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

For 2024, People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) is led by Andorra at 100. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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.

Countries ranked 159
Snapshot year 2024
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0.025.050.075.0100AndorraAndorra: 100100Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda: 100100AustriaAustria: 100100ChileChile: 100100IcelandIceland: 100100MaltaMalta: 100100New ZealandNew Zealand: 100100SpainSpain: 100100TurkmenistanTurkmenistan: 10099.9United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 10099.9SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 10099.9ItalyItaly: 10099.9
Rank Country Value
51 Samoa 97
52 Mauritius 97
53 Paraguay 96
54 Slovak Republic 96
55 Malaysia 96
56 Saudi Arabia 96
57 Serbia 96
58 China 95
59 Sri Lanka 95
60 Egypt, Arab Rep. 95
61 Jordan 95
62 Syrian Arab Republic 95
63 Cuba 94
64 Montenegro 94
65 Jamaica 94
66 Viet Nam 93
67 Ireland 93
68 Tonga 93
69 Trinidad and Tobago 93
70 Lithuania 93
71 Fiji 93
72 Turks and Caicos Islands 92
73 Tuvalu 91
74 Guyana 91
75 Bhutan 89
76 Mexico 89
77 Philippines 87
78 Colombia 87
79 Nepal 87
80 Rwanda 87
81 Ecuador 86
82 Indonesia 85
83 Latvia 85
84 Moldova 84
85 Bulgaria 84
86 Honduras 83
87 Lao PDR 82
88 Armenia 82
89 Suriname 82
90 Iran, Islamic Rep. 82
91 Dominican Republic 81
92 Romania 81
93 India 81
94 Cambodia 80
95 Algeria 80
96 Georgia 80
97 South Africa 79
98 El Salvador 77
99 Cabo Verde 77
100 Belize 76
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Andorra sits at the top of the People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) distribution in 2024 at 100, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Rwanda at 87, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Chad (5), and the page currently covers 159 countries.