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DEFINITION
Access to improved sanitation facilities refers to the percentage of the population with at least adequate access to excreta disposal facilities that can effectively prevent human, animal, and insect contact with excreta. Improved facilities range from simple but protected pit latrines to flush toilets with a sewerage connection. To be effective, facilities must be correctly constructed and properly maintained.
Health Statistics > Improved sanitation facilities, rural > % of rural population with access (most recent) by country
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1990
2004
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
= 1
Norway :
100 %
2004
= 1
Australia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Samoa :
100 %
2004
= 1
Austria :
100 %
2004
= 1
Sweden :
100 %
2004
= 1
Barbados :
100 %
2004
= 1
Luxembourg :
100 %
2004
= 1
Belgium :
100 %
2004
= 1
Seychelles :
100 %
2004
= 1
Bahamas, The :
100 %
2004
= 1
Trinidad and Tobago :
100 %
2004
= 1
Cyprus :
100 %
2004
= 1
Japan :
100 %
2004
= 1
Denmark :
100 %
2004
= 1
Netherlands :
100 %
2004
= 1
Finland :
100 %
2004
= 1
Qatar :
100 %
2004
= 1
Germany :
100 %
2004
= 1
Spain :
100 %
2004
= 1
Croatia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Andorra :
100 %
2004
= 1
Iceland :
100 %
2004
= 1
United States :
100 %
2004
= 1
Switzerland :
100 %
2004
= 25
Thailand :
99 %
2004
= 25
Uruguay :
99 %
2004
= 25
Canada :
99 %
2004
= 28
Slovakia :
98 %
2004
= 28
Guam :
98 %
2004
= 30
Costa Rica :
97 %
2004
= 30
Czech Republic :
97 %
2004
= 30
French Polynesia :
97 %
2004
= 30
Grenada :
97 %
2004
= 34
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
96 %
2004
= 34
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
96 %
2004
= 34
Northern Mariana Islands :
96 %
2004
= 34
Bulgaria :
96 %
2004
= 34
Estonia :
96 %
2004
= 34
Tonga :
96 %
2004
= 34
Libya :
96 %
2004
= 41
Cuba :
95 %
2004
= 41
United Arab Emirates :
95 %
2004
= 43
Antigua and Barbuda :
94 %
2004
= 43
Mauritius :
94 %
2004
= 45
Malaysia :
93 %
2004
= 45
Ukraine :
93 %
2004
# 47
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
92 %
2004
# 48
Georgia :
91 %
2004
= 49
Sri Lanka :
89 %
2004
= 49
Saint Lucia :
89 %
2004
# 51
New Zealand :
88 %
1990
= 52
Lebanon :
87 %
2004
= 52
Jordan :
87 %
2004
# 54
Hungary :
85 %
2004
# 55
Albania :
84 %
2004
# 56
Argentina :
83 %
2004
= 57
Algeria :
82 %
2004
= 57
Guatemala :
82 %
2004
= 57
Ecuador :
82 %
2004
# 60
Syria :
81 %
2004
# 61
Iran :
78 %
1990
# 62
Serbia and Montenegro :
77 %
2004
# 63
Suriname :
76 %
2004
# 64
Dominica :
75 %
2004
# 65
Dominican Republic :
73 %
2004
= 66
Burma :
72 %
2004
= 66
Turkey :
72 %
2004
# 68
Latvia :
71 %
2004
= 69
Bhutan :
70 %
2004
= 69
Russia :
70 %
2004
# 71
Jamaica :
69 %
2004
# 72
Tunisia :
65 %
2004
# 73
Chile :
62 %
2004
= 74
Oman :
61 %
1990
= 74
Uzbekistan :
61 %
2004
= 74
Malawi :
61 %
2004
= 74
Belarus :
61 %
2004
= 74
Paraguay :
61 %
2004
= 74
Armenia :
61 %
2004
= 80
Guyana :
60 %
