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

Costa Rica
26.3%
in 2024
Suriname
25.1%
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
121st
Suriname rank
124th

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Suriname
0102030200020122024

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 26.3% against 25.1% in Suriname, a difference of 1.2%.

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

Costa Rica ranks 121st and Suriname ranks 124th 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
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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.