Gambia vs Guinea-Bissau: People not using safely managed sanitation facilities

Gambia
1.98 million people
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
1.70 million people
in 2024
Gambia rank
74th
Guinea-Bissau rank
76th

People not using safely managed sanitation facilities over time

  • Gambia
  • Guinea-Bissau
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M200020122024

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 1.98 million people against 1.70 million people in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 280,970 people.

That makes Gambia's figure about 1.2 times Guinea-Bissau's.

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

Gambia ranks 74th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 76th 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.