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Progress on Sanitation (SDG target 6.2)

Adequate sanitation and hygiene services at home, in education settings and workplaces are essential to make sure that women can participate in society on equal terms.

  • 59 % of the world’s population uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2024)

Available data series: 2000-2024
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 148
Proportion of world population covered by reporting in the last five years: 87%

Proportion of world land area covered by reporting in the last five years: 83%
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SDG target 6.2 is: ‘By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations.’

To track progress towards the target, indicator 6.2.1a monitors the proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services.

Global status of indicator 6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (----)

Proportion of population (%)
>90-100
>75-90
>50-75
0-50
Data not Available
Not Applicable

Progress over time of indicator 6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services

Status in different countries (or areas) of indicator 6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (----)

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
  • Central and Southern Asia
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Europe and Northern America
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)
  • Northern Africa and Western Asia

Status in different SDG regions of indicator 6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (----)

Status of different components of sanitation services

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (----)

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (----)

Source data indicator 6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services

Country (or area), regional and world data for the latest year of reporting (data from 2000 - 2024):

Country (or area), SDG region, worldYear6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services
Safely managed service At least basic service Basic service Limited service Unimproved Open defecation
Afghanistan2022-202424.7855.955412.0423.1611.17
Albania2022-202469.28990.570.130
Algeria2022-202462.498610.823.360.04
American Samoa2021-202442.936244.321.530.79
Andorra2022-2024100100000
Angola202252.185021.289.2525.72
Anguilla201796.7972.380.380.54
Antigua and Barbuda2022-202497.410001.970.14
Argentina2014-202448.54952.292.891.53
Armenia2022-202410.74940.425.590.01
Aruba2022-202498.849900.30.86
Australia2022-202495.77100000
Australia and New Zealand2022-202494.63100000
Austria2022-202498.510000.030
Azerbaijan2019-202468992.691.10.03
Bahamas201994.93943.321.530.13
Bahrain2022-202493.35100000
Bangladesh2022-202437.326825.9514.750
Barbados2022-202498.09981.9100
Belarus2022-202474.441000.020.420
Belgium2022-202494.9990.5100
Belize2022-202488.25849.022.150.57
Benin2022-202416.362219.9712.0447.04
Bermuda2022-202499.9410000.060
Bhutan2022-202449.488710.0112.050
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)2022-202468.617217.215.627.09
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba2022-202495.4954.600
Bosnia and Herzegovina2018-202456.63950.64.020
Botswana2022-202480.55725.488.765.43
Brazil2022-202454.96920.098.930
British Virgin Islands201696.869703.140
Brunei Darussalam2022-202499.4810000.520
Bulgaria2022-202475.728613.9400
Burkina Faso2022-202424.723233.328.3729.87
Burundi2022-202445.694512.9139.961.97
Cabo Verde2022-202483.05836.731.683.42
Cambodia2000-202451.610.19837.973.235.24
Cameroon2022-202443.124717.0535.584.44
Canada2022-202481.39901.410
Cayman Islands2022-202483.278310.276.470
Central African Republic2022-202413.531416.3144.824.72
Central and Southern Asia2022-202458.428111.432.686.01
Chad2022-202411.09135.461962.22
Channel Islands2017908.501.50
Chile2022-202495.13100000
China2022-202468.87972.061.950
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region2022-202494.839503.50
China, Macao Special Administrative Region2022-202479.96100000
Colombia2022-202418.69972.240.632.09
Comoros2019-202449.3635.915713.1950.91.81
Congo202120.552134.436.698.35
Cook Islands2022-202485.449911.382.690.59
Costa Rica2022-202426.29990.51.010.06
Croatia202174.73962.860.970.23
Cuba2022-202445.88955.62.080.17
Curaçao201798.959900.780.27
Cyprus2022-202476.979900.60
Czechia2022-202491.38990.860.010
Côte d'Ivoire2022-202427.14027.2214.6116.69
Democratic People's Republic of Korea2022-202384.77850.6314.60
Democratic Republic of the Congo2022-202413.081617.5754.4111.66
Denmark2022-202498.91000.400
Djibouti2022-202339.66677.0710.0415.88
Dominica201780.37803.1710.895.57
Dominican Republic2022-202442.97907.841.651.67
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia2022-202464.1953.092.030.65
Ecuador2022-202449.29917.0801.71
Egypt2022-202457.34971.620.850
El Salvador2022-202435.9787.558812.020.431.2
Equatorial Guinea201766.31669.8820.952.85
Eritrea201611.94129.7611.2967
Estonia2022-202490.56990.70.240
Eswatini2022-202460.8464.426421.7913.560.36
Ethiopia2022-20248.05108.4964.5416.23
Europe and Northern America2022-202485.45980.571.830
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)2022-2024100100000
Faroe Islands201590.889109.120
Fiji2022-202448.5936.9600
Finland2022-202490.12990.5500
France2022-202489.99991.3500
French Guiana2022-202476.239406.470
French Polynesia2022-20249798030
Gabon2022-202449.95728.9919.091.34
Gambia2022-202428.094811.6840.530.05
Georgia2022-202462.97910.7912.950
Germany2022-202496.77990.7700
Ghana2022-202418.763244.559.6517.79
Gibraltar2022-2024100100000
Greece2022-202492.8999100
Greenland2022063037.50
Grenada2017-202491.49932.212.753.54
Guadeloupe2022-202499.8110000.190
Guam2016-202490.38908.820.80.73
Guatemala2022-202469.627111.1418.120.99
Guernsey202487.51000
Guinea2022-202431.273329.3132.274.66
Guinea-Bissau2003-202422.65.642917.7445.987.74
Guyana2022-202443.44918.320.40.01
Haiti2022-202437.482928.8115.9817.53
Honduras2022-2024888.812.643.41
Hungary2022-202491.71982.0200
Iceland2022-202498.78991.2200
India2022-202462.798310.5106.73
Indonesia2022-202488.16886.571.082.29
Iran (Islamic Republic of)