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People using safely managed sanitation services

People using an improved, unshared sanitation facility where excreta are safely disposed of on site or treated off site.

Unit: % of population Frequency: Annual Coverage: 146 countries and 8 groups 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank (original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene)
Highest in 2024 100.0% Andorra Lowest in 2024 8.1% Ethiopia
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024 141 Updated by the source on 8 October 2026

141 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period WorldUnited StatesChinaIndia
2024 58.5% 97.0% 68.9% 62.8%
2023 57.8% 97.0% 68.4% 60.8%
2022 57.0% 97.0% 67.2% 58.6%
2021 56.1% 97.0% 65.9% 56.4%
2020 55.2% 97.0% 64.6% 54.2%
2019 54.2% 96.9% 63.2% 51.9%
2018 52.8% 96.9% 59.7% 49.6%
2017 51.3% 96.9% 56.2% 47.2%
2016 49.9% 96.9% 52.8% 44.9%
2015 48.4% 96.9% 49.4% 42.5%
2014 46.9% 96.9% 46.2% 40.1%
2013 45.5% 96.9% 43.0% 37.8%
2012 44.1% 96.9% 39.9% 35.4%
2011 42.8% 96.9% 37.0% 33.1%
2010 41.5% 96.9% 34.0% 30.8%
2009 40.2% 96.9% 31.2% 28.5%
2008 38.9% 96.9% 28.5% 26.2%
2007 37.6% 96.9% 25.9% 23.9%
2006 36.3% 96.8% 23.4% 21.7%
2005 35.1% 96.8% 21.0% 19.5%
2004 34.0% 96.8% 18.7% 17.3%
2003 32.8% 96.7% 16.5% 14.9%
2002 31.7% 96.7% 14.5% 12.6%
2001 31.7% 96.7% 13.8% 10.7%
2000 31.3% 96.7% 13.4% 9.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • Among the 141 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Andorra (100.0%) and the lowest Ethiopia (8.1%).
  • Half of the countries are above 62.2% and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 103 countries and fell in 25.
  • The figure for the world was 58.5% in 2024, against 54.2% in 2019 (+4.3 percentage points).

About this measure

Definition
People using an improved, unshared sanitation facility where excreta are safely disposed of on site or treated off site.
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.SMSS.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

