List of countries by proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities
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This is a list of countries by the proportion of their population using improved sanitation facilities.
Methods[]
Figures used in this chart are based on data compiled and uploaded by the World Bank on May 2013 through their World Development Indicators initiative.[1] The information was provided by the respective governments of the listed countries. As the compiled figures are not collected with the same methodology and with different levels of rigor, there are limitations in their reliability in forming comparisons.
Sanitation as defined by the World Health Organization:
"Sanitation generally refers to the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and feces. Inadequate sanitation is a major cause of disease world-wide and improving sanitation is known to have a significant beneficial impact on health both in households and across communities. The word 'sanitation' also refers to the maintenance of hygienic conditions, through services such as garbage collection and wastewater disposal.[2]
The United Nations states that improved sanitation facilities "ensure hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact."[3] They include in their definition:
The Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation of WHO and UNICEF has defined improved sanitation as follows:
- Flush toilet[4]
- Connection to a piped sewer system[5]
- Connection to a septic system[6]
- Flush / pour-flush to a pit latrine[7]
- Ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine[8]
- Pit latrine with slab[9]
- Composting toilet[10]
- Some special cases[11]
The World Bank states:[12]
"Access to improved sanitation facilities refers to the percentage of the population with at least adequate access to excreta disposal facilities that can effectively prevent human, animal, and insect contact with excreta. Improved facilities range from simple but protected pit latrines to flush toilets with a sewerage connection. To be effective, facilities must be correctly constructed and properly maintained."
Countries[]
To access the data for analysis, please go to this link hosted by The World Bank.
Country | 2005 | | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2017 or most recent year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | 35 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 43 |
Albania | 90 | 91 | 91 | 93 | 94 | 94 | 98 |
Algeria | 94 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 88 |
American Samoa | 54 | ||||||
Andorra | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Angola | 51 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 50 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 88 | ||||||
Argentina | 94 (2016) | ||||||
Armenia | 89 | 89 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 94 |
Aruba | 98 (2016) | ||||||
Australia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Austria | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Azerbaijan | 74 | 77 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 93 |
Bahamas | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 95 |
Bahrain | 100 | ||||||
Bangladesh | 17 | 28 | 32 | 39 | 44 | 47 | 51 |
Barbados | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 |
Belarus | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 98 |
Belgium | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
Belize | 87 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 90 | 88 |
Benin | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 |
Bermuda | 100 | ||||||
Bhutan | 41 | 42 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 69 |
Bolivia | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 61 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 |
Botswana | 57 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 77 |
Brazil | 76 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 88 |
British Virgin Islands | 97 (2016) | ||||||
Brunei Darussalam | 96 (2015) | ||||||
Bulgaria | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 86 |
Burkina Faso | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 |
Burundi | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 |
Cambodia | 24 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 59 |
Cameroon | 48 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 39 |
Canada | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
Cape Verde | 53 | 55 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 74 |
Cayman Islands | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 84 (2016) |
Central African Republic | 29 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 25 (2016) |
Chad | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 8 |
Channel Islands | 99 | ||||||
Chile | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 100 |
China | 55 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 85 |
Colombia | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 90 |
Comoros | 35 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | 21 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 20 |
Congo, Rep. | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
Costa Rica | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 98 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 32 |
Croatia | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 97 |
Cuba | 89 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 93 |
Curacao | 99 | ||||||
Cyprus | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
Czech Republic | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 |
Denmark | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Djibouti | 54 | 52 | 52 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 64 |
Dominica | 78 (2015) | ||||||
Dominican Republic | 81 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 84 |
Ecuador | 90 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 88 |
Egypt | 93 | 94 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 94 |
El Salvador | 85 | 86 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 |
Equatorial Guinea | 66 | ||||||
Eritrea | 12 (2016) | ||||||
Estonia | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 99 |
Ethiopia | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 7 |
Faroe Islands | 91 (2015) | ||||||
Fiji | 81 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 95 |
Finland | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
France | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
French Polynesia | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 97 |
Gabon | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 47 |
Gambia | 66 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 39 |
Georgia | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 90 |
Germany | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
Ghana | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 18 |
Gibraltar | 100 | ||||||
Greece | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 |
Greenland | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Grenada | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 91 |
Guam | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 90 (2016) |
Guatemala | 75 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 65 |
Guinea | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 23 |
Guinea-Bissau | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
Guyana | 81 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 84 | 86 |
Haiti | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 35 |
Honduras | 72 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 81 |
Hong Kong SAR | 96 | ||||||
Hungary | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 |
Iceland | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
India | 34 | 39 | 44 | 47 | 69 | 72 | 97 [13] |
Indonesia | 50 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 54 | 54 | 73 |
Iran | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 88 |
Iraq | 71 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 94 |
Ireland | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 91 |
