What is the difference in sanitation facilities usage between Cameroon and Senegal?

156,230 people, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Senegal?

25 years are reported by both, from 2000 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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
Senegal

How they compare

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.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
2000s	1.26 million people	2.33 million people	1.07 million people	Senegal
2010s	1.30 million people	1.86 million people	558,099 people	Senegal
2020s	1.30 million people	1.32 million people	23,658 people	Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sanitation facilities usage, Cameroon or Senegal?: Cameroon, at 1.29 million people against 1.14 million people in Senegal as of 2024.
What is the difference in sanitation facilities usage between Cameroon and Senegal?: 156,230 people, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Senegal?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Senegal rank globally for sanitation facilities usage?: Cameroon ranks 34th and Senegal ranks 35th of 232 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 2026

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