Democratic Republic of Congo vs Somalia: Share of population using safely managed sanitation

Democratic Republic of Congo

13.1%

in 2024

Somalia

16.4%

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

141st

Somalia rank

138th

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 16.4% against 13.1% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 3.3%.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.3 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 141st and Somalia ranks 138th 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.