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

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, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

World Bank code: SH.STA.BASS.ZS • Data available for 214 countries • Latest year: 2024

In , Brunei Darussalam led People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) at 100.00.

The world median across 193 reporting countries was 93.93.

What this measures: 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, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

How "Health & Population" indicators are measured

Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.

Distribution — 2024

Reporting
193 countries
Median
93.93
Mean
80.77
25th percentile
71.32
75th percentile
99.10
Range
10.36 – 100.00

World at a Glance — 2024

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 62.12ASAustralia: 100.00AUBrunei Darussalam: 100.00BNCambodia: 83.34KHChina: 97.27CNFiji: 92.75FJFrench Polynesia: 97.51PFGuam: 90.38GUHong Kong SAR, China: 94.83HKIndonesia: 88.20IDJapan: 99.94JPKiribati: 45.17KIKorea, Rep.: 99.73KRLao PDR: 88.73LAMacao SAR, China: 100.00MOMalaysia: 96.02MYMarshall Islands: 78.96MHMongolia: 74.28MNMyanmar: 74.18MMNauru: 71.32NRNew Caledonia: 100.00NCNew Zealand: 100.00NZNorthern Mariana Islands: 99.76MPPalau: 99.02PWPapua New Guinea: 23.57PGPhilippines: 87.15PHSamoa: 97.10WSSingapore: 100.00SGSolomon Islands: 34.65SBThailand: 99.35THTimor-Leste: 72.94TLTonga: 93.93TOTuvalu: 89.67TVVanuatu: 47.81VUViet Nam: 95.45VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 99.30ALAndorra: 100.00ADArmenia: 93.66AMAustria: 99.97ATAzerbaijan: 98.98AZBelarus: 99.75BYBelgium: 99.49BEBulgaria: 86.08BGCyprus: 99.48CYCzechia: 99.07CZDenmark: 99.60DKEstonia: 99.02EEFinland: 99.45FIFrance: 98.64FRGeorgia: 90.68GEGermany: 99.23DEGibraltar: 100.00GIGreece: 99.01GRHungary: 97.97HUIceland: 98.78ISIreland: 89.73IEIsle of Man: 100.00IMItaly: 99.88ITKazakhstan: 97.94KZKyrgyz Republic: 98.54KGLatvia: 92.53LVLiechtenstein: 99.95LILithuania: 96.40LTLuxembourg: 97.60LUMoldova: 86.88MDMonaco: 100.00MCMontenegro: 97.85MENetherlands: 97.66NLNorth Macedonia: 99.00MKNorway: 98.05NOPoland: 98.96PLPortugal: 99.66PTRomania: 90.54RORussian Federation: 92.22RUSan Marino: 100.00SMSerbia: 97.94RSSlovak Republic: 97.54SKSlovenia: 98.31SISpain: 99.92ESSweden: 98.74SESwitzerland: 99.90CHTurkiye: 99.28TRTurkmenistan: 99.74TMUkraine: 97.73UAUnited Kingdom: 99.10GBUzbekistan: 96.55UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 99.61AGAruba: 98.84AWBarbados: 98.09BBBelize: 84.30BZBolivia: 71.58BOBrazil: 92.40BRCayman Islands: 83.24KYChile: 100.00CLColombia: 96.58COCosta Rica: 98.79CRCuba: 94.77CUDominican Republic: 90.12DOEcuador: 91.20ECEl Salvador: 88.04SVGrenada: 92.62GDGuatemala: 71.17GTGuyana: 91.31GYHaiti: 29.11HTHonduras: 87.67HNJamaica: 91.63JMMexico: 92.99MXPanama: 89.05PAParaguay: 95.93PYPeru: 78.77PEPuerto Rico (US): 100.00PRSt. Martin (French part): 100.00MFSuriname: 90.00SRTrinidad and Tobago: 94.18TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 93.15TCUruguay: 99.15UYVenezuela, RB: 98.40VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 99.26VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 54.50AFAlgeria: 85.91DZBahrain: 100.00BHEgypt, Arab Rep.: 97.09EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 90.46IRIraq: 98.50IQIsrael: 99.92ILJordan: 96.41JOKuwait: 100.00KWLebanon: 99.20LBLibya: 88.50LYMalta: 100.00MTMorocco: 87.78MAOman: 99.32OMPakistan: 71.88PKQatar: 99.94QASaudi Arabia: 97.61SASyrian Arab Republic: 95.65SYTunisia: 98.54TNUnited Arab Emirates: 99.09AEWest Bank and Gaza: 99.40PSYemen, Rep.: 63.08YENorth AmericaBermuda: 99.94BMCanada: 98.59CAUnited States: 99.62USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 67.62BDBhutan: 86.84BTIndia: 83.38INMaldives: 99.70MVNepal: 86.03NPSri Lanka: 95.35LKSub-Saharan AfricaBenin: 22.25BJBotswana: 72.12BWBurkina Faso: 31.80BFBurundi: 44.63BICabo Verde: 83.13CVCameroon: 47.07CMCentral African Republic: 14.04CFChad: 13.14TDComoros: 57.22KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 16.30CDCote d'Ivoire: 40.41CIEswatini: 64.46SZEthiopia: 10.36ETGabon: 57.40GAGambia, The: 48.17GMGhana: 31.58GHGuinea: 32.65GNGuinea-Bissau: 28.94GWKenya: 40.88KELesotho: 47.89LSLiberia: 23.34LRMadagascar: 15.37MGMalawi: 49.23MWMali: 47.76MLMauritania: 58.68MRMauritius: 97.37MUMozambique: 38.59MZNamibia: 38.72NANiger: 16.34NENigeria: 47.90NGRwanda: 81.33RWSao Tome and Principe: 48.68STSenegal: 62.52SNSeychelles: 99.70SCSierra Leone: 24.91SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 44.46SOSouth Africa: 77.38ZASouth Sudan: 14.43SSSudan: 65.71SDTanzania: 37.22TZTogo: 25.17TGUganda: 23.90UGZambia: 37.48ZMZimbabwe: 34.64ZW

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Highest Values — 2024

# Country People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
1 Brunei Darussalam East Asia & Pacific 100.00
2 New Caledonia East Asia & Pacific 100.00
3 New Zealand East Asia & Pacific 100.00
4 Bahrain Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 100.00
5 Puerto Rico (US) Latin America & Caribbean 100.00
6 St. Martin (French part) Latin America & Caribbean 100.00
7 Kuwait Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 100.00
8 Isle of Man Europe & Central Asia 100.00
9 San Marino Europe & Central Asia 100.00
10 Singapore East Asia & Pacific 100.00

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 77 97.08
Upper middle income 47 90.79
Lower middle income 44 64.91
Low income 23 38.29
Not classified 2 54.38

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 35 85.00
Europe & Central Asia 51 97.57
Latin America & Caribbean 32 90.06
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 22 91.94
North America 3 99.38
South Asia 6 86.49
Sub-Saharan Africa 44 43.53

Lowest Values — 2024

# Country People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
1 Ethiopia 10.36
2 Chad 13.14
3 Central African Republic 14.04
4 South Sudan 14.43
5 Madagascar 15.37
6 Congo, Dem. Rep. 16.30
7 Niger 16.34
8 Benin 22.25
9 Liberia 23.34
10 Papua New Guinea 23.57
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.STA.BASS.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.