What is the difference in sanitation facilities usage in rural areas between Dominican Republic and East Timor?

23,834 people, with East Timor ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and East Timor?

23 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2024.

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.

Dominican Republic vs East Timor: Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas

Dominican Republic

86,573 people

in 2024

East Timor

110,407 people

in 2024

Dominican Republic rank

66th

East Timor rank

64th

Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas over time

Dominican Republic
East Timor

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 110,407 people against 86,573 people in Dominican Republic, a difference of 23,834 people.

That makes East Timor's figure about 1.3 times Dominican Republic's.

Across all 23 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.

Dominican Republic ranks 66th and East Timor ranks 64th of 175 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
2000s	251,723 people	319,834 people	68,111 people	East Timor
2010s	155,728 people	240,911 people	85,183 people	East Timor
2020s	98,673 people	141,977 people	43,304 people	East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sanitation facilities usage in rural areas, Dominican Republic or East Timor?: East Timor, at 110,407 people against 86,573 people in Dominican Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in sanitation facilities usage in rural areas between Dominican Republic and East Timor?: 23,834 people, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and East Timor?: 23 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2024.
How do Dominican Republic and East Timor rank globally for sanitation facilities usage in rural areas?: Dominican Republic ranks 66th and East Timor ranks 64th 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.

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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: 18 September 2026

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