Kenya vs Myanmar: Sanitation facilities usage

Kenya

3.34 million people

in 2024

Myanmar

3.68 million people

in 2024

Kenya rank

21st

Myanmar rank

20th

Sanitation facilities usage over time

Myanmar currently reports 3.68 million people against 3.34 million people in Kenya, a difference of 340,070 people.

That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

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

Kenya ranks 21st and Myanmar ranks 20th 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.