Cameroon vs Senegal: Sanitation facilities usage

Cameroon

1.29 million people

in 2024

Senegal

1.14 million people

in 2024

Cameroon rank

34th

Senegal rank

35th

Sanitation facilities usage over time

Cameroon currently reports 1.29 million people against 1.14 million people in Senegal, a difference of 156,230 people.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Senegal's.

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

Cameroon ranks 34th and Senegal ranks 35th 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.