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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
151 Benin 12
152 Congo, Dem. Rep. 11
153 Madagascar 11
154 Liberia 10
155 Niger 9
156 South Sudan 8
157 Ethiopia 6
158 Central African Republic 6
159 Chad 5
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.