List of countries by access to improved sanitation facilities explained

This is a list of countries by access to improved sanitation facilities, which includes access to toilets and safe drinking water.

Methods

Figures used in this chart are based on data compiled and uploaded by the World Bank in May 2013 through their World Development Indicators initiative.^[1] The information was provided by the respective governments of the listed countries. As the compiled figures are not collected with the same methodology and with different levels of rigor, there are limitations in their reliability in forming comparisons.

Sanitation as defined by the World Health Organization:^[2]

The United Nations states that improved sanitation facilities "ensure hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact."^[3]

The Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation of WHO and UNICEF has defined improved sanitation as follows: flush toilet,^[4] connection to a piped sewer system, connection to a septic system, flush/pour-flush to a pit latrine, ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine, pit latrine with slab, composting toilet and/or some special cases.^[5]

The World Bank states:^[6]

Countries

The following table is based on The World Bank basic sanitation DataBank.^[7]

data-sort-type="number"	Country	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020
	22	27	35	43	50
	89	92	95	98	99
	84	86	87	87	86
	65	65	63	57	54
	100	100	100	100	100
	28	35	41	47	52
	82	84	86	88
	87	90	93	95
	87	89	91	93	94
	98	98	98	98
	100	100	100	100	100
	100	100	100	100	100
	62	72	85	96
	88	90	93	95
	100	100	100	100	100
	24	31	39	47	54
	89	91	94	96	98
	92	93	95	98	98
	99	99	99	99	99
	82	84	86	87	88
	9	11	13	15	17
	100	100	100	100	100
	47	55	63	70	77
	35	40	48	57	66
	95	95	95	95
	52	59	67	75	80
	73	78	82	86	90
	97	97	97	97
	86	86	86	86	86
	11	14	17	20	22
	45	46	46	46	46
	40	50	61	70	79
	10	23	38	53	69
	38	39	41	43	45
	100	100	100	99	99
		84	84	84
	21	20	18	16	14
	10	10	10	11	12
	92	95	97	99	100
	57	66	76	84	92
	75	80	84	89	94
	29	33	34	36
	12	14	16	19	20
	94	95	96	97	98
	21	23	27	31	35
	96	96	96	96	97
	88	88	89	90	91
	98	98	99	99
	100	100	100	99	99
	99	99	99	99	99
	100	100	100	100	100
	47	48	55	61	67
	64	70	77	80
	77	80	82	85	87
	24	22	20	17	15
	69	74	80	86	92
	91	93	94	96	97
	83	84	83	83	82
	55	60	64	66
	8	10	11	12
	100	100	99	99	99
	48	52	56	61	64
	3	4	6	7	9
	80	83	89	96	99
	99	99	99	99	99
	99	99	99	99	99
	98	98	98	97	97
	34	39	44	49	50
	51	46	46	46	47
	91	89	88	87	86
	99	99	99	99	99
	7	11	15	19	24
	100	100	100	100	100
	98	98	99	99	99
	100	100	100	100	100
	90	91	92	91
	89	89	90	90
	62	64	65	67	68
	9	13	18	24	30
	5	8	11	14	18
	79	81	83	85	86
	17	22	27	33	37
	63	69	74	79	84
	97	97	97	97	97
	98	98	98	98	98
	99	99	99	99	99
	15	28	42	57	71
	38	49	61	74	86
	78	82	85	88	90
	70	74	83	93	100
	100	100	100	100	100
	100	100	100	100	100
	100	100	100	100	100
	83	84	85	86	87
	100	100	100	100	100
	99	98	98	97	97
	97	97	97	98	98
	31	31	32	32	33
	32	37	41	43	46
	100	100	100	100	100
	92	93	95	97	98
	28	43	56	70	79
	88	89	90	92	92
	77	81	87	94	99
	8	20	30	41	50
	13	15	16	17	18
	90	91	91	92	92
	100	100	100	100	100
	84	87	90	92	94
	98	98	98	98	98
	100	100	100	100	100
	4	6	8	10	12
	21	22	24	25	27
	97	98	99	100
	75	82	88	94	99
	16	22	29	37	45
	100	100	100	100	100
		80	82	83	84
	17	23	32	43	50
	90	92	94	96
	77	81	85	89	92
	25	46	67	88
	74	75	75	76	79
	100	100	100	100	100
	45	50	56	62	68
			93	96	98
	68	73	78	83	87
	9	15	22	29	37
	63	66	69	71	74
	28	30	32	34	35
	66	66	66	66
	14	27	42	59	77
	98	98	98	98	98
	100	100	100	100	100
	100	100	100	100	100
	57	62	67	72	73
	5	8	10	13	15
	29	31	34	38	43
		75	78	82	85
	89	89	92	95	98
	75	76	77	78	79
	98	98	98	98	98
	89	92	96	99	99
	30	40	50	59	68
	91	94	97	99	100
	62	67	73	79	85
	18	18	19	19	19
	70	77	82	88	93
	63	68	71	75	79
	61	63	69	75	82
	89	92	95	99	100
	97	98	99	99	100
	98	99	99	100	100
	100	100	100	100	100
		75	79	83	87
	84	86	87	88	89
	45	52	58	64	69
	94	95	95	96	97
	100	100	100	100	100
	20	27	34	41	48
	98	99	99	100	100
	37	42	47	52	57
	95	96	97	97	98
	94	96	98	100	100
	10	12	13	15	17
	100	100	100	100	100
	98	99	99	99
	100	99	98	98	98
	98	98	98	98	98
Small states	61	63	68	71	72
	20	22	27	32	35
	20	24	29	34	39
	59	64	69	74	78
	100	100	100	100	100
				11	16
	100	100	100	100	100
	77	81	86	91	94
	86	90	93	95
	85	85	84	83	83
	99	99	99	100	100
	71	77	83	87
	21	22	28	35	37
	78	80	83	86	90
	99	99	99	99	99
	100	100	100	100	100
	90	91	91	90	90
	90	92	93	95	97
	5	12	19	26	32
	92	94	95	97	99
		40	46	51	57
	10	11	13	16	19
	89	90	93	93	93
	90	91	93	94	94
	77	82	87	92	97
	87	90	93	96	99
	93	94	95	97	99
	81	83	86	88
		80	83	84
	17	18	18	19	20
	94	95	96	97	98
		97	98	99	99
	99	99	99	99	99
	95	95	95	95	95
	93	94	95	97	98
	93	96	99	100	100
	56	56	55	53	53
		93	94	95	96
	52	62	71	81	89
	99	99	99	99	99
	90	91	94	96	99
	45	48	50	52	54
	22	25	27	30	32
	45	44	41	38	35

See also

• List of countries by access to clean water
• List of countries by Human Development Index
• List of responsibilities in the water supply and sanitation sector in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Water supply and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Workers' right to access the toilet

Notes and References

1. Web site: People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) Data. 2021-11-26. data.worldbank.org.
2. https://www.who.int/topics/sanitation/en/ who.int
3. Web site: UNICEF WCARO - Overview | Aperçu - Access to water and sanitation: A few definitions . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227032102/http://www.unicef.org/wcaro/overview_2570.html . 2013-12-27 . 2014-05-22.
4. WHO and UNICEF types of improved drinking-water source on the JMP website, WHO, Geneva and UNICEF, New York, accessed on June 10, 2012
5. WHO and UNICEF Web site: WHO / UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme: Wat/San categories . 2015-10-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151003014620/http://www.wssinfo.org/definitions-methods/watsan-categories/ . 2015-10-03 ., ibid.
6. Web site: People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) | Data .
7. Web site: People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) Data. 2022-05-08. data.worldbank.org.