Cambodia vs Papua New Guinea: People not using safely managed sanitation facilities

Cambodia
8.54 million people
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
8.81 million people
in 2024
Cambodia rank
48th
Papua New Guinea rank
47th

People not using safely managed sanitation facilities over time

  • Cambodia
  • Papua New Guinea
02.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M200020122024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 8.81 million people against 8.54 million people in Cambodia, a difference of 277,100 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Cambodia ahead.

Cambodia ranks 48th and Papua New Guinea ranks 47th of 150 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People not using safely managed 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
150 places, 3,667 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

People not using safely managed sanitation services might practice open defecation, use unimproved sanitation facilities, or use improved facilities that do not safely manage human waste.