Yemen vs Zimbabwe: Sanitation facilities usage

Yemen

1.99 million people

in 2024

Zimbabwe

2.10 million people

in 2024

Yemen rank

28th

Zimbabwe rank

25th

Sanitation facilities usage over time

Zimbabwe currently reports 2.10 million people against 1.99 million people in Yemen, a difference of 111,030 people.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Yemen's.

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

Yemen ranks 28th and Zimbabwe ranks 25th 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.