Cuba vs Malawi: Share of population using safely managed sanitation

Cuba

45.9%

in 2024

Malawi

46.2%

in 2024

Cuba rank

95th

Malawi rank

94th

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

Cuba
Malawi

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 46.2% against 45.9% in Cuba, a difference of 0.3%.

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

Cuba ranks 95th and Malawi ranks 94th of 150 countries.

Individual pages

Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Cuba
Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Malawi
Full country ranking

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.