Madagascar vs South Sudan: Sanitation facilities usage

Madagascar
8.63 million people
in 2024
South Sudan
7.50 million people
in 2024
Madagascar rank
9th
South Sudan rank
11th

Sanitation facilities usage over time

  • Madagascar
  • South Sudan
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M200020122024

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 8.63 million people against 7.50 million people in South Sudan, a difference of 1.13 million people.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.2 times South Sudan's.

Across all 14 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.

Madagascar ranks 9th and South Sudan ranks 11th 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
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Open defecation includes defecating in fields, forests, bushes, bodies of water or other open spaces, not using any sanitation facilities.