El Salvador vs Malaysia: Sanitation facilities usage

El Salvador
75,817 people
in 2024
Malaysia
110,515 people
in 2016
El Salvador rank
71st
Malaysia rank
68th

Sanitation facilities usage over time

  • El Salvador
  • Malaysia
100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k500.0k200020122024

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 110,515 people against 75,817 people in El Salvador, a difference of 34,698 people.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.5 times El Salvador's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 71st and Malaysia ranks 68th 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.