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Access to Sanitation by Country 2024

The share of people using at least basic sanitation: an improved toilet or latrine not shared with other households, with the share using safely managed sanitation beside it.

19 countries share the highest share of people using at least basic sanitation, 100.0% (Andorra, Australia, Bahrain, Brunei and others). Next are Japan (99.9%), Bermuda (99.9%), Qatar (99.9%) and Israel (99.9%). Ethiopia has the lowest share of people using at least basic sanitation: 10.4% in 2024. The median across the 202 countries is 93.1%, counting each country once, so it is not a world average.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators. 202 of 217 countries and territories have a figure. 193 of 202 countries show 2024; the other 9 show their latest available year (2020 to 2023).

Highest
100.0%
19 countries share it, 2024
Lowest
10.4%
Ethiopia, 2024
Median
93.1%
Counting each country once, so it is not a world average
Coverage
202 of 217
Countries and territories with a figure; mostly 2024 data
Access to Sanitation by Country: 2024 Rankings: 202 countries and territories ranked by share of people using at least basic sanitation, with the year of each figure.
#CountryBasic sanitation (% of people)YearSafely managed (% of people)Change since 2014 (pp)
1Andorra100.0%2024100.0%0.0 pp
1Australia100.0%202495.8%+0.0 pp
1Bahrain100.0%202493.4%+0.0 pp
1Brunei100.0%2024n/a+10.3 pp
1Gibraltar100.0%2024n/a0.0 pp
1Isle of Man100.0%202484.8%0.0 pp
1Kuwait100.0%2024100.0%0.0 pp
1Macao100.0%202480.0%0.0 pp
1Malta100.0%2024100.0%+0.0 pp
1Monaco100.0%2024100.0%0.0 pp
1New Caledonia100.0%2024n/a0.0 pp
1New Zealand100.0%202488.8%0.0 pp
1Puerto Rico100.0%202432.5%0.0 pp
1Saint Martin100.0%2024n/a+0.3 pp
1San Marino100.0%202490.2%0.0 pp
1Singapore100.0%2024100.0%0.0 pp
1Chile100.0%202495.1%+2.1 pp
1Austria100.0%202498.5%-0.0 pp
1Liechtenstein100.0%202496.3%0.0 pp
20Japan99.9%202499.2%-0.0 pp
20Bermuda99.9%2024n/a-0.0 pp
20Qatar99.9%202499.9%-0.0 pp
20Israel99.9%202497.2%-0.1 pp
20Spain99.9%202488.3%+0.0 pp
20Switzerland99.9%202499.7%+0.0 pp
20Italy99.9%202478.2%-0.0 pp
27Northern Mariana Islands99.8%2024n/a+2.1 pp
28Belarus99.7%202474.4%+2.8 pp
28Turkmenistan99.7%2024n/a+2.7 pp
28South Korea99.7%202499.3%-0.2 pp
28Maldives99.7%2024n/a+8.5 pp
28Seychelles99.7%2024n/a+1.4 pp
28Portugal99.7%202493.9%+0.5 pp
34United States99.6%202497.0%-0.2 pp
34Antigua and Barbuda99.6%2024n/a+4.1 pp
34Denmark99.6%202498.9%-0.0 pp
37Belgium99.5%202494.9%+0.0 pp
37Cyprus99.5%202477.0%-0.1 pp
39Finland99.4%202490.1%-0.0 pp
39West Bank and Gaza99.4%202473.5%+3.6 pp
39Thailand99.4%202426.7%+3.2 pp
