Access to improved sanitation facilities refers to the percentage of the population using improved sanitation facilities. Improved sanitation facilities are likely to ensure hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact. They include flush/pour flush (to piped sewer system, septic tank, pit latrine), ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine, pit latrine with slab, and composting toilet.

List of Countries by Improved Sanitation Facilities (% of Population With Access)

Country Name	Country Code	2000	2010	2015
Afghanistan	AFG	23.4	29.3	31.9
Albania	ALB	83.4	90.9	93.2
Algeria	DZA	83.6	86.6	87.6
American Samoa	ASM	61.5	62.3	62.5
Andorra	AND	100	100	100
Angola	AGO	32.1	46.2	51.6
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	84.6	91.4	N/A
Argentina	ARG	91.4	94.9	96.4
Armenia	ARM	89.3	89.5	89.5
Aruba	ABW	98.2	97.7	97.7
Australia	AUS	100	100	100
Austria	AUT	100	100	100
Azerbaijan	AZE	65.6	81.6	89.3
Bahamas, The	BHS	88.6	91.4	92
Bahrain	BHR	99.1	99.2	99.2
Bangladesh	BGD	45.4	55.8	60.6
Barbados	BRB	86.8	93.5	96.2
Belarus	BLR	94.8	94.5	94.3
Belgium	BEL	99.5	99.5	99.5
Belize	BLZ	82.7	89.2	90.5
Benin	BEN	11.9	17.3	19.7
Bermuda	BMU			N/A
Bhutan	BTN	31	46.8	50.4
Bolivia	BOL	37.7	46.7	50.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	94.9	94.8	94.8
Botswana	BWA	51.6	60.6	63.4
Brazil	BRA	74.7	80.5	82.8
British Virgin Islands	VGB	97.5	97.5	97.5
Brunei Darussalam	BRN			N/A
Bulgaria	BGR	85.6	85.9	86
Burkina Faso	BFA	11.6	17.4	19.7
Burundi	BDI	44.3	46.9	48
Cabo Verde	CPV	43.6	64.2	72.2
Cambodia	KHM	16.3	33.6	42.4
Cameroon	CMR	42.2	44.7	45.8
Canada	CAN	99.8	99.8	99.8
Cayman Islands	CYM	95.5	95.6	95.6
Chad	TCD	9.7	11.6	12.1
Channel Islands	CHI			N/A
Chile	CHL	91.7	97.7	99.1
China	CHN	58.8	70.8	76.5
Colombia	COL	74.6	79.3	81.1
Comoros	COM	25.1	32.7	35.8
Congo, Dem. Rep.	COD	22.7	26.8	28.7
Congo, Rep.	COG	12.7	14.3	15
Costa Rica	CRI	91.4	93.9	94.5
Cote d'Ivoire	CIV	17.6	20.9	22.5
Croatia	HRV	97.3	97.1	97
Cuba	CUB	86.7	91.7	93.2
Curacao	CUW			N/A
Cyprus	CYP	100	100	100
Czech Republic	CZE	99.1	99.1	99.1
Denmark	DNK	99.6	99.6	99.6
Djibouti	DJI	59.5	48.4	47.4
Dominica	DMA	81.1		N/A
Dominican Republic	DOM	77.5	82.1	84
Ecuador	ECU	69.7	80.7	84.7
Egypt, Arab Rep.	EGY	84.3	94.7	94.7
El Salvador	SLV	62.4	71.0	75.0
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	80.2	75.8	74.5
Eritrea	ERI	11.4	14.6	15.7
Estonia	EST	97	97.2	97.2
Ethiopia	ETH	8.6	21.7	28
