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

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Seychelles leads People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) in 2024 at 100, while Ethiopia sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 10. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.024.949.974.899.7SeychellesSeychelles: 10099.7MauritiusMauritius: 9797.4Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: 8383.1RwandaRwanda: 8181.3South AfricaSouth Africa: 7777.4BotswanaBotswana: 7272.1SudanSudan: 6665.7EswatiniEswatini: 6464.5SenegalSenegal: 6362.5MauritaniaMauritania: 5958.7GabonGabon: 5757.4ComorosComoros: 5757.2

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Seychelles 100
2 Mauritius 97
3 Cabo Verde 83
4 Rwanda 81
5 South Africa 77
6 Botswana 72
7 Sudan 66
8 Eswatini 64
9 Senegal 63
10 Mauritania 59
11 Gabon 57
12 Comoros 57
13 Malawi 49
14 Sao Tome and Principe 49
15 Gambia, The 48
16 Nigeria 48
17 Lesotho 48
18 Mali 48
19 Cameroon 47
20 Burundi 45
21 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 44
22 Kenya 41
23 Cote d'Ivoire 40
24 Namibia 39
25 Mozambique 39
26 Zambia 37
27 Tanzania 37
28 Zimbabwe 35
29 Guinea 33
30 Burkina Faso 32
31 Ghana 32
32 Guinea-Bissau 29
33 Togo 25
34 Sierra Leone 25
35 Uganda 24
36 Liberia 23
37 Benin 22
38 Niger 16
39 Congo, Dem. Rep. 16
40 Madagascar 15
41 South Sudan 14
42 Central African Republic 14
43 Chad 13
44 Ethiopia 10

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) in 2024, Seychelles leads with a gap of 2 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 44 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Ethiopia at 10.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.