42Oman99.3%2024n/a+0.3 pp
42Albania99.3%202469.3%+2.1 pp
42Türkiye99.3%202478.9%+3.4 pp
42U.S. Virgin Islands99.3%2024n/a+0.1 pp
46Germany99.2%202496.8%+0.0 pp
46Lebanon99.2%202425.7%+6.6 pp
46Uruguay99.2%2024n/a+2.8 pp
49United Kingdom99.1%202497.8%-0.0 pp
49United Arab Emirates99.1%202498.4%-0.0 pp
49Czechia99.1%202491.4%-0.0 pp
52Palau99.0%2024n/a+2.1 pp
52Estonia99.0%202490.6%-0.0 pp
52Greece99.0%202492.9%+0.2 pp
52North Macedonia99.0%202412.1%+4.2 pp
52Azerbaijan99.0%202468.0%+12.8 pp
52Poland99.0%202497.8%+2.0 pp
58Aruba98.8%2024n/a+0.3 pp
58Costa Rica98.8%202426.3%+1.9 pp
58Iceland98.8%2024n/a-0.0 pp
61Sweden98.7%202495.4%-0.2 pp
62France98.6%202490.0%-0.0 pp
62Canada98.6%202481.3%-0.6 pp
64Kyrgyzstan98.5%202493.0%+2.2 pp
64Tunisia98.5%202479.8%+8.5 pp
64Iraq98.5%202450.9%+8.5 pp
67Venezuela98.4%202426.0%+4.4 pp
68Slovenia98.3%202484.5%-0.4 pp
69Barbados98.1%2024n/a+3.0 pp
70Norway98.0%202477.9%-0.0 pp
70Hungary98.0%202491.7%-0.0 pp
72Kazakhstan97.9%2024n/a+0.3 pp
72Serbia97.9%202424.1%+0.8 pp
74Montenegro97.8%202450.9%+2.9 pp
75Ukraine97.7%202492.4%+1.0 pp
75Netherlands97.7%202497.5%-0.1 pp
77Saudi Arabia97.6%202483.9%+0.1 pp
77Luxembourg97.6%202496.3%-0.0 pp
79Slovakia97.5%202483.4%+0.0 pp
79French Polynesia97.5%2024n/a-0.1 pp
81Mauritius97.4%2024n/a+2.9 pp
82China97.3%202468.9%+14.3 pp
83Samoa97.1%202444.1%+2.6 pp
83Egypt97.1%202457.3%+2.1 pp
85Colombia96.6%202418.7%+8.7 pp
86Uzbekistan96.5%202474.6%+1.2 pp
87Jordan96.4%202480.1%-1.1 pp
87Lithuania96.4%202496.4%+5.0 pp
89Malaysia96.0%202485.8%+0.7 pp
89Tajikistan96.0%2023n/a+1.1 pp2014 to 2023
91Paraguay95.9%202458.5%+9.5 pp
92Croatia95.8%202174.7%+0.1 pp2014 to 2021
93Syria95.6%2024n/a+3.5 pp
94Vietnam95.4%202445.4%+18.4 pp
94Sri Lanka95.4%2024n/a+7.1 pp
96Hong Kong94.8%202494.8%-1.2 pp
96Cuba94.8%202445.9%+6.4 pp
98Trinidad and Tobago94.2%202438.0%-0.2 pp
99Tonga93.9%202431.2%+1.3 pp
100Armenia93.7%202410.7%+2.4 pp
101Turks and Caicos Islands93.2%202433.9%n/a
102Mexico93.0%202462.7%+4.8 pp
103Fiji92.8%202448.5%+0.3 pp
104Grenada92.6%2024n/a-0.7 pp
105Latvia92.5%202492.5%+2.3 pp
106Brazil92.4%202455.0%+7.5 pp
107Russia92.2%202458.2%+6.0 pp
108Jamaica91.6%202473.6%+5.3 pp
109Guyana91.3%202443.4%+5.3 pp
110Ecuador91.2%202449.3%+7.8 pp
111Georgia90.7%202463.0%+6.4 pp
112Romania90.5%202489.8%+8.1 pp
112Iran90.5%2024n/a+2.9 pp
112Micronesia90.5%2020n/a+8.2 pp2014 to 2020
115Guam90.4%2024n/a+0.5 pp
116Dominican Republic90.1%202443.0%+5.3 pp
117Suriname90.0%202425.1%+4.2 pp
118Ireland89.7%202481.3%-0.1 pp
118Tuvalu89.7%202439.7%+4.3 pp
120Panama89.1%2024n/a+11.6 pp
121Laos88.7%202471.4%+22.7 pp
122Libya88.5%202421.7%-1.1 pp
123Indonesia88.2%2024n/a+18.4 pp
