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Cote d'Ivoire vs Ghana: Sanitation facilities usage

Cote d'Ivoire
5.33 million people
in 2024
Ghana
6.13 million people
in 2024
Cote d'Ivoire rank
17th
Ghana rank
15th

Sanitation facilities usage over time

  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Ghana
02.0M4.0M6.0M200020122024

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 6.13 million people against 5.33 million people in Cote d'Ivoire, a difference of 795,230 people.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Cote d'Ivoire's.

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

Cote d'Ivoire ranks 17th and Ghana ranks 15th 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.