Japan vs South Korea: Share of population using safely managed sanitation
Japan
99.2%
in 2024
South Korea
99.3%
in 2024
Japan rank
9th
South Korea rank
8th
Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time
- Japan
- South Korea
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 99.3% against 99.2% in Japan, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 9th and South Korea ranks 8th of 150 countries.
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About this data
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.