World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.
RU EN

Burkina Faso
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, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

Global rank#177out of 193 countries
Go to rankingOpenglobal ranking and map

Historical trend

31.826.120.314.68.8200020122024Burkina Faso · 2024: 32Burkina Faso

Analytical takeaways

  • Burkina Faso records 32 for People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) in 2024, ranking #177 globally out of 193 countries.
  • People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) increased from 9 in 2000 to 32 in 2024, a gain of 23.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

Comparison

Use the comparison tool or canonical pair-vs-pair pages to compare this country on the same indicator.