Samoa vs Tuvalu: Sanitation facilities usage

Samoa

338.85 people

in 2024

Tuvalu

176.41 people

in 2024

Samoa rank

118th

Tuvalu rank

121st

Sanitation facilities usage over time

Samoa currently reports 338.85 people against 176.41 people in Tuvalu, a difference of 162.44 people.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.9 times Tuvalu's.

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

Samoa ranks 118th and Tuvalu ranks 121st 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.