Algeria vs Iraq: People using at least basic sanitation facilities

Algeria
40.22 million people
in 2024
Iraq
45.35 million people
in 2024
Algeria rank
29th
Iraq rank
26th

People using at least basic sanitation facilities over time

  • Algeria
  • Iraq
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M200020122024

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 45.35 million people against 40.22 million people in Algeria, a difference of 5.14 million people.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Algeria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Algeria ahead.

Algeria ranks 29th and Iraq ranks 26th of 232 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People using at least basic sanitation facilities
Unit
people
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
232 places, 5,597 data points, 2000–2024
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Number of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households.