Mali vs Namibia: Sanitation facilities usage

Mali

946,504 people

in 2024

Namibia

1.05 million people

in 2024

Mali rank

38th

Namibia rank

37th

Sanitation facilities usage over time

Namibia currently reports 1.05 million people against 946,504 people in Mali, a difference of 104,266 people.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

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

Mali ranks 38th and Namibia ranks 37th 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.