Countries ranked by Safe sanitation (share of people)

The share of people who use a toilet where waste is treated or disposed of safely.

#1 Andorra (100.0%), #1 Kuwait (100.0%), #1 Monaco (100.0%), and other countries tied at #1. The last place is Ethiopia (8.1%).

How to read this number

The share of people using safely managed sanitation: improved facilities (such as flush toilets connected to sewers, septic tanks, ventilated improved pit latrines and composting toilets) that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of on site or treated elsewhere.

Toilets shared with other households are not counted, so the figure is lower than the share of people with any toilet.

  • Countries listed: 136 (of 193)
  • Data years: 2021–2024 (differs by country)
  • 134 countries use 2024 data

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Sorted from the highest value

RankCountrySafe sanitation (share of people)YearBar
1= Andorra 100.0% 2024
1= Kuwait 100.0% 2024
1= Monaco 100.0% 2024
1= Malta 100.0% 2024
1= Singapore 100.0% 2024
6 Qatar 99.9% 2024
7 Switzerland 99.7% 2024
8 South Korea 99.3% 2024
9 Japan 99.2% 2024
10 Denmark 98.9% 2024
11 Austria 98.5% 2024
12 United Arab Emirates 98.4% 2024
13 United Kingdom 97.8% 2024
14 Poland 97.8% 2024
15 Netherlands 97.5% 2024
16 Israel 97.2% 2024
17 United States 97.0% 2024
18 Germany 96.8% 2024
19 Lithuania 96.4% 2024
20 Luxembourg 96.3% 2024
21 Liechtenstein 96.3% 2024
22 Australia 95.8% 2024
23 Sweden 95.4% 2024
24 Chile 95.1% 2024
25 Belgium 94.9% 2024
26 Portugal 93.9% 2024
27 Bahrain 93.4% 2024
28 Kyrgyzstan 93.0% 2024
29 Greece 92.9% 2024
30 Latvia 92.5% 2024
31 Ukraine 92.4% 2024
32 Hungary 91.7% 2024
33 Czechia 91.4% 2024
34 Estonia 90.6% 2024
35 San Marino 90.2% 2024
36 Finland 90.1% 2024
37 France 90.0% 2024
38 Romania 89.8% 2024
39 New Zealand 88.8% 2024
40 Spain 88.3% 2024
41 Malaysia 85.8% 2024
42 Slovenia 84.5% 2024
43 Saudi Arabia 83.9% 2024
44 Slovakia 83.4% 2024
45 Canada 81.3% 2024
46 Ireland 81.3% 2024
47 Jordan 80.1% 2024
48 Tunisia 79.8% 2024
49 Türkiye 78.9% 2024
50 Italy 78.2% 2024
51 Norway 77.9% 2024
52 Cyprus 77.0% 2024
53 Bulgaria 75.7% 2024
54 Croatia 74.7% 2021
55 Uzbekistan 74.6% 2024
56 Belarus 74.4% 2024
57 South Africa 73.8% 2024
58 Jamaica 73.6% 2024
59 Laos 71.4% 2024
60 Mongolia 69.9% 2024
61 Albania 69.3% 2024
62 China 68.9% 2024
63 Azerbaijan 68.0% 2024
64 Georgia 63.0% 2024
65 India 62.8% 2024
66 Mexico 62.7% 2024
67 Algeria 62.5% 2024
68 Philippines 62.2% 2024
69 Eswatini 60.8% 2024
70 Myanmar 60.5% 2024
71 Paraguay 58.5% 2024
72 Russia 58.2% 2024
73 Egypt 57.3% 2024
74 Peru 56.5% 2024
75 Brazil 55.0% 2024
76 Nepal 53.4% 2024
77 Cambodia 51.6% 2024
78 Iraq 50.9% 2024
79 Montenegro 50.9% 2024
80 Bhutan 49.5% 2024
81 Comoros 49.4% 2024
82 Ecuador 49.3% 2024
83 Fiji 48.5% 2024
84 Malawi 46.2% 2024
85 Cuba 45.9% 2024
86 Vietnam 45.4% 2024
87 Samoa 44.1% 2024
88 Lesotho 43.8% 2024
89 Guyana 43.4% 2024
90 Yemen 43.1% 2024
91 Dominican Republic 43.0% 2024
92 Tuvalu 39.7% 2024
93 Djibouti 39.7% 2023
94 Trinidad & Tobago 38.0% 2024
95 Bangladesh 37.3% 2024
96 El Salvador 36.0% 2024
97 Kenya 35.8% 2024
98 São Tomé & Príncipe 34.7% 2024
99 Mozambique 33.9% 2024
100 Nauru 33.2% 2024
101 Nigeria 32.2% 2024
102 Tonga 31.2% 2024
103 Senegal 30.1% 2024
104 Tanzania 28.5% 2024
105 Gambia 28.1% 2024
106 Côte d’Ivoire 27.1% 2024
107 Thailand 26.7% 2024
108 Costa Rica 26.3% 2024
109 Venezuela 26.0% 2024
110 Lebanon 25.7% 2024
111 Suriname 25.1% 2024
112 Afghanistan 24.8% 2024
113 Burkina Faso 24.7% 2024
114 Kiribati 24.6% 2024
115 Serbia 24.1% 2024
116 Zimbabwe 23.6% 2024
117 Guinea-Bissau 22.6% 2024
118 Libya 21.7% 2024
119 Uganda 20.4% 2024
120 Mali 20.0% 2024
121 Ghana 18.8% 2024
122 Colombia 18.7% 2024
123 Sierra Leone 16.8% 2024
124 Papua New Guinea 16.7% 2024
125 Somalia 16.4% 2024
126 Benin 16.4% 2024
127 Central African Republic 13.5% 2024
128 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13.1% 2024
129 Togo 13.0% 2024
130 Madagascar 12.8% 2024
131 North Macedonia 12.1% 2024
132 Chad 11.1% 2024
133 Armenia 10.7% 2024
134 Niger 9.1% 2024
135 Morocco 8.4% 2024
136 Ethiopia 8.1% 2024

Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.

Data is available for 136 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.

Source: People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population), indicator SH.STA.SMSS.ZS. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org

How it has changed (2000–2024)

See how safe sanitation (share of people) has changed across the world’s countries from 2000 to 2024.

  • In 2000, 3 countries tied for first (100.0%).
  • In 2024, 5 countries tied for first (100.0%).
  • Japan’s safe sanitation (share of people) went from 96.5% in 2000 to 99.2% in 2024 (up 2.7 points).
  • Japan ranked #10 of 131 countries in 2000 and #9 of 134 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.
Safe sanitation (share of people): Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom of the 2024 rankingFrom 2000 to 2024. Last values: Andorra 100.0%, Japan 99.2%, Estonia 90.6%, Eswatini 60.8%, Senegal 30.1%, Ethiopia 8.1%.050100200020052010201520202024AndorraAndorraJapanJapanEstoniaEstoniaEswatiniEswatiniSenegalSenegalEthiopiaEthiopia
Key years for Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom of the 2024 ranking
Country2000201020202024
Andorra21.3%70.5%100.0%100.0%
Japan96.5%97.9%99.0%99.2%
Estonia92.0%90.8%90.4%90.6%
Eswatini45.0%50.6%57.9%60.8%
Senegal14.6%18.7%26.6%30.1%
Ethiopia2.3%4.5%7.0%8.1%
Countries with data131137136134

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