Laos vs Mauritania: Sanitation facilities usage

Laos
678,318 people
in 2024
Mauritania
836,671 people
in 2024
Laos rank
44th
Mauritania rank
42nd

Sanitation facilities usage over time

  • Laos
  • Mauritania
1.0M2.0M3.0M200020122024

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 836,671 people against 678,318 people in Laos, a difference of 158,353 people.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.2 times Laos's.

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

Laos ranks 44th and Mauritania ranks 42nd 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.