Algeria vs India: Share of population using safely managed sanitation

Algeria

62.5%

in 2024

India

62.8%

in 2024

Algeria rank

75th

India rank

73rd

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

Algeria
India

How they compare

India currently reports 62.8% against 62.5% in Algeria, a difference of 0.3%.

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

Algeria ranks 75th and India ranks 73rd of 150 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Share of population using safely managed sanitation
Unit: %
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: 150 places, 3,667 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Proportion of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed in situ or transported and treated off-site.