124El Salvador88.0%202436.0%+2.9 pp
125Morocco87.8%20248.4%+6.1 pp
126Honduras87.7%2024n/a+9.3 pp
127Philippines87.2%202462.2%+11.4 pp
128Moldova86.9%2024n/a+6.9 pp
129Bhutan86.8%202449.5%+16.5 pp
130Bulgaria86.1%202475.7%+0.1 pp
131Nepal86.0%202453.4%+32.6 pp
132Algeria85.9%202462.5%-1.0 pp
133North Korea84.8%2023n/a+3.9 pp2014 to 2023
134Belize84.3%2024n/a+0.3 pp
135India83.4%202462.8%+29.2 pp
135St. Lucia83.4%2022n/a+0.6 pp2014 to 2022
137Cambodia83.3%202451.6%+32.4 pp
138Cayman Islands83.2%2024n/a-0.2 pp
139Cabo Verde83.1%2024n/a+14.9 pp
140Rwanda81.3%2024n/a+14.8 pp
141Marshall Islands79.0%2024n/a+1.2 pp
142Peru78.8%202456.5%+5.3 pp
143South Africa77.4%202473.8%+6.4 pp
144Mongolia74.3%202469.9%+13.4 pp
145Myanmar74.2%202460.5%+3.4 pp
146Timor-Leste72.9%2024n/a+24.6 pp
147Botswana72.1%2024n/a+5.6 pp
148Pakistan71.9%2024n/a+15.3 pp
149Bolivia71.6%2024n/a+16.6 pp
150Nauru71.3%202433.2%+3.5 pp
151Guatemala71.2%2024n/a+4.3 pp
152Bangladesh67.6%202437.3%+19.5 pp
153Djibouti67.0%202339.7%+8.0 pp2014 to 2023
154Sudan65.7%2024n/a+27.3 pp
155Eswatini64.5%202460.8%+6.1 pp
156Yemen63.1%202443.1%+8.3 pp
157Senegal62.5%202430.1%+10.7 pp
157Greenland62.5%20220.0%0.0 pp2014 to 2022
159American Samoa62.1%202442.9%-0.1 pp
160Mauritania58.7%2024n/a+18.8 pp
161Gabon57.4%2024n/a+13.0 pp
162Comoros57.2%202449.4%+12.2 pp
163Afghanistan54.5%202424.8%+13.9 pp
164Angola50.3%2022n/a+4.5 pp2014 to 2022
165Malawi49.2%202446.2%+17.4 pp
166Sao Tome and Principe48.7%202434.7%+9.7 pp
167The Gambia48.2%202428.1%+1.6 pp
168Nigeria47.9%202432.2%+9.6 pp
168Lesotho47.9%202443.8%+13.2 pp
170Vanuatu47.8%2024n/a-3.7 pp
170Mali47.8%202420.0%+13.0 pp
172Cameroon47.1%2024n/a+4.4 pp
173Kiribati45.2%202424.6%+3.9 pp
174Burundi44.6%2024n/a-0.4 pp
175Somalia44.5%202416.4%+10.4 pp
176Kenya40.9%202435.8%+7.2 pp
177Côte d'Ivoire40.4%202427.1%+9.2 pp
178Namibia38.7%2024n/a+3.9 pp
179Mozambique38.6%202433.9%+12.7 pp
180Zambia37.5%2024n/a+6.7 pp
181Tanzania37.2%202428.5%+14.8 pp
182Solomon Islands34.6%2024n/a+5.5 pp
182Zimbabwe34.6%202423.6%-4.1 pp
184Guinea32.6%2024n/a+10.7 pp
185Burkina Faso31.8%202424.7%+10.2 pp
186Ghana31.6%202418.8%+12.2 pp
187Haiti29.1%2024n/a+2.5 pp
188Guinea-Bissau28.9%202422.6%+9.5 pp
189Togo25.2%202413.0%+8.4 pp
190Sierra Leone24.9%202416.8%+9.1 pp
191Uganda23.9%202420.4%+3.7 pp
192Papua New Guinea23.6%202416.7%+3.5 pp
193Liberia23.3%2024n/a+5.4 pp
194Benin22.2%202416.4%+6.5 pp
195Republic of the Congo20.6%2021n/a+2.2 pp2014 to 2021
196Niger16.3%20249.1%+4.3 pp
196DR Congo16.3%202413.1%-1.7 pp
198Madagascar15.4%202412.8%+4.8 pp
199South Sudan14.4%2024n/a+5.6 pp
200Central African Republic14.0%202413.5%-2.3 pp
201Chad13.1%202411.1%+1.9 pp
202Ethiopia10.4%20248.1%+3.3 pp

