Lesotho vs Papua New Guinea: Sanitation facilities usage, per capita

Lesotho
0.1476 people per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.1564 people per person
in 2024
Lesotho rank
27th
Papua New Guinea rank
25th

Sanitation facilities usage, per capita over time

  • Lesotho
  • Papua New Guinea
0.10.20.30.40.5200020122024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.1564 people per person against 0.1476 people per person in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0088 people per person.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

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

Lesotho ranks 27th and Papua New Guinea ranks 25th of 214 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
2000s 0.3941 people per person 0.1352 people per person 0.2589 people per person Lesotho
2010s 0.2619 people per person 0.146 people per person 0.1159 people per person Lesotho
2020s 0.171 people per person 0.1543 people per person 0.0167 people per person Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sanitation facilities usage, per capita, Lesotho or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.1564 people per person against 0.1476 people per person in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in sanitation facilities usage, per capita between Lesotho and Papua New Guinea?
0.0088 people per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Papua New Guinea?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Papua New Guinea rank globally for sanitation facilities usage, per capita?
Lesotho ranks 27th and Papua New Guinea ranks 25th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Sanitation facilities usage, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Sanitation facilities usage, per capita
Unit
people per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
214 places, 5,068 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Sanitation facilities usage divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.