Nauru vs Tonga: Sanitation facilities usage

Nauru

98.33 people

in 2024

Tonga

88.53 people

in 2024

Nauru rank

125th

Tonga rank

126th

Sanitation facilities usage over time

Nauru currently reports 98.33 people against 88.53 people in Tonga, a difference of 9.81 people.

That makes Nauru's figure about 1.1 times Tonga's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Nauru ahead.

Nauru ranks 125th and Tonga ranks 126th 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.