Ghana vs Papua New Guinea: Share of population using safely managed sanitation

Ghana
18.8%
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
16.7%
in 2024
Ghana rank
134th
Papua New Guinea rank
137th

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

  • Ghana
  • Papua New Guinea
5101520200020122024

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 18.8% against 16.7% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 2.1%.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

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

Ghana ranks 134th and Papua New Guinea ranks 137th 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

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.