Costa Rica vs Lebanon: Share of population using safely managed sanitation

Costa Rica

26.3%

in 2024

Lebanon

25.7%

in 2024

Costa Rica rank

121st

Lebanon rank

123rd

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

Costa Rica
Lebanon

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 26.3% against 25.7% in Lebanon, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 121st and Lebanon ranks 123rd 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.