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

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Mauritius leads People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in 2024 at 98, while Congo, Dem. Rep. sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 22. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.024.549.173.698.2MauritiusMauritius: 9898.2Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: 8686.1MauritaniaMauritania: 8181.5SudanSudan: 8181.1BotswanaBotswana: 7777.3South AfricaSouth Africa: 7776.6SenegalSenegal: 7171.0MozambiqueMozambique: 6363.4CameroonCameroon: 6261.9Gambia, TheGambia, The: 6161.1GabonGabon: 6160.5NigeriaNigeria: 5959.1

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Mauritius 98
2 Cabo Verde 86
3 Mauritania 81
4 Sudan 81
5 Botswana 77
6 South Africa 77
7 Senegal 71
8 Mozambique 63
9 Cameroon 62
10 Gambia, The 61
11 Gabon 61
12 Nigeria 59
13 Mali 58
14 Comoros 58
15 Rwanda 56
16 Tanzania 56
17 Cote d'Ivoire 54
18 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 54
19 Niger 53
20 Sao Tome and Principe 51
21 Namibia 50
22 Burkina Faso 48
23 Guinea 48
24 Malawi 48
25 Eswatini 48
26 Lesotho 45
27 Zambia 43
28 Guinea-Bissau 43
29 Burundi 42
30 Zimbabwe 40
31 Kenya 40
32 Chad 39
33 Togo 38
34 South Sudan 38
35 Ghana 37
36 Sierra Leone 37
37 Liberia 35
38 Uganda 33
39 Benin 32
40 Central African Republic 25
41 Ethiopia 24
42 Madagascar 22
43 Congo, Dem. Rep. 22

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in 2024, Mauritius leads with a gap of 12 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 43 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Congo, Dem. Rep. at 22.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.