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

Guinea-Bissau
1.70 million people
in 2024
United Kingdom
1.49 million people
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
76th
United Kingdom rank
79th

People not using safely managed sanitation facilities over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • United Kingdom
0500.0k1.0M1.5M200020122024

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 1.70 million people against 1.49 million people in United Kingdom, a difference of 212,080 people.

That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

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

Guinea-Bissau ranks 76th and United Kingdom ranks 79th 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
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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.