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The unfinished sanitation transition
Sanitation coverage reveals an essential development gap.
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THE STORY BEHIND THE CHART
The story behind the numbers
Basic sanitation refers to improved facilities that are not shared with other households. It is a different standard from safely managed sanitation. The current-year comparison and historical trends show coverage while leaving questions of treatment, maintenance and local inequalities to further evidence.
THE TAKEAWAY
Sanitation coverage reveals an essential development gap.
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At least basic sanitation services, as a share of people.
Data behind the visual
This selected comparison includes 32 economies with observations in 2024 shown in % of people.
| Country | Value |
|---|---|
| Australia | 100% |
| Japan | 99.9% |
| Italy | 99.9% |
| South Korea | 99.7% |
| United States | 99.6% |
| Thailand | 99.4% |
| Türkiye | 99.3% |
| Germany | 99.2% |
| United Kingdom | 99.1% |
| United Arab Emirates | 99.1% |
| Poland | 99% |
| Sweden | 98.7% |
| France | 98.6% |
| Canada | 98.6% |
| Norway | 98% |
| Netherlands | 97.7% |
| Saudi Arabia | 97.6% |
| China | 97.3% |
| Egypt | 97.1% |
| Vietnam | 95.4% |
| Mexico | 93% |
| Brazil | 92.4% |
| Indonesia | 88.2% |
| Philippines | 87.2% |
| Nepal | 86% |
| India | 83.4% |
| South Africa | 77.4% |
| Pakistan | 71.9% |
| Bangladesh | 67.6% |
| Nigeria | 47.9% |
| Kenya | 40.9% |
| Ethiopia | 10.4% |
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