Turkey vs Venezuela: People not using safely managed sanitation facilities

Turkey
18.49 million people
in 2024
Venezuela
21.02 million people
in 2024
Turkey rank
31st
Venezuela rank
29th

People not using safely managed sanitation facilities over time

  • Turkey
  • Venezuela
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M200020122024

How they compare

Venezuela currently reports 21.02 million people against 18.49 million people in Turkey, a difference of 2.53 million people.

That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.1 times Turkey's.

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

Turkey ranks 31st and Venezuela ranks 29th 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.