People using at least basic sanitation services

People using an improved sanitation facility, such as a flush toilet or covered pit latrine, that is not shared with other households.

Unit: % of population Frequency: Annual Coverage: 214 countries and 11 groups 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank (original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene)

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period AustriaMalta
2024 100.0% 100.0%
2023 100.0% 100.0%
2022 100.0% 100.0%
2021 100.0% 100.0%
2020 100.0% 100.0%
2019 100.0% 100.0%
2018 100.0% 100.0%
2017 100.0% 100.0%
2016 100.0% 100.0%
2015 100.0% 100.0%
2014 100.0% 100.0%
2013 100.0% 100.0%
2012 100.0% 100.0%
2011 100.0% 100.0%
2010 100.0% 99.9%
2009 100.0% 99.9%
2008 100.0% 99.9%
2007 100.0% 99.9%
2006 100.0% 99.9%
2005 100.0% 99.9%
2004 100.0% 99.9%
2003 100.0% 99.9%
2002 100.0% 99.9%
2001 100.0% 99.9%
2000 100.0% 99.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

About this measure

Definition
People using an improved sanitation facility, such as a flush toilet or covered pit latrine, that is not shared with other households.
Population covered
Total population
Unit
% of population
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.BASS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene

Latest value for each country Each value is the country's most recent figure. Years differ, so check the period beside each value before comparing.

  1. 1 Andorra 100.0%2024
  2. 2 Australia 100.0%2024
  3. 3 Bahrain 100.0%2024
  4. 4 Brunei 100.0%2024
  5. 5 Gibraltar 100.0%2024
  6. 6 Isle of Man 100.0%2024
  7. 7 Kuwait 100.0%2024
  8. 8 Macao SAR, China 100.0%2024
  9. 9 Malta 100.0%2024
  10. 10 Monaco 100.0%2024
  11. 11 New Caledonia 100.0%2024
  12. 12 New Zealand 100.0%2024
  13. 13 Puerto Rico (US) 100.0%2024
  14. 14 Saint Martin (French part) 100.0%2024
  15. 15 San Marino 100.0%2024
  16. 16 Singapore 100.0%2024
  17. 17 Chile 100.0%2024
  18. 18 Austria 100.0%2024
  19. 19 Liechtenstein 100.0%2024
  20. 20 Japan 99.9%2024
  21. 21 Bermuda 99.9%2024
  22. 22 Qatar 99.9%2024
  23. 23 Israel 99.9%2024
  24. 24 Spain 99.9%2024
  25. 25 Switzerland 99.9%2024
  26. 26 Italy 99.9%2024
  27. 27 Northern Mariana Islands 99.8%2024
  28. 28 Belarus 99.7%2024
  29. 29 Turkmenistan 99.7%2024
  30. 30 South Korea 99.7%2024
  31. 31 Maldives 99.7%2024
  32. 32 Seychelles 99.7%2024
  33. 33 Portugal 99.7%2024
  34. 34 United States 99.6%2024
  35. 35 Antigua and Barbuda 99.6%2024
  36. 36 Denmark 99.6%2024
  37. 37 Belgium 99.5%2024
  38. 38 Cyprus 99.5%2024
  39. 39 Finland 99.4%2024
  40. 40 West Bank and Gaza 99.4%2024
  41. 41 Thailand 99.4%2024
  42. 42 Oman 99.3%2024
  43. 43 Albania 99.3%2024
  44. 44 Türkiye 99.3%2024
  45. 45 US Virgin Islands 99.3%2024
  46. 46 Germany 99.2%2024
  47. 47 Lebanon 99.2%2024
  48. 48 Curaçao 99.2%2017
  49. 49 Uruguay 99.2%2024
  50. 50 United Kingdom 99.1%2024
  51. 51 United Arab Emirates 99.1%2024
  52. 52 Czechia 99.1%2024
  53. 53 Palau 99.0%2024
  54. 54 Estonia 99.0%2024
  55. 55 Greece 99.0%2024
  56. 56 North Macedonia 99.0%2024
  57. 57 Azerbaijan 99.0%2024
  58. 58 Poland 99.0%2024
  59. 59 Aruba 98.8%2024
  60. 60 Costa Rica 98.8%2024
  61. 61 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 98.8%2017
  62. 62 Iceland 98.8%2024
  63. 63 Sweden 98.7%2024
  64. 64 France 98.6%2024
  65. 65 Canada 98.6%2024
  66. 66 Kyrgyzstan 98.5%2024
  67. 67 Tunisia 98.5%2024
  68. 68 Iraq 98.5%2024
  69. 69 Venezuela 98.4%2024
  70. 70 Slovenia 98.3%2024
  71. 71 Barbados 98.1%2024
  72. 72 Norway 98.0%2024
  73. 73 Hungary 98.0%2024
  74. 74 Kazakhstan 97.9%2024
  75. 75 Serbia 97.9%2024
  76. 76 Montenegro 97.8%2024
  77. 77 Ukraine 97.7%2024
  78. 78 Netherlands 97.7%2024
  79. 79 Saudi Arabia 97.6%2024
  80. 80 Luxembourg 97.6%2024
  81. 81 Slovakia 97.5%2024
  82. 82 French Polynesia 97.5%2024
  83. 83 Mauritius 97.4%2024
  84. 84 China 97.3%2024
  85. 85 Samoa 97.1%2024
  86. 86 Egypt 97.1%2024
  87. 87 British Virgin Islands 96.9%2016
  88. 88 Colombia 96.6%2024
  89. 89 Uzbekistan 96.5%2024
  90. 90 Jordan 96.4%2024
  91. 91 Lithuania 96.4%2024
  92. 92 Malaysia 96.0%2024
  93. 93 Tajikistan 96.0%2023
  94. 94 Paraguay 95.9%2024
  95. 95 Croatia 95.8%2021
  96. 96 Syria 95.6%2024
  97. 97 Viet Nam 95.4%2024
  98. 98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 95.4%2018
  99. 99 Sri Lanka 95.4%2024
  100. 100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 95.0%2017
  101. 101 Hong Kong SAR, China 94.8%2024
  102. 102 Argentina 94.8%2016
  103. 103 Cuba 94.8%2024
  104. 104 Trinidad and Tobago 94.2%2024
  105. 105 Tonga 93.9%2024
  106. 106 Bahamas 93.7%2019
  107. 107 Armenia 93.7%2024
  108. 108 Turks and Caicos Islands 93.2%2024
  109. 109 Mexico 93.0%2024
  110. 110 Fiji 92.8%2024
  111. 111 Grenada 92.6%2024
  112. 112 Latvia 92.5%2024
  113. 113 Brazil 92.4%2024
  114. 114 Russia 92.2%2024
  115. 115 Jamaica 91.6%2024
  116. 116 Guyana 91.3%2024
  117. 117 Ecuador 91.2%2024
  118. 118 Faroe Islands 90.9%2015
  119. 119 Georgia 90.7%2024
  120. 120 Romania 90.5%2024
  121. 121 Iran 90.5%2024
  122. 122 Micronesia 90.5%2020
  123. 123 Guam 90.4%2024
  124. 124 Dominican Republic 90.1%2024
  125. 125 Suriname 90.0%2024
  126. 126 Ireland 89.7%2024
  127. 127 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 89.7%2018
  128. 128 Tuvalu 89.7%2024
  129. 129 Panama 89.1%2024
  130. 130 Laos 88.7%2024
  131. 131 Libya 88.5%2024
  132. 132 Indonesia 88.2%2024
  133. 133 El Salvador 88.0%2024
  134. 134 Morocco 87.8%2024
  135. 135 Honduras 87.7%2024
  136. 136 Philippines 87.2%2024
  137. 137 Moldova 86.9%2024
  138. 138 Bhutan 86.8%2024
  139. 139 Bulgaria 86.1%2024
  140. 140 Nepal 86.0%2024
  141. 141 Algeria 85.9%2024
  142. 142 North Korea 84.8%2023
  143. 143 Belize 84.3%2024
  144. 144 India 83.4%2024
  145. 145 Saint Lucia 83.4%2022
  146. 146 Cambodia 83.3%2024
  147. 147 Cayman Islands 83.2%2024
  148. 148 Cabo Verde 83.1%2024
  149. 149 Rwanda 81.3%2024
  150. 150 Dominica 80.4%2017
  151. 151 Marshall Islands 79.0%2024
  152. 152 Peru 78.8%2024
  153. 153 South Africa 77.4%2024
  154. 154 Mongolia 74.3%2024
  155. 155 Myanmar 74.2%2024
  156. 156 Timor-Leste 72.9%2024
  157. 157 Botswana 72.1%2024
  158. 158 Pakistan 71.9%2024
  159. 159 Bolivia 71.6%2024
  160. 160 Naoero 71.3%2024
  161. 161 Guatemala 71.2%2024
  162. 162 Bangladesh 67.6%2024
  163. 163 Djibouti 67.0%2023
  164. 164 Equatorial Guinea 66.3%2017
  165. 165 Sudan 65.7%2024
  166. 166 Eswatini 64.5%2024
  167. 167 Yemen 63.1%2024
  168. 168 Senegal 62.5%2024
  169. 169 Greenland 62.5%2022
  170. 170 American Samoa 62.1%2024
  171. 171 Mauritania 58.7%2024
  172. 172 Gabon 57.4%2024
  173. 173 Comoros 57.2%2024
  174. 174 Afghanistan 54.5%2024
  175. 175 Angola 50.3%2022
  176. 176 Malawi 49.2%2024
  177. 177 São Tomé and Príncipe 48.7%2024
  178. 178 Gambia 48.2%2024
  179. 179 Nigeria 47.9%2024
  180. 180 Lesotho 47.9%2024
  181. 181 Vanuatu 47.8%2024
  182. 182 Mali 47.8%2024
  183. 183 Cameroon 47.1%2024
  184. 184 Kiribati 45.2%2024
  185. 185 Burundi 44.6%2024
  186. 186 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 44.5%2024
  187. 187 Kenya 40.9%2024
  188. 188 Côte d'Ivoire 40.4%2024
  189. 189 Namibia 38.7%2024
  190. 190 Mozambique 38.6%2024
  191. 191 Zambia 37.5%2024
  192. 192 Tanzania 37.2%2024
  193. 193 Solomon Islands 34.6%2024
  194. 194 Zimbabwe 34.6%2024
  195. 195 Guinea 32.6%2024
  196. 196 Burkina Faso 31.8%2024
  197. 197 Ghana 31.6%2024
  198. 198 Haiti 29.1%2024
  199. 199 Guinea-Bissau 28.9%2024
  200. 200 Togo 25.2%2024
  201. 201 Sierra Leone 24.9%2024
  202. 202 Uganda 23.9%2024
  203. 203 Papua New Guinea 23.6%2024
  204. 204 Liberia 23.3%2024
  205. 205 Benin 22.2%2024
  206. 206 Republic of the Congo 20.6%2021
  207. 207 Niger 16.3%2024
  208. 208 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16.3%2024
  209. 209 Madagascar 15.4%2024
  210. 210 South Sudan 14.4%2024
  211. 211 Central African Republic 14.0%2024
  212. 212 Chad 13.1%2024
  213. 213 Eritrea 11.9%2016
  214. 214 Ethiopia 10.4%2024
  215. East Asia and Pacific 94.8%2024
  216. Euro area 98.8%2024
  217. Europe and Central Asia 97.4%2024
  218. European Union 98.5%2024
  219. Latin America and Caribbean 90.3%2024
  220. Middle East and North Africa 83.7%2024
  221. North America 99.5%2024
  222. OECD members 98.7%2024
  223. South Asia 82.0%2024
  224. Sub-Saharan Africa 37.1%2024
  225. World 82.2%2024
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