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Sub-Saharan Africa
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Mauritius leads People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) in 2024 at 97, while Chad sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 5. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.024.248.472.696.8MauritiusMauritius: 9796.8RwandaRwanda: 8786.8South AfricaSouth Africa: 7979.3Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: 7776.6EswatiniEswatini: 7070.1BotswanaBotswana: 5857.8ComorosComoros: 5757.1SudanSudan: 5756.8SenegalSenegal: 5454.0MalawiMalawi: 5049.5LesothoLesotho: 4949.2BurundiBurundi: 4545.1

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Mauritius 97
2 Rwanda 87
3 South Africa 79
4 Cabo Verde 77
5 Eswatini 70
6 Botswana 58
7 Comoros 57
8 Sudan 57
9 Senegal 54
10 Malawi 50
11 Lesotho 49
12 Burundi 45
13 Kenya 41
14 Sao Tome and Principe 40
15 Mali 39
16 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 35
17 Nigeria 34
18 Zambia 32
19 Zimbabwe 32
20 Mauritania 27
21 Tanzania 26
22 Cameroon 25
23 Gabon 25
24 Cote d'Ivoire 24
25 Namibia 24
26 Gambia, The 24
27 Burkina Faso 24
28 Ghana 23
29 Guinea 23
30 Mozambique 23
31 Uganda 21
32 Guinea-Bissau 17
33 Sierra Leone 15
34 Togo 14
35 Benin 12
36 Congo, Dem. Rep. 11
37 Madagascar 11
38 Liberia 10
39 Niger 9
40 South Sudan 8
41 Ethiopia 6
42 Central African Republic 6
43 Chad 5

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) in 2024, Mauritius leads with a gap of 10 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 43 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Chad at 5.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.