2004
= 80
Korea, North :
60 %
2004
# 82
Philippines :
59 %
2004
= 83
Egypt :
58 %
2004
= 83
Marshall Islands :
58 %
2004
# 85
Fiji :
55 %
2004
= 86
Honduras :
54 %
2004
= 86
Colombia :
54 %
2004
= 88
Moldova :
52 %
2004
= 88
Zambia :
52 %
2004
= 88
Morocco :
52 %
2004
= 88
Kazakhstan :
52 %
2004
= 88
Palau :
52 %
2004
= 93
Kyrgyzstan :
51 %
2004
= 93
Panama :
51 %
2004
= 95
Djibouti :
50 %
2004
= 95
Vietnam :
50 %
2004
= 95
Turkmenistan :
50 %
2004
= 98
Iraq :
48 %
2004
= 98
Venezuela :
48 %
2004
# 100
Zimbabwe :
47 %
2004
= 101
Equatorial Guinea :
46 %
2004
= 101
South Africa :
46 %
2004
= 101
Gambia, The :
46 %
2004
# 104
Tajikistan :
45 %
2004
# 105
Swaziland :
44 %
2004
= 106
Cameroon :
43 %
2004
= 106
Tanzania :
43 %
2004
= 108
Maldives :
42 %
2004
= 108
Vanuatu :
42 %
2004
= 110
Uganda :
41 %
2004
= 110
Mexico :
41 %
2004
= 110
Kenya :
41 %
2004
= 110
Papua New Guinea :
41 %
2004
= 110
Pakistan :
41 %
2004
# 115
Indonesia :
40 %
2004
= 116
El Salvador :
39 %
2004
= 116
Mali :
39 %
2004
# 118
Rwanda :
38 %
2004
= 119
Brazil :
37 %
2004
= 119
Mongolia :
37 %
2004
= 121
Azerbaijan :
36 %
2004
= 121
Nigeria :
36 %
2004
= 123
Burundi :
35 %
2004
= 123
Bangladesh :
35 %
2004
= 125
Nicaragua :
34 %
2004
= 125
Senegal :
34 %
2004
# 127
East Timor :
33 %
2004
= 128
Peru :
32 %
2004
= 128
Lesotho :
32 %
2004
= 130
Gabon :
30 %
2004
= 130
Nepal :
30 %
2004
= 130
Sierra Leone :
30 %
2004
= 133
Afghanistan :
29 %
2004
= 133
Comoros :
29 %
2004
= 133
Côte d'Ivoire :
29 %
2004
= 136
China :
28 %
2004
= 136
Yemen :
28 %
2004
# 138
Madagascar :
26 %
2004
= 139
Botswana :
25 %
2004
= 139
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
25 %
2004
= 139
Congo, Republic of the :
25 %
2004
= 139
Belize :
25 %
2004
# 143
Sudan :
24 %
2004
# 144
Guinea-Bissau :
23 %
2004
= 145
Bolivia :
22 %
2004
= 145
Kiribati :
22 %
2004
= 145
India :
22 %
2004
= 148
Laos :
20 %
2004
= 148
São Tomé and Príncipe :
20 %
2004
= 150
Mozambique :
19 %
2004
= 150
Cape Verde :
19 %
2004
# 152
Solomon Islands :
18 %
2004
# 153
Angola :
16 %
2004
# 154
Togo :
15 %
2004
= 155
Micronesia, Federated States of :
14 %
2004
= 155
Somalia :
14 %
2004
= 155
Haiti :
14 %
2004
# 158
Namibia :
13 %
2004
# 159
Central African Republic :
12 %
2004
= 160
Benin :
11 %
2004
= 160
Guinea :
11 %
2004
= 160
Ghana :
11 %
2004
= 163
Cambodia :
8 %
2004
= 163
Mauritania :
8 %
2004
= 165
Ethiopia :
7 %
2004
= 165
Liberia :
7 %
2004
# 167
Burkina Faso :
6 %
2004
= 168
Niger :
4 %
2004
= 168
Chad :
4 %
2004
# 170
Eritrea :
3 %
2004
Weighted average:
58.9 %
DEFINITION: Access to improved sanitation facilities refers to the percentage of the population with at least adequate access to excreta disposal facilities that can effectively prevent human, animal, and insect contact with excreta. Improved facilities range from simple but protected pit latrines to flush toilets with a sewerage connection. To be effective, facilities must be correctly constructed and properly maintained.
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