Sanitation facilities coverage in rural areas by country

Countries reporting
136
Highest
97.69 million
India
Lowest
0
Tokelau
Median
33,317
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,232

What the numbers show

Sanitation facilities coverage in rural areas is currently reported for 136 countries. The highest value is 97.69 million in India; the lowest is 0 in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 33,317, and the mean is 2.36 million.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Trinidad and Tobago (up 389.2%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Sanitation facilities coverage in rural areas: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 97.69 million 2024 down 75.2% falling
2 Nigeria 32.68 million 2024 up 7.4% rising
3 Ethiopia 20.60 million 2024 down 44.8% falling
4 Pakistan 20.07 million 2024 down 45.7% falling
5 Niger 17.47 million 2024 up 29.1% rising
6 Chad 11.86 million 2024 up 33.9% rising
7 Democratic Republic of Congo 10.70 million 2024 up 34.0% rising
8 Sudan 7.70 million 2024 down 30.4% falling
9 Angola 7.45 million 2022 up 28.2% rising
10 South Sudan 7.06 million 2024 up 0.2% flat
11 Madagascar 6.86 million 2024 down 2.7% rising
12 Burkina Faso 6.66 million 2024 down 19.7% falling
13 Mozambique 4.94 million 2024 down 34.2% falling
14 Afghanistan 4.76 million 2024 down 9.7% flat
15 Benin 4.65 million 2024 up 3.2% rising
16 Cote d'Ivoire 4.59 million 2024 down 16.3% falling
17 Tanzania 4.50 million 2024 up 7.0% rising
18 Indonesia 4.44 million 2024 down 83.1% volatile
19 Ghana 4.25 million 2024 up 6.5% rising
20 Myanmar 3.53 million 2024 down 8.6% falling
21 Kenya 3.21 million 2024 down 29.7% falling
22 Togo 2.66 million 2024 down 9.9% falling
23 Somalia 2.58 million 2024 down 32.7% falling
24 Zimbabwe 2.10 million 2024 down 30.8% falling
25 Philippines 1.93 million 2024 down 59.4% falling
26 Yemen 1.92 million 2024 down 59.6% falling
27 Eritrea 1.69 million 2016 down 1.1% flat
28 Papua New Guinea 1.58 million 2024 up 32.2% rising
29 Uganda 1.52 million 2024 down 41.8% falling
30 Liberia 1.48 million 2024 down 0.8% rising
31 Haiti 1.48 million 2023 down 23.1% falling
32 Sierra Leone 1.18 million 2024 down 1.6% rising
33 Central African Republic 1.16 million 2024 up 12.1% rising
34 Cameroon 1.13 million 2024 down 4.1% flat
35 Senegal 1.04 million 2024 down 41.1% falling
36 Cambodia 924,670 2024 down 83.3% falling
37 Colombia 908,735 2024 down 43.2% falling
38 Bolivia 880,645 2024 down 38.1% falling
39 Mali 792,478 2024 down 49.5% falling
40 Mauritania 780,262 2024 down 26.8% falling
41 Namibia 716,848 2024 down 11.3% falling
42 Laos 678,318 2024 down 61.3% falling
43 Guinea 648,978 2024 down 59.4% falling
44 Peru 516,637 2024 down 69.5% falling
45 Congo 430,056 2021 up 26.2% rising
46 Malawi 387,153 2024 down 66.3% falling
47 Zambia 367,696 2024 down 80.3% falling
48 Solomon Islands 354,663 2024 up 16.5% rising
49 Lesotho 318,237 2024 down 39.4% falling
50 Iran 313,052 2016 down 6.1% falling
51 Ecuador 310,092 2024 down 58.3% falling
52 Honduras 295,640 2024 down 57.2% falling
53 Argentina 285,250 2014 down 4.5% flat
54 Burundi 271,391 2024 up 18.5% rising
55 Guinea-Bissau 168,600 2024 down 39.6% falling
56 Djibouti 158,584 2023 up 7.7% rising
57 Rwanda 146,381 2024 down 32.9% falling
58 Mongolia 146,226 2024 down 40.3% falling
59 Panama 132,686 2024 down 23.8% falling
60 Syria 125,582 2016 down 45.0% falling
61 Guatemala 119,809 2024 down 84.0% falling
62 Turkey 118,925 2024 down 34.9% falling
63 Botswana 111,298 2024 down 45.0% falling
64 East Timor 110,407 2024 down 55.6% falling
65 Malaysia 89,970 2016 down 54.3% falling
66 Dominican Republic 86,573 2024 down 45.5% falling
67 Tajikistan 41,064 2023 down 9.8% falling
68 El Salvador 36,926 2024 down 78.7% volatile
69 Saudi Arabia 29,709 2024 down 1.2% flat
70 Kiribati 27,806 2024 down 9.8% falling
71 Paraguay 23,685 2024 down 9.5% falling
72 Sao Tome and Principe 23,401 2024 down 34.6% falling
73 Uzbekistan 17,953 2024 up 20.9% rising
74 Cape Verde 16,777 2024 down 74.6% volatile
75 Equatorial Guinea 16,093 2017 down 50.3% falling
76 Vanuatu 14,678 2024 up 122.2% volatile
77 Comoros 12,776 2024 up 67.8% rising
78 Cuba 11,083 2024 down 76.1% volatile
79 Saint Lucia 10,343 2022 up 4.8% rising
80 Palestine 7,007 2024 down 35.0% falling
81 Suriname 6,894 2024 down 64.3% volatile
82 Croatia 5,982 2021 down 13.6% falling
83 Gabon 5,790 2024 down 29.2% falling
84 Jamaica 4,343 2024 down 53.9% falling
85 Moldova 3,994 2024 down 10.9% rising
86 Azerbaijan 2,730 2024 down 59.4% falling
87 Serbia 2,058 2024 down 19.3% falling
88 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,023 2018 up 17.1% rising
89 Mauritius 2,003 2024 up 39.8% rising
90 North Macedonia 1,957 2024 down 58.7% falling
91 Trinidad and Tobago 1,647 2024 up 389.2% volatile
92 Marshall Islands 1,459 2024 down 55.8% falling
93 Jordan 1,009 2024 down 78.9% volatile
94 Belize 973.56 2024 down 73.5% volatile
95 Costa Rica 968.85 2024 down 84.7% volatile
96 Wallis and Futuna 780.36 2024 up 11.1% rising
97 Ukraine 432.71 2024 down 21.1% volatile
98 Armenia 312.38 2024 down 7.5% falling
99 Montenegro 256.07 2024 down 35.0% falling
100 Samoa 159.26 2024 down 4.7% falling
101 Tuvalu 69.03 2024 down 77.6% volatile
102 Tonga 67.34 2024 down 44.1% falling
103 Cook Islands 47.29 2024 down 22.2% falling
104 Turks and Caicos Islands 5.99 2024 down 9.6% falling
105 Albania 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Bangladesh 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
105 Brazil 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Bhutan 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Chile 0 2024 down 100.0% falling
105 China 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Algeria 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Egypt 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Fiji 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Georgia 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Gambia 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Greece 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Guyana 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Iraq 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Kazakhstan 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Kyrgyzstan 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Sri Lanka 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Morocco 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Maldives 0 2024 — volatile
105 Mexico 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Nepal 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Oman 0 2024 — volatile
105 Eswatini 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Thailand 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Turkmenistan 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Tunisia 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Uruguay 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Vietnam 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 South Africa 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Tokelau 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Sanitation facilities coverage in rural areas
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 4,232 data points, 2000–2024
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