Faroe Islands	FRO			N/A
Fiji	FJI	74.6	89.6	91.1
Finland	FIN	97.4	97.6	97.6
France	FRA	98.7	98.7	98.7
French Polynesia	PYF	98.0	98.4	98.5
Gabon	GAB	38.8	40.9	41.9
Gambia, The	GMB	59.7	58.8	58.9
Georgia	GEO	95.7	89.3	86.3
Germany	DEU	99.2	99.2	99.2
Ghana	GHA	10.3	13.7	14.9
Gibraltar	GIB			N/A
Greece	GRC	95.5	98.5	99
Greenland	GRL	100	100	100
Grenada	GRD	98	98	98
Guam	GUM	89.2	89.7	89.8
Guatemala	GTM	54.6	61.6	63.9
Guinea	GIN	12.9	17.9	20.1
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	12.4	18.9	20.8
Guyana	GUY	79.2	83.2	83.7
Haiti	HTI	21	25.9	27.6
Honduras	HND	63.3	77.4	82.6
Hong Kong SAR, China	HKG			N/A
Hungary	HUN	98	98	98
Iceland	ISL	98.8	98.8	98.8
India	IND	25.6	35.5	39.6
Indonesia	IDN	47.1	57.0	60.8
Iran, Islamic Rep.	IRN	78.9	88.6	90
Iraq	IRQ	75.3	83.3	85.6
Ireland	IRL	89.2	90.1	90.5
Isle of Man	IMN			N/A
Israel	ISR	100	100	100
Italy	ITA	99.5	99.5	99.5
Jamaica	JAM	80.7	81.6	81.8
Japan	JPN	100	100	100
Jordan	JOR	97.8	98.5	98.6
Kazakhstan	KAZ	96.8	97.4	97.5
Kenya	KEN	26.9	29.2	30.1
Kiribati	KIR	34.2	38.8	39.7
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	PRK	60.9	79.9	81.9
Korea, Rep.	KOR	100	100	100
Kosovo	KSV			N/A
Kuwait	KWT	100	100	100
Kyrgyz Republic	KGZ	91.8	92.8	93.3
Lao PDR	LAO	28.0	58.7	70.9
Latvia	LVA	81.7	85.6	87.8
Lebanon	LBN	82.7	80.9	80.7
Lesotho	LSO	23.9	28.5	30.3
Liberia	LBR	13.1	15.6	16.9
Libya	LBY	96.5	96.6	96.6
Liechtenstein	LIE			N/A
Lithuania	LTU	86.6	90.5	92.4
Luxembourg	LUX	97.7	97.6	97.6
Macao SAR, China	MAC			N/A
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	89.8	90.8	90.9
Madagascar	MDG	10.3	11.4	12.0
Malawi	MWI	34.3	38.8	41.0
Malaysia	MYS	91.2	95.4	96.0
Maldives	MDV	79.4	97.3	97.9
Mali	MLI	18.0	22.4	24.7
Malta	MLT	100.0	100.0	100
Marshall Islands	MHL	70.1	75.2	76.9
Mauritania	MRT	23.7	35.7	40.0
Mauritius	MUS	91.4	92.7	93.1
Mexico	MEX	74.7	82.3	85.2
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	FSM	33.6	53.1	57.1
Moldova	MDA	72.7	75.3	76.4
Monaco	MCO	100.0	100.0	100
Mongolia	MNG	48.2	56.5	59.7
Montenegro	MNE	89.2	93.5	95.9
Morocco	MAR	64.0	73.8	76.7
Mozambique	MOZ	14.1	18.8	20.5
Myanmar	MMR	61.9	76.6	79.6
Namibia	NAM	27.4	32.2	34.4
Nauru	NRU	65.7	65.6	65.6
Nepal	NPL	21.7	37.9	45.8
Netherlands	NLD	98.1	97.8	97.7
New Caledonia	NCL	100.0	100.0	100
New Zealand	NZL			N/A
Nicaragua	NIC	54.4	64.7	67.9
Niger	NER	6.6	9.5	10.9
Nigeria	NGA	34.0	30.5	29.0
Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	73.7	78.7	79.7
