Which has higher sanitation facilities usage, Tajikistan or East Timor?

East Timor, at 110,407 people against 47,527 people in Tajikistan as of 2024.

What is the difference in sanitation facilities usage between Tajikistan and East Timor?

62,880 people, with East Timor ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Tajikistan and East Timor?

22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Sanitation facilities usage. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Tajikistan vs East Timor: Sanitation facilities usage

Tajikistan

47,527 people

in 2023

East Timor

110,407 people

in 2024

Tajikistan rank

72nd

East Timor rank

69th

Sanitation facilities usage over time

Tajikistan
East Timor

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 110,407 people against 47,527 people in Tajikistan, a difference of 62,880 people.

That makes East Timor's figure about 2.3 times Tajikistan's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.

Tajikistan ranks 72nd and East Timor ranks 69th of 232 countries.

East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Tajikistan	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
2000s	58,843 people	357,476 people	298,633 people	East Timor
2010s	53,929 people	261,536 people	207,607 people	East Timor
2020s	47,886 people	150,621 people	102,735 people	East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sanitation facilities usage, Tajikistan or East Timor?: East Timor, at 110,407 people against 47,527 people in Tajikistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in sanitation facilities usage between Tajikistan and East Timor?: 62,880 people, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tajikistan and East Timor?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
How do Tajikistan and East Timor rank globally for sanitation facilities usage?: Tajikistan ranks 72nd and East Timor ranks 69th of 232 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Sanitation facilities usage. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 2026

Open defecation includes defecating in fields, forests, bushes, bodies of water or other open spaces, not using any sanitation facilities.