El Salvador vs Ukraine: People not using safely managed sanitation facilities

El Salvador
4.06 million people
in 2024
Ukraine
2.88 million people
in 2024
El Salvador rank
62nd
Ukraine rank
65th

People not using safely managed sanitation facilities over time

  • El Salvador
  • Ukraine
02.0M4.0M6.0M200020122024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 4.06 million people against 2.88 million people in Ukraine, a difference of 1.18 million people.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.4 times Ukraine's.

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

El Salvador ranks 62nd and Ukraine ranks 65th 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.