Afghanistan vs Kenya: Sanitation facilities usage

Afghanistan
4.76 million people
in 2024
Kenya
3.34 million people
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
18th
Kenya rank
21st

Sanitation facilities usage over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Kenya
02.0M4.0M6.0M200020122024

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 4.76 million people against 3.34 million people in Kenya, a difference of 1.43 million people.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.4 times Kenya's.

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

Afghanistan ranks 18th and Kenya ranks 21st of 232 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Sanitation facilities usage
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
232 places, 5,488 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.