Kenya vs Tanzania: Sanitation facilities usage

Kenya

3.34 million people

in 2024

Tanzania

4.64 million people

in 2024

Kenya rank

21st

Tanzania rank

19th

Sanitation facilities usage over time

Tanzania currently reports 4.64 million people against 3.34 million people in Kenya, a difference of 1.30 million people.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.4 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 Tanzania ranks 19th 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.