Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas, per square kilometre by country
Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas 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.
Countries reporting
133
Highest
53.59 people per square kilometre
Haiti
Lowest
0 people per square kilometre
South Africa
Median
0.8806 people per square kilometre
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
3,958
What the numbers show
Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas, per square kilometre is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 53.59 people per square kilometre in Haiti; the lowest is 0 people per square kilometre in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.8806 people per square kilometre, and the mean is 5.51 people per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Trinidad and Tobago (up 613.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti | 53.59 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 2 | Togo | 49.7 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 3 | India | 43.14 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 4 | Benin | 41.27 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 5 | Nigeria | 35.73 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 6 | Kiribati | 34.38 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 7 | Pakistan | 28.55 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 8 | Sao Tome and Principe | 25.43 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 25.15 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 20.11 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 11 | Ghana | 18.6 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 12 | Saint Lucia | 16.96 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 16.51 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 14 | Liberia | 15.42 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.82 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 16 | Eritrea | 14 people per square kilometre | 2016 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 17 | Niger | 13.48 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 18 | Solomon Islands | 12.45 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 19 | Madagascar | 11.86 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 20 | Lesotho | 11.21 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 21 | South Sudan | 10.8 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 22 | Burundi | 10.34 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 23 | Chad | 9 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 24 | Marshall Islands | 8.52 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 25 | East Timor | 8.51 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 26 | Uganda | 8.31 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 27 | Cambodia | 8.07 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 76.1% | falling |
| 28 | Philippines | 7.52 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 29 | Afghanistan | 7.41 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 30 | Djibouti | 6.84 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 31 | Mozambique | 6.7 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 32 | Comoros | 6.56 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 33 | Rwanda | 6.35 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 34 | Angola | 5.98 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 35 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.91 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 36 | Senegal | 5.89 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 37 | Kenya | 5.8 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 5.71 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 39 | Myanmar | 5.41 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 40 | Cape Verde | 5.26 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.5% | falling |
| 41 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.19 people per square kilometre | 2018 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 42 | Malawi | 5.12 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 43 | Tanzania | 5.06 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 44 | Nepal | 4.9 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.62 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 46 | Sudan | 4.44 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 47 | Somalia | 4.39 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 48 | Yemen | 4.29 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 49 | Indonesia | 3.44 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.3% | falling |
| 50 | Laos | 3.44 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 51 | Papua New Guinea | 3.4 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 52 | Guinea | 3.11 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 53 | Honduras | 3.01 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 54 | Tuvalu | 2.9 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.2% | falling |
| 55 | Cameroon | 2.42 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 56 | El Salvador | 2.31 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 1.92 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 58 | Panama | 1.85 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 59 | Central African Republic | 1.81 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 60 | Guatemala | 1.75 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 76.6% | falling |
| 61 | Ecuador | 1.44 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 62 | Congo | 1.26 people per square kilometre | 2021 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 63 | Palestine | 1.16 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 64 | Vanuatu | 1.13 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Mauritius | 0.9765 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 66 | Namibia | 0.8868 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 67 | Colombia | 0.8806 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 68 | Bolivia | 0.8645 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 69 | Mauritania | 0.7887 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 70 | Zambia | 0.7379 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.3% | falling |
| 71 | Mali | 0.7256 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 72 | Syria | 0.6839 people per square kilometre | 2016 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 73 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.5737 people per square kilometre | 2017 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 74 | Peru | 0.5003 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 75 | Jamaica | 0.4472 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 0.2959 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2957 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 613.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Malaysia | 0.2738 people per square kilometre | 2016 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 79 | Botswana | 0.2108 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 80 | Iran | 0.1922 people per square kilometre | 2016 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 81 | Turkey | 0.1572 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 82 | Moldova | 0.1231 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 83 | Cuba | 0.1078 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Croatia | 0.1069 people per square kilometre | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 85 | Argentina | 0.1042 people per square kilometre | 2014 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 86 | Mongolia | 0.1018 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 87 | Tonga | 0.094 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 0.0787 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 89 | Paraguay | 0.0606 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 90 | Samoa | 0.0578 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 91 | Suriname | 0.0427 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 92 | Belize | 0.0423 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Uzbekistan | 0.04 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 0.0381 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 0.0271 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Serbia | 0.0248 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 97 | Gabon | 0.0227 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 98 | Montenegro | 0.0191 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 99 | Jordan | 0.016 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0137 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 101 | Armenia | 0.011 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 102 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0065 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 103 | Ukraine | 0.0007 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Albania | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 104 | Bangladesh | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 people per square kilometre | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Brazil | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Bhutan | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Chile | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 104 | China | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Algeria | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Egypt | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Fiji | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Georgia | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Gambia | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Greece | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Guyana | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 104 | Iraq | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Kazakhstan | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Sri Lanka | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Morocco | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Maldives | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Mexico | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Oman | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Eswatini | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Thailand | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Tunisia | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Uruguay | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Vietnam | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | South Africa | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas 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.
Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas 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
Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas 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.