Cameroon vs Papua New Guinea: Sanitation facilities usage

Cameroon

1.29 million people

in 2024

Papua New Guinea

1.65 million people

in 2024

Cameroon rank

34th

Papua New Guinea rank

31st

Sanitation facilities usage over time

Papua New Guinea currently reports 1.65 million people against 1.29 million people in Cameroon, a difference of 360,870 people.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.3 times Cameroon's.

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

Cameroon ranks 34th and Papua New Guinea ranks 31st of 232 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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