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List of countries by access to improved sanitation facilities

This is a list of countries by access to improved sanitation facilities, which includes access to toilets and safe drinking water.

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Figures used in this chart are based on data compiled and uploaded by the World Bank in May 2013 through their World Development Indicators initiative.[1] The information was provided by the respective governments of the listed countries. As the compiled figures are not collected with the same methodology and with different levels of rigor, there are limitations in their reliability in forming comparisons.

Sanitation as defined by the World Health Organization:[2]

"Sanitation generally refers to the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and feces. Inadequate sanitation is a major cause of disease world-wide and improving sanitation is known to have a significant beneficial impact on health both in households and across communities. The word 'sanitation' also refers to the maintenance of hygienic conditions, through services such as garbage collection and wastewater disposal.

The United Nations states that improved sanitation facilities "ensure hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact."[3]

The Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation of WHO and UNICEF has defined improved sanitation as follows: flush toilet,[4] connection to a piped sewer system, connection to a septic system, flush/pour-flush to a pit latrine, ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine, pit latrine with slab, composting toilet and/or some special cases.[5]

The World Bank states:[6]

"Access to improved sanitation facilities refers to the percentage of the population with at least adequate access to excreta disposal facilities that can effectively prevent human, animal, and insect contact with excreta. Improved facilities range from simple but protected pit latrines to flush toilets with a sewerage connection. To be effective, facilities must be correctly constructed and properly maintained."

Countries

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The following table is based on The World Bank basic sanitation DataBank.[7]

