Sanitation facilities usage in urban areas, per square kilometre by country
Sanitation facilities usage in urban 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
129
Highest
58.51 people per square kilometre
Sao Tome and Principe
Lowest
0 people per square kilometre
Zimbabwe
Median
0.1711 people per square kilometre
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,250
What the numbers show
Sanitation facilities usage in urban areas, per square kilometre is currently reported for 129 countries. The highest value is 58.51 people per square kilometre in Sao Tome and Principe; the lowest is 0 people per square kilometre in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1711 people per square kilometre, and the mean is 1.65 people per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Samoa (up 262.2%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Sanitation facilities usage in urban areas, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 58.51 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 2 | Haiti | 20.45 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 3 | Kiribati | 18.9 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 4 | Benin | 18.64 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 5 | Nigeria | 9.65 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 6 | Ghana | 7.95 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 7 | Togo | 7.59 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 8 | Marshall Islands | 6.31 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 9 | Nauru | 5.2 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 10 | Liberia | 4.43 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 11 | Tuvalu | 3.96 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 12 | Eritrea | 3.3 people per square kilometre | 2016 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 13 | Madagascar | 2.99 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.32 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 15 | Philippines | 2.27 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 2.26 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 1.97 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 18 | El Salvador | 1.96 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 19 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.63 people per square kilometre | 2018 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 20 | Indonesia | 1.51 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.1% | falling |
| 21 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.51 people per square kilometre | 2017 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 22 | Cape Verde | 1.49 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.9% | falling |
| 23 | Comoros | 1.49 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 24 | Nepal | 1.4 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 1.38 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 26 | Angola | 1.37 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 27 | Saint Lucia | 1.18 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Uganda | 1.18 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 29 | Jamaica | 1.1 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 30 | Djibouti | 1.06 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 31 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.02 people per square kilometre | 2017 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 32 | Lesotho | 0.9081 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 0.903 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 34 | Mozambique | 0.8765 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 35 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.8635 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 36 | Pakistan | 0.7602 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 37 | Honduras | 0.7017 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 38 | Guatemala | 0.6767 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 39 | South Sudan | 0.6528 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 40 | Rwanda | 0.5899 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 41 | Mauritius | 0.5823 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 42 | India | 0.576 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.3% | falling |
| 43 | Solomon Islands | 0.574 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 44 | Chad | 0.5739 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 45 | Senegal | 0.5244 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 46 | Namibia | 0.387 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 47 | Sudan | 0.3756 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 48 | Malawi | 0.3709 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 49 | Cameroon | 0.3252 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 50 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.3026 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 51 | Niger | 0.3011 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 52 | Somalia | 0.2989 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 53 | Eswatini | 0.2567 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 54 | Central African Republic | 0.2467 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2351 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 189.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Kenya | 0.2348 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 57 | Burundi | 0.2188 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 58 | Myanmar | 0.2166 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 59 | Colombia | 0.1989 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 60 | Tunisia | 0.1959 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 61 | Gambia | 0.1882 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.0% | falling |
| 62 | Congo | 0.182 people per square kilometre | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 63 | South Africa | 0.1758 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 64 | Tanzania | 0.1725 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 65 | Yemen | 0.1711 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 66 | Peru | 0.1671 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.1% | falling |
| 67 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1645 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 68 | Guinea | 0.1604 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 69 | Mali | 0.127 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 70 | Vanuatu | 0.1198 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 223.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Panama | 0.1101 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 72 | Gabon | 0.1068 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 73 | Zambia | 0.1025 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 74 | Morocco | 0.0799 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 76.9% | falling |
| 75 | Mauritania | 0.0748 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 76 | Cuba | 0.0723 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Samoa | 0.0602 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 262.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Belize | 0.0592 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 79 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0587 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.8% | falling |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 0.0578 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 81 | Jordan | 0.0568 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 82 | Croatia | 0.0544 people per square kilometre | 2021 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 83 | Tajikistan | 0.0466 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 84 | Botswana | 0.0464 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 85 | Syria | 0.0389 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 86 | Tonga | 0.0295 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 87 | Serbia | 0.022 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 88 | Algeria | 0.0074 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.8% | falling |
| 89 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0059 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 90 | Turkey | 0.0051 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Suriname | 0.0047 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 92 | Iraq | 0.0047 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Mongolia | 0.003 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 94 | Georgia | 0.0019 people per square kilometre | 2023 | up 112.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Guyana | 0.0005 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Afghanistan | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Albania | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Argentina | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 96 | Armenia | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Bolivia | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Brazil | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Bhutan | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Chile | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | China | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 96 | Ecuador | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 96 | Egypt | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Fiji | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 96 | Greece | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Iran | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Cambodia | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Laos | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Maldives | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 96 | Mexico | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Montenegro | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Malaysia | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Oman | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Paraguay | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 96 | Palestine | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Thailand | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | East Timor | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Uruguay | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Vietnam | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 0 people per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Sanitation facilities usage in urban 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 urban areas ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sanitation facilities usage in urban 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 urban 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.