People not using improved sanitation facilities, per square kilometre in Greenland
Greenland: People not using improved sanitation facilities, per square kilometre was 0.0512 people per square kilometre in 2022. ▬ Flat
People not using improved sanitation facilities, per square kilometre in Greenland, 2014–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people not using improved sanitation facilities, per square kilometre in Greenland is 0.0512 people per square kilometre, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved sanitation facilities, per square kilometre in Greenland peaked at 0.0513 people per square kilometre in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0512 people per square kilometre, in 2022.
That places Greenland 165th out of 214 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
People not using improved sanitation facilities, per square kilometre in Greenland, year by year
| Year | people per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0513 people per square kilometre | — |
| 2015 | 0.0512 people per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0512 people per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0512 people per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0512 people per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0512 people per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0512 people per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0512 people per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0512 people per square kilometre | -0.1% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 0.0512 people per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0529 people per square kilometre, 97% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 0.0512 people per square kilometre is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.052 people per square kilometre, 98% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0512 people per square kilometre | 0.0512 people per square kilometre | 0.0513 people per square kilometre | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0512 people per square kilometre | 0.0512 people per square kilometre | 0.0512 people per square kilometre | 3 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 162 Ukraine 0.0686 people per square kilometre compare
- 163 Canada 0.0631 people per square kilometre compare
- 164 Slovakia 0.0529 people per square kilometre compare
- 166 Saudi Arabia 0.0347 people per square kilometre compare
- 167 Turkmenistan 0.0315 people per square kilometre compare
- 168 Austria 0.0307 people per square kilometre compare
More reference data data for Greenland
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2128 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1141 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0986 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0004 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0041 (2019)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 6.82 (2017)
- Annual precipitation, annual growth rate 7.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Landline phone subscriptions, per capita 0.0882 units per person (2022)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per capita 0.0005 metric tons per person (2024)
- How have things changed?, annual growth rate -16.61 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using improved sanitation facilities, per square kilometre in Greenland?
- People not using improved sanitation facilities, per square kilometre in Greenland was 0.0512 people per square kilometre in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest people not using improved sanitation facilities, per square kilometre recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0513 people per square kilometre in 2014.
- What is the lowest people not using improved sanitation facilities, per square kilometre recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0512 people per square kilometre in 2022.
- How does Greenland rank for people not using improved sanitation facilities, per square kilometre?
- Greenland ranks 165th out of 214 countries with data for 2022.
- Is people not using improved sanitation facilities, per square kilometre rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Greenland data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of People not using improved sanitation facilities, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
People not using improved sanitation facilities divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
People not using improved sanitation facilities ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- People not using improved sanitation facilities WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
People not using improved sanitation facilities divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.