List of countries by proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities

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2002 World map of access to improved drinking water and progress towards achieving the internationally agreed goals on water and sanitation. Note: This does not utilize the same criteria as listed in this article.

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:

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  2. ^ who.int
  3. ^ http://www.unicef.org/wcaro/overview_2570.html
  4. ^ WHO and UNICEF types of improved drinking-water source on the JMP website, WHO, Geneva and UNICEF, New York, accessed on June 10, 2012
  5. ^ WHO and UNICEF "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), ibid.
  6. ^ WHO and UNICEF "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), ibid.
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  9. ^ WHO and UNICEF "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), ibid.
  10. ^ WHO and UNICEF "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), ibid.
  11. ^ WHO and UNICEF "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), ibid.
  12. ^ http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.ACSN[bare URL]
  13. ^ "People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) - India | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
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