Norway	NOR	98.1	98.1	98.1
Not classified	INX			N/A
Oman	OMN	89.0	96.7	96.7
Pakistan	PAK	36.9	54.8	63.5
Palau	PLW	81.0	100.0	100
Panama	PAN	66.8	72.3	75.0
Papua New Guinea	PNG	19.2	19.0	18.9
Paraguay	PRY	68.5	82.7	88.6
Peru	PER	62.9	72.0	76.2
Philippines	PHL	63.8	70.5	73.9
Poland	POL	87.0	94.3	97.2
Portugal	PRT	96.2	99.0	99.7
Post-demographic dividend	PST	98.8	99.1	99.2
Puerto Rico	PRI	99.3	99.3	99.3
Qatar	QAT	99.4	98.3	98.0
Romania	ROU	73.8	77.5	79.1
Russian Federation	RUS	72.5	72.3	72.2
Rwanda	RWA	46.6	57.2	61.6
Samoa	WSM	92.2	91.7	91.5
San Marino	SMR			N/A
Sao Tome and Principe	STP	20.9	33.0	34.7
Saudi Arabia	SAU	96.8	100.0	100
Senegal	SEN	40.3	45.1	47.6
Serbia	SRB	96.9	96.6	96.4
Seychelles	SYC	98.4	98.4	98.4
Sierra Leone	SLE	11.3	12.6	13.3
Singapore	SGP	99.7	100.0	100
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	SXM			N/A
Slovak Republic	SVK	98.9	98.8	98.8
Slovenia	SVN	99.1	99.1	99.1
Solomon Islands	SLB	25.5	28.3	29.8
Somalia	SOM	21.8	23.3	N/A
South Africa	ZAF	57.2	63.5	66.4
South Sudan	SSD			6.7
Spain	ESP	99.9	99.9	99.9
Sri Lanka	LKA	81.2	91.7	95.1
St. Kitts and Nevis	KNA	87.3		N/A
St. Lucia	LCA	83.1	88.5	90.5
St. Martin (French part)	MAF			N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	VCT	73.2		N/A
Sudan	SDN	25.4	22.5	N/A
Suriname	SUR	80.9	79.6	79.2
Eswatini(Swaziland)	SWZ	51.8	56.5	57.5
Sweden	SWE	99.3	99.3	99.3
Switzerland	CHE	99.9	99.9	99.9
Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	88.6	94.6	95.7
Tajikistan	TJK	90.4	93.7	95.0
Tanzania	TZA	9.3	13.1	15.6
Thailand	THA	91.3	93.3	93.0
Timor-Leste	TLS	37.4	39.1	40.6
Togo	TGO	11.4	11.5	11.6
Tonga	TON	93.0	91.6	91.0
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	90.7	91.4	91.5
Tunisia	TUN	81.9	89.0	91.6
Turkey	TUR	88.1	92.9	94.9
Turkmenistan	TKM	62.3		N/A
Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	81.4		N/A
Tuvalu	TUV	78.4	83.2	N/A
Uganda	UGA	15.6	18.0	19.1
Ukraine	UKR	94.7	95.6	95.9
United Arab Emirates	ARE	97.4	97.5	97.6
United Kingdom	GBR	99.2	99.2	99.2
United States	USA	99.7	99.9	100
Uruguay	URY	93.5	95.5	96.4
Uzbekistan	UZB	90.9	100.0	100
Vanuatu	VUT	41.7	56.4	57.9
Venezuela, RB	VEN	88.3	93.0	94.4
Vietnam	VNM	52.9	69.7	78.0
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	VIR	96.4	96.4	96.4
West Bank and Gaza	PSE	88.6	91.6	92.3
World	WLD	58.8	64.8	67.5
Yemen, Rep.	YEM	39.4	52.7	N/A
Zambia	ZMB	40.6	42.8	43.9
Zimbabwe	ZWE	39.2	37.7	36.8

Last Updated on : November 28, 2016