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
101 Myanmar 72
102 Morocco 71
103 Panama 71
104 Russian Federation 70
105 Eswatini 70
106 Timor-Leste 69
107 Bangladesh 68
108 Marshall Islands 68
109 Brazil 67
110 Pakistan 65
111 Peru 61
112 Guatemala 60
113 Botswana 58
114 Comoros 57
115 Sudan 57
116 Senegal 54
117 Bolivia 53
118 Mongolia 53
119 Malawi 50
120 Lesotho 49
121 Afghanistan 48
122 Yemen, Rep. 47
123 Vanuatu 47
124 Burundi 45
125 Kenya 41
126 Sao Tome and Principe 40
127 Kiribati 39
128 Mali 39
129 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 35
130 Nigeria 34
131 Zambia 32
132 Zimbabwe 32
133 Mauritania 27
134 Tanzania 26
135 Cameroon 25
136 Gabon 25
137 Cote d'Ivoire 24
138 Namibia 24
139 Haiti 24
140 Gambia, The 24
141 Burkina Faso 24
142 Ghana 23
143 Guinea 23
144 Mozambique 23
145 Uganda 21
146 Solomon Islands 20
147 Papua New Guinea 20
148 Guinea-Bissau 17
149 Sierra Leone 15
150 Togo 14
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.