Each figure is the latest available for that country, so rows can refer to different years; compare years before comparing values. n/a means the source has no figure for that country in that column. Values are rounded for display; the CSV download has full precision.

No figure: Argentina, Bahamas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Virgin Islands, Channel Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Faroe Islands, Kosovo, Nicaragua, Sint Maarten, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

World map of share of people using at least basic sanitation, mostly 2024 data. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Highest: Andorra 100.0% (2024), Australia 100.0% (2024), Bahrain 100.0% (2024). Source: World Bank World Development Indicators. 37 ranked countries are too small for the map's outlines and drawn as a dot at the capital. Shapes show location only.
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Then and now

The first 10 in each year, among the countries with a figure that year; the last column is the table above (mostly 2024 data).
#20142024
1Andorra (100.0%)Andorra (100.0%)
2Australia (100.0%)Australia (100.0%)
3Austria (100.0%)Bahrain (100.0%)
4Bahrain (100.0%)Brunei (100.0%)
5Gibraltar (100.0%)Gibraltar (100.0%)
6Isle of Man (100.0%)Isle of Man (100.0%)
7Israel (100.0%)Kuwait (100.0%)
8Japan (100.0%)Macao (100.0%)
9Kuwait (100.0%)Malta (100.0%)
10Liechtenstein (100.0%)Monaco (100.0%)

Nepal rose the most since 2014, +32.6 pp, among the 192 countries with figures for both 2014 and 2024. Zimbabwe fell the most, -4.1 pp.

Rose the most since 2014

  • Nepal: +32.6 pp
  • Cambodia: +32.4 pp
  • India: +29.2 pp
  • Sudan: +27.3 pp
  • Timor-Leste: +24.6 pp

Fell the most since 2014

  • Zimbabwe: -4.1 pp
  • Vanuatu: -3.7 pp
  • Central African Republic: -2.3 pp
  • DR Congo: -1.7 pp
  • Hong Kong: -1.2 pp

From the change column: countries whose latest figure is for 2024 and that have a 2014 figure.

By region

share of people using at least basic sanitation by World Bank region: countries with a figure, highest, lowest and median.
RegionCountriesHighestLowestMedian, each country counted once
East Asia & Pacific376 countries at 100.0%Papua New Guinea (23.6%)92.8%
Europe & Central Asia547 countries at 100.0%Greenland (62.5%, 2022)98.9%
Latin America & Caribbean333 countries at 100.0%Haiti (29.1%)92.6%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan233 countries at 100.0%Afghanistan (54.5%)97.6%
North America3Bermuda (99.9%)Canada (98.6%)99.6%
South Asia6Maldives (99.7%)Bangladesh (67.6%)86.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa46Seychelles (99.7%)Ethiopia (10.4%)40.6%