Israel | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Italy | 99 | ||||||
Jamaica | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 87 |
Japan | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Jordan | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 97 |
Kazakhstan | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 98 |
Kenya | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 29 |
Kiribati | 48 | ||||||
North Korea | 70 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 83 |
South Korea | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Kuwait | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Kyrgyz Republic | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 97 |
Lao PDR | 45 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 63 | 74 |
Latvia | 92 | ||||||
Lebanon | 98 | ||||||
Lesotho | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 43 |
Liberia | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
Libya | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 100 |
Liechtenstein | 100 | ||||||
Lithuania | 93 | ||||||
Luxembourg | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 |
Macedonia | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 99 |
Madagascar | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 11 |
Malawi | 48 | 49 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 26 |
Malaysia | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 100 |
Maldives | 89 | 91 | 93 | 94 | 96 | 97 | 99 |
Mali | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 39 |
Malta | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Marshall Islands | 73 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 83 |
Mauritania | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 48 |
Mauritius | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 96 |
Mexico | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 91 |
Micronesia | 88 | ||||||
Moldova | 82 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 76 |
Monaco | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Mongolia | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 58 |
Montenegro | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 98 |
Morocco | 68 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 89 |
Mozambique | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 29 |
Myanmar | 70 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 76 | 64 |
Namibia | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 35 |
Nauru | 66 | ||||||
Nepal | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 62 |
Netherlands | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 |
New Caledonia | 100 | ||||||
New Zealand | 100 | ||||||
Nicaragua | 50 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 74 |
Niger | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
Nigeria | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 39 |
Northern Mariana Islands | 79 | ||||||
Norway | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 |
Oman | 95 | 96 | 96 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 100 |
Pakistan | 43 | 43 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 48 | 60 |
Palau | 98 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Panama | 83 | ||||||
Papua New Guinea | 46 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 13 |
Paraguay | 68 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 90 |
Peru | 67 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 74 |
Philippines | 70 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 77 |
Poland | 99 | ||||||
Portugal | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Puerto Rico | 97 | ||||||
Qatar | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Romania | 84 | ||||||
Russia | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 90 |
Rwanda | 51 | 53 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 67 |
Samoa | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 |
San Marino | 100 | ||||||
São Tomé and Príncipe | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 43 |
Saudi Arabia | 100 | ||||||
Senegal | 49 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 51 |
Serbia | 92 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 98 |
Seychelles | 100 | ||||||
Sierra Leone | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 16 |
Singapore | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 101 | 100 | 100 |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 99 | ||||||
Slovak Republic | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 |
Slovenia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
Solomon Islands | 34 | ||||||
Somalia | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 38 |
South Africa | 77 | 77 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 76 |
South Sudan | 11 | ||||||
Spain | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Sri Lanka | 88 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 96 |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 92 (2013) |
St. Lucia | 64 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 88 |
St. Vinent and the Grenadines | 87 | ||||||
Sudan | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 37 |
Suriname | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 84 |
Swaziland | 55 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 58 |
Sweden | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
Switzerland | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Syria | 92 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 91 |
Tajikistan | 93 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 97 |
Tanzania | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Thailand | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 99 |
Timor-Leste | 43 | 43 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 54 |
Togo | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 |
Tonga | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 93 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 92 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 93 |
Tunisia | 91 | ||||||
Turkey | 89 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 97 |
Turkmenistan | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 88 | ||||||
Tuvalu | 83 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 84 |
Uganda | 32 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 18 |
Ukraine | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 94 | 94 | 96 |
United Arab Emirates | 97 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 |
United Kingdom | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
United States | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Uruguay | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 |
Uzbekistan | 97 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Vanuatu | 49 | 51 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 57 | 34 |
Venezuela | 94 | ||||||
Vietnam | 66 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 84 |
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 99 | ||||||
West Bank and Gaza | 91 | 91 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 97 |
Yemen | 47 | 49 | 50 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 59 |
Zambia | 48 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 26 |
Zimbabwe | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 39 | 40 | 36 |
See also[]
- Sanitation
- Toilet
- List of responsibilities in the water supply and sanitation sector in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Water supply and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa
References[]
- ^ "People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ who.int
- ^ http://www.unicef.org/wcaro/overview_2570.html
- ^ WHO and UNICEF types of improved drinking-water source on the JMP website, WHO, Geneva and UNICEF, New York, accessed on June 10, 2012
- ^ WHO and UNICEF "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
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- ^ "People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) - India | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- Water supply and sanitation by country
- Lists of countries
- Lists of countries by population-related issue