Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Sanitation facility access > Improved > Rural
DEFINITION:
This entry is derived from People > Sanitation facility access > Improved, which provides information about access to improved or unimproved sanitation facilities available to segments of the population of a country. improved sanitation - use of any of the following facilities: flush or pour-flush to a piped sewer system, septic tank or pit latrine; ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine; pit latrine with slab; or a composting toilet. unimproved sanitation - use of any of the following facilities: flush or pour-flush not piped to a sewer system, septic tank or pit latrine; pit latrine without a slab or open pit; bucket; hanging toilet or hanging latrine; shared facilities of any type; no facilities; or bush or field.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Mauritius | 88% of population | 2013 | ||
2 | South Africa | 67% of population | 2013 | ||
3 | The Gambia | 65% of population | 2013 | ||
4 | Rwanda | 56% of population | 2013 | ||
5 | Swaziland | 55% of population | 2013 | ||
6 | Malawi | 51% of population | 2013 | ||
7 | Burundi | 46% of population | 2013 | ||
=8 | Cape Verde | 43% of population | 2013 | ||
=8 | Zambia | 43% of population | 2013 | ||
10 | Botswana | 41% of population | 2013 | ||
11 | Senegal | 39% of population | 2013 | ||
12 | Cameroon | 36% of population | 2013 | ||
13 | Uganda | 34% of population | 2013 | ||
=14 | Zimbabwe | 32% of population | 2013 | ||
=14 | Kenya | 32% of population | 2013 | ||
=16 | Gabon | 30% of population | 2013 | ||
=16 | Comoros | 30% of population | 2013 | ||
18 | Central African Republic | 28% of population | 2013 | ||
19 | Nigeria | 27% of population | 2013 | ||
=20 | Lesotho | 24% of population | 2013 | ||
=20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 24% of population | 2013 | ||
=22 | Ethiopia | 19% of population | 2013 | ||
=22 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19% of population | 2013 | ||
=22 | Angola | 19% of population | 2013 | ||
25 | Namibia | 17% of population | 2013 | ||
=26 | Sudan | 14% of population | 2013 | ||
=26 | Mali | 14% of population | 2013 | ||
28 | Madagascar | 12% of population | 2013 | ||
=29 | Guinea | 11% of population | 2013 | ||
=29 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11% of population | 2013 | ||
31 | Djibouti | 10% of population | 2013 | ||
=32 | Mauritania | 9% of population | 2013 | ||
=32 | Guinea-Bissau | 9% of population | 2013 | ||
34 | Ghana | 8% of population | 2013 | ||
=35 | Liberia | 7% of population | 2013 | ||
=35 | Tanzania | 7% of population | 2013 | ||
=37 | Burkina Faso | 6% of population | 2013 | ||
=37 | Sierra Leone | 6% of population | 2013 | ||
=37 | Somalia | 6% of population | 2013 | ||
=37 | Chad | 6% of population | 2013 | ||
=41 | Benin | 5% of population | 2013 | ||
=41 | Mozambique | 5% of population | 2013 | ||
=43 | Eritrea | 4% of population | 2013 | ||
=43 | Niger | 4% of population | 2013 | ||
45 | Togo | 3% of population | 2013 |