Cook Islands vs Palau: People not using improved sanitation facilities

Cook Islands
162.86 people
in 2024
Palau
172.55 people
in 2024
Cook Islands rank
173rd
Palau rank
172nd

People not using improved sanitation facilities over time

  • Cook Islands
  • Palau
05001.0k1.5k200020122024

How they compare

Palau currently reports 172.55 people against 162.86 people in Cook Islands, a difference of 9.69 people.

That makes Palau's figure about 1.1 times Cook Islands's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Palau ahead.

Cook Islands ranks 173rd and Palau ranks 172nd of 232 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People not using improved 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
Last refreshed

If no improved sanitation facility is available, people might practice open defecation or use unimproved sanitation facilities.