Country 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
  Afghanistan 22 27 35 43 50
  Albania 89 92 95 98 99
  Algeria 84 86 87 87 86
  American Samoa 65 65 63 57 54
  Andorra 100 100 100 100 100
  Angola 28 35 41 47 52
  Antigua and Barbuda 82 84 86 88
  Argentina 87 90 93 95
  Armenia 87 89 91 93 94
  Aruba 98 98 98 98
  Australia 100 100 100 100 100
  Austria 100 100 100 100 100
  Azerbaijan 62 72 85 96
  Bahamas 88 90 93 95
  Bahrain 100 100 100 100 100
  Bangladesh 24 31 39 47 54
  Barbados 89 91 94 96 98
  Belarus 92 93 95 98 98
  Belgium 99 99 99 99 99
  Belize 82 84 86 87 88
  Benin 9 11 13 15 17
  Bermuda 100 100 100 100 100
  Bhutan 47 55 63 70 77
  Bolivia 35 40 48 57 66
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 95 95 95 95
  Botswana 52 59 67 75 80
  Brazil 73 78 82 86 90
  British Virgin Islands 97 97 97 97
  Bulgaria 86 86 86 86 86
  Burkina Faso 11 14 17 20 22
  Burundi 45 46 46 46 46
  Cape Verde 40 50 61 70 79
  Cambodia 10 23 38 53 69
  Cameroon 38 39 41 43 45
  Canada 100 100 100 99 99
  Cayman Islands 84 84 84
  Central African Republic 21 20 18 16 14
  Chad 10 10 10 11 12
  Chile 92 95 97 99 100
  China 57 66 76 84 92
  Colombia 75 80 84 89 94
  Comoros 29 33 34 36
  Congo 12 14 16 19 20
  Costa Rica 94 95 96 97 98
  Côte d'Ivoire 21 23 27 31 35
  Croatia 96 96 96 96 97
  Cuba 88 88 89 90 91
  Curaçao 98 98 99 99
  Cyprus 100 100 100 99 99
  Czech Republic 99 99 99 99 99
  Denmark 100 100 100 100 100
  Djibouti 47 48 55 61 67
  Dominica 64 70 77 80
  Dominican Republic 77 80 82 85 87
  DR Congo 24 22 20 17 15
  Ecuador 69 74 80 86 92
  Egypt 91 93 94 96 97
  El Salvador 83 84 83 83 82
  Equatorial Guinea 55 60 64 66
  Eritrea 8 10 11 12
  Estonia 100 100 99 99 99
  Eswatini 48 52 56 61 64
  Ethiopia 3 4 6 7 9
  Fiji 80 83 89 96 99
  Finland 99 99 99 99 99
  France 99 99 99 99 99
  French Polynesia 98 98 98 97 97
  Gabon 34 39 44 49 50
  Gambia 51 46 46 46 47
  Georgia 91 89 88 87 86
  Germany 99 99 99 99 99
  Ghana 7 11 15 19 24
  Gibraltar 100 100 100 100 100
  Greece 98 98 99 99 99
  Greenland 100 100 100 100 100
  Grenada 90 91 92 91
  Guam 89 89 90 90
  Guatemala 62 64 65 67 68
  Guinea 9 13 18 24 30
  Guinea-Bissau 5 8 11 14 18
  Guyana 79 81 83 85 86
  Haiti 17 22 27 33 37
  Honduras 63 69 74 79 84
  Hong Kong 97 97 97 97 97
  Hungary 98 98 98 98 98
  Iceland 99 99 99 99 99
  India 15 28 42 57 71
  Indonesia 38 49 61 74 86
  Iran 78 82 85 88 90
  Iraq 70 74 83 93 100
  Ireland 90 90 91 91 91
  Israel 100 100 100 100 100
  Italy 100 100 100 100 100
  Jamaica 83 84 85 86 87
  Japan 100 100 100 100 100
  Jordan 99 98 98 97 97
  Kazakhstan 97 97 97 98 98
  Kenya 31 31 32 32 33
  Kiribati 32 37 41 43 46
  Kuwait 100 100 100 100 100
  Kyrgyzstan 92 93 95 97 98
  Laos 28 43 56 70 79
  Latvia 88 89 90 92 92
  Lebanon 77 81 87 94 99
  Lesotho 8 20 30 41 50
  Liberia 13 15 16 17 18
  Libya 90 91 91 92 92
  Liechtenstein 100 100 100 100 100
  Lithuania 84 87 90 92 94
  Luxembourg 98 98 98 98 98
  Macau 100 100 100 100 100
  Madagascar 4 6 8 10 12
  Malawi 21 22 24 25 27
  Malaysia 97 98 99 100
  Maldives 75 82 88 94 99
  Mali 16 22 29 37 45
  Malta 100 100 100 100 100
  Marshall Islands 80 82 83 84
  Mauritania 17 23 32 43 50
  Mauritius 90 92 94 96
  Mexico 77 81 85 89 92
  Micronesia 25 46 67 88
  Moldova 74 75 75 76 79
  Monaco 100 100 100 100 100
  Mongolia 45 50 56 62 68
  Montenegro 93 96 98
  Morocco 68 73 78 83 87
  Mozambique 9 15 22 29 37
  Myanmar 63 66 69 71 74
  Namibia 28 30 32 34 35
  Nauru 66 66 66 66
    Nepal 14 27 42 59 77
  Netherlands 98 98 98 98 98
  New Caledonia 100 100 100 100 100
  New Zealand 100 100 100 100 100
  Nicaragua 57 62 67 72 73
  Niger 5 8 10 13 15
  Nigeria 29 31 34 38 43
  North Korea 75 78 82 85
  North Macedonia 89 89 92 95 98
  Northern Mariana Islands 75 76 77 78 79
  Norway 98 98 98 98 98
  Oman 89 92 96 99 99
  Pakistan 30 40 50 59 68
  Palau 91 94 97 99 100
  Panama 62 67 73 79 85
  Papua New Guinea 18 18 19 19 19
  Paraguay 70 77 82 88 93
  Peru 63 68 71 75 79
  Philippines 61 63 69 75 82
  Poland 89 92 95 99 100
  Portugal 97 98 99 99 100
  Puerto Rico 98 99 99 100 100
  Qatar 100 100 100 100 100
  Romania 75 79 83 87
  Russia 84 86 87 88 89
  Rwanda 45 52 58 64 69
  Samoa 94 95 95 96 97
  San Marino 100 100 100 100 100
  São Tomé and Príncipe 20 27 34 41 48
  Saudi Arabia 98 99 99 100 100
  Senegal 37 42 47 52 57
  Serbia 95 96 97 97 98
  Seychelles 94 96 98 100 100
  Sierra Leone 10 12 13 15 17
  Singapore 100 100 100 100 100
  Sint Maarten 98 99 99 99
  Slovakia 100 99 98 98 98
  Slovenia 98 98 98 98 98
Small states 61 63 68 71 72
  Solomon Islands 20 22 27 32 35
  Somalia 20 24 29 34 39
  South Africa 59 64 69 74 78
  South Korea 100 100 100 100 100
  South Sudan 11 16
  Spain 100 100 100 100 100
  Sri Lanka 77 81 86 91 94
  St. Kitts and Nevis 86 90 93 95
  St. Lucia 85 85 84 83 83
  Saint Martin 99 99 99 100 100
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 71 77 83 87
  Sudan 21 22 28 35 37
  Suriname 78 80 83 86 90
  Sweden 99 99 99 99 99
   Switzerland 100 100 100 100 100
  Syria 90 91 91 90 90
  Tajikistan 90 92 93 95 97
  Tanzania 5 12 19 26 32
  Thailand 92 94 95 97 99
  Timor-Leste 40 46 51 57
  Togo 10 11 13 16 19
  Tonga 89 90 93 93 93
  Trinidad and Tobago 90 91 93 94 94
  Tunisia 77 82 87 92 97
  Turkey 87 90 93 96 99
  Turkmenistan 93 94 95 97 99
  Turks and Caicos Islands 81 83 86 88
  Tuvalu 80 83 84
  Uganda 17 18 18 19 20
  Ukraine 94 95 96 97 98
  United Arab Emirates 97 98 99 99
  United Kingdom 99 99 99 99 99
  United States 100 100 100 100 100
  Uruguay 93 94 95 97 98
  Uzbekistan 93 96 99 100 100
  Vanuatu 56 56 55 53 53
  Venezuela 93 94 95 96
  Vietnam 52 62 71 81 89
  U.S. Virgin Islands 99 99 99 99 99
  West Bank and Gaza 90 91 94 96 99
  Yemen 45 48 50 52 54
  Zambia 22 25 27 30 32
  Zimbabwe 45 44 41 38 35

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  2. ^ who.int
  3. ^ "UNICEF WCARO - Overview | Aperçu - Access to water and sanitation: A few definitions". Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  4. ^ WHO and UNICEF types of improved drinking-water source on the JMP website, WHO, Geneva and UNICEF, New York, accessed on June 10, 2012
  5. ^ WHO and UNICEF "WHO / UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme: Wat/San categories". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-13., ibid.
  6. ^ "People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) | Data".
  7. ^ "People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
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