Where major economies rank

  • United States: 99.6% in 2024, rank 34 of 202.
  • China: 97.3% in 2024, rank 82 of 202.
  • India: 83.4% in 2024, rank 135 of 202.
  • Japan: 99.9% in 2024, rank 20 of 202.
  • Germany: 99.2% in 2024, rank 46 of 202.
  • United Kingdom: 99.1% in 2024, rank 49 of 202.
  • France: 98.6% in 2024, rank 62 of 202.
  • Brazil: 92.4% in 2024, rank 106 of 202.
  • Canada: 98.6% in 2024, rank 62 of 202.
  • Nigeria: 47.9% in 2024, rank 168 of 202.

Compare these economies side by side

The 10 highest: share of people using at least basic sanitation

  1. Andorra: 100.0% (2024)
  2. Australia: 100.0% (2024)
  3. Bahrain: 100.0% (2024)
  4. Brunei: 100.0% (2024)
  5. Gibraltar: 100.0% (2024)
  6. Isle of Man: 100.0% (2024)
  7. Kuwait: 100.0% (2024)
  8. Macao: 100.0% (2024)
  9. Malta: 100.0% (2024)
  10. Monaco: 100.0% (2024)

The 10 lowest: share of people using at least basic sanitation

  1. Ethiopia: 10.4% (2024)
  2. Chad: 13.1% (2024)
  3. Central African Republic: 14.0% (2024)
  4. South Sudan: 14.4% (2024)
  5. Madagascar: 15.4% (2024)
  6. DR Congo: 16.3% (2024)
  7. Niger: 16.3% (2024)
  8. Republic of the Congo: 20.6% (2021)
  9. Benin: 22.2% (2024)
  10. Liberia: 23.3% (2024)

About access to sanitation

The figures come from the WHO and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, published by the World Bank. Improved facilities separate waste from human contact: flush and pour-flush toilets connected to sewers, septic tanks or pits, ventilated pit latrines, pit latrines with a slab and composting toilets.

Safely managed sanitation also requires that the waste is disposed of safely on site or carried away and treated. It is harder to measure, so fewer countries have a figure.

About these figures

Definition. The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines; ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs. (The publisher's definition of “People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)”, copied from the World Bank (World Development Indicators) on 2026-09-07.)

Unit. % of population

Coverage. 202 of 217 countries and territories have a figure. 193 of 202 countries show 2024; the other 9 show their latest available year (2020 to 2023).

The median and any other summary on this page count each country once, so they are not world averages. Values are rounded for display; the CSV download has full precision.

The publisher revises past years when it updates the series, so a figure here can change after it first appears.

Questions about these figures

Which country has the highest share of people using at least basic sanitation?

19 countries share the highest share of people using at least basic sanitation, 100.0% (Andorra, Australia, Bahrain, Brunei and others). All 19 figures are for 2024. The figures come from the World Bank World Development Indicators.

Which country has the lowest share of people using at least basic sanitation?

Ethiopia has the lowest share of people using at least basic sanitation: 10.4% in 2024.

How many countries are ranked, and for which years?

202 countries and territories have a figure in this ranking. 193 of 202 countries show 2024; the other 9 show their latest available year (2020 to 2023).

What is the median share of people using at least basic sanitation across countries?

The median is 93.1%: half of the 202 countries are above it and half below. The most common year of the figures is 2024. It counts each country once, so it is not a world average.

Which country's share of people using at least basic sanitation changed the most since 2014?

Among the 192 countries with figures for both 2014 and 2024, Nepal changed the most: +32.6 pp since 2014, to 86.0% in 2024.

Where does the United States rank on share of people using at least basic sanitation?

The United States ranks 34 of 202, at 99.6% in 2024.

Which country has the highest share of people using at least basic sanitation in each region?

North America: Bermuda (99.9%); South Asia: the Maldives (99.7%); Sub-Saharan Africa: Seychelles (99.7%). Figures are for 2024 unless another year is shown. Regions follow the World Bank's groups.

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