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Andorra 100.0%
  2. 2 Kuwait 100.0%
  3. 3 Malta 100.0%
  4. 4 Monaco 100.0%
  5. 5 Singapore 100.0%
  6. 6 Qatar 99.9%
  7. 7 Switzerland 99.7%
  8. 8 South Korea 99.3%
  9. 9 Japan 99.2%
  10. 10 Denmark 98.9%
  11. 11 Austria 98.5%
  12. 12 United Arab Emirates 98.4%
  13. 13 United Kingdom 97.8%
  14. 14 Poland 97.8%
  15. 15 Netherlands 97.5%
  16. 16 Israel 97.2%
  17. 17 United States 97.0%
  18. 18 Germany 96.8%
  19. 19 Lithuania 96.4%
  20. 20 Luxembourg 96.3%
  21. 21 Liechtenstein 96.3%
  22. 22 Australia 95.8%
  23. 23 Sweden 95.4%
  24. 24 Chile 95.1%
  25. 25 Belgium 94.9%
  26. 26 Hong Kong SAR, China 94.8%
  27. 27 Portugal 93.9%
  28. 28 Bahrain 93.4%
  29. 29 Kyrgyzstan 93.0%
  30. 30 Greece 92.9%
  31. 31 Latvia 92.5%
  32. 32 Ukraine 92.4%
  33. 33 Hungary 91.7%
  34. 34 Czechia 91.4%
  35. 35 Estonia 90.6%
  36. 36 San Marino 90.2%
  37. 37 Finland 90.1%
  38. 38 France 90.0%
  39. 39 Romania 89.8%
  40. 40 New Zealand 88.8%
  41. 41 Spain 88.3%
  42. 42 Malaysia 85.8%
  43. 43 Isle of Man 84.8%
  44. 44 Slovenia 84.5%
  45. 45 Saudi Arabia 83.9%
  46. 46 Slovakia 83.4%
  47. 47 Canada 81.3%
  48. 48 Ireland 81.3%
  49. 49 Jordan 80.1%
  50. 50 Macao SAR, China 80.0%
  51. 51 Tunisia 79.8%
  52. 52 Türkiye 78.9%
  53. 53 Italy 78.2%
  54. 54 Norway 77.9%
  55. 55 Cyprus 77.0%
  56. 56 Bulgaria 75.7%
  57. 57 Uzbekistan 74.6%
  58. 58 Belarus 74.4%
  59. 59 South Africa 73.8%
  60. 60 Jamaica 73.6%
  61. 61 West Bank and Gaza 73.5%
  62. 62 Laos 71.4%
  63. 63 Mongolia 69.9%
  64. 64 Albania 69.3%
  65. 65 China 68.9%
  66. 66 Azerbaijan 68.0%
  67. 67 Georgia 63.0%
  68. 68 India 62.8%
  69. 69 Mexico 62.7%
  70. 70 Algeria 62.5%
  71. 71 Philippines 62.2%
  72. 72 Eswatini 60.8%
  73. 73 Myanmar 60.5%
  74. 74 Paraguay 58.5%
  75. 75 Russia 58.2%
  76. 76 Egypt 57.3%
  77. 77 Peru 56.5%
  78. 78 Brazil 55.0%
  79. 79 Nepal 53.4%
  80. 80 Cambodia 51.6%
  81. 81 Iraq 50.9%
  82. 82 Montenegro 50.9%
  83. 83 Bhutan 49.5%
  84. 84 Comoros 49.4%
  85. 85 Ecuador 49.3%
  86. 86 Fiji 48.5%
  87. 87 Malawi 46.2%
  88. 88 Cuba 45.9%
  89. 89 Viet Nam 45.4%
  90. 90 Samoa 44.1%
  91. 91 Lesotho 43.8%
  92. 92 Guyana 43.4%
  93. 93 Yemen 43.1%
  94. 94 Dominican Republic 43.0%
  95. 95 American Samoa 42.9%
  96. 96 Tuvalu 39.7%
  97. 97 Trinidad and Tobago 38.0%
  98. 98 Bangladesh 37.3%
  99. 99 El Salvador 36.0%
  100. 100 Kenya 35.8%
  101. 101 São Tomé and Príncipe 34.7%
  102. 102 Mozambique 33.9%
  103. 103 Turks and Caicos Islands 33.9%
  104. 104 Naoero 33.2%
  105. 105 Puerto Rico (US) 32.5%
  106. 106 Nigeria 32.2%
  107. 107 Tonga 31.2%
  108. 108 Senegal 30.1%
  109. 109 Tanzania 28.5%
  110. 110 Gambia 28.1%
  111. 111 Côte d'Ivoire 27.1%
  112. 112 Thailand 26.7%
  113. 113 Costa Rica 26.3%
  114. 114 Venezuela 26.0%
  115. 115 Lebanon 25.7%
  116. 116 Suriname 25.1%
  117. 117 Afghanistan 24.8%
  118. 118 Burkina Faso 24.7%
  119. 119 Kiribati 24.6%
  120. 120 Serbia 24.1%
  121. 121 Zimbabwe 23.6%
  122. 122 Guinea-Bissau 22.6%
  123. 123 Libya 21.7%
  124. 124 Uganda 20.4%
  125. 125 Mali 20.0%
  126. 126 Ghana 18.8%
  127. 127 Colombia 18.7%
  128. 128 Sierra Leone 16.8%
  129. 129 Papua New Guinea 16.7%
  130. 130 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 16.4%
  131. 131 Benin 16.4%
  132. 132 Central African Republic 13.5%
  133. 133 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13.1%
  134. 134 Togo 13.0%
  135. 135 Madagascar 12.8%
  136. 136 North Macedonia 12.1%
  137. 137 Chad 11.1%
  138. 138 Armenia 10.7%
  139. 139 Niger 9.1%
  140. 140 Morocco 8.4%
  141. 141 Ethiopia 8.1%
  142. East Asia and Pacific 63.6%
  143. Europe and Central Asia 80.2%
  144. Latin America and Caribbean 51.2%
  145. Middle East and North Africa 54.4%
  146. North America 95.4%
  147. South Asia 60.1%
  148. Sub-Saharan Africa 25.9%
  149. World 58.5%
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.