Guinea vs Namibia: Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas

Guinea

648,978 people

in 2024

Namibia

716,848 people

in 2024

Guinea rank

43rd

Namibia rank

41st

Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas over time

Namibia currently reports 716,848 people against 648,978 people in Guinea, a difference of 67,870 people.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.

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

Guinea ranks 43rd and Namibia ranks 41st of 175 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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