population
145	Cote d'Ivoire	24.3% of rural population
146	Namibia	24.3% of rural population
147	Haiti	24.1% of rural population
148	Republic of The Gambia	24.0% of rural population
149	Angola	23.5% of rural population
150	Burkina Faso	23.5% of rural population
151	Ghana	23.4% of rural population
152	Guinea	22.8% of rural population
153	Mozambique	22.5% of rural population
154	Djibouti	21.9% of rural population
155	Uganda	20.6% of rural population
156	Solomon Islands	20.2% of rural population
157	Papua New Guinea	19.5% of rural population
158	Guinea-Bissau	17.2% of rural population
159	Sierra Leone	15.3% of rural population
160	Togo	14.3% of rural population
161	Benin	11.8% of rural population
162	Democratic Republic of the Congo	11.2% of rural population
163	Madagascar	10.6% of rural population
164	Liberia	10.1% of rural population
165	Niger	8.7% of rural population
166	South Sudan	8.0% of rural population
167	Republic of the Congo	6.3% of rural population
168	Ethiopia	6.1% of rural population
169	Central African Republic	5.7% of rural population
170	Eritrea	5.6% of rural population
171	Chad	4.5% of rural population

Showing 171 of 171 countries

Topics

#health #% of rural population #people #using #least #basic #sanitation #services #rural #population

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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