Congo vs Guinea: Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas

Congo
430,056 people
in 2021
Guinea
648,978 people
in 2024
Congo rank
45th
Guinea rank
43rd

Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas over time

  • Congo
  • Guinea
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M200020122024

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 648,978 people against 430,056 people in Congo, a difference of 218,922 people.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.5 times Congo's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Guinea has been ahead every year.

Congo ranks 45th and Guinea ranks 43rd of 175 countries.

Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Congo Guinea Difference Ahead
2000s 252,960 people 2.16 million people 1.91 million people Guinea
2010s 380,441 people 1.54 million people 1.16 million people Guinea
2020s 427,974 people 1.03 million people 604,688 people Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sanitation facilities usage in rural areas, Congo or Guinea?
Guinea, at 648,978 people against 430,056 people in Congo as of 2024.
What is the difference in sanitation facilities usage in rural areas between Congo and Guinea?
218,922 people, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Guinea?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Congo and Guinea rank globally for sanitation facilities usage in rural areas?
Congo ranks 45th and Guinea ranks 43rd of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Congo vs Guinea: Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas. Statizoid, drawing on WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/sanitation-facilities-coverage-in-rural-areas/congo-rep/guinea/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/sanitation-facilities-coverage-in-rural-areas/congo-rep/guinea/">Congo vs Guinea: Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas
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
175 places, 4,232 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Open defecation includes defecating in fields, forests, bushes, bodies of water or other open spaces, not using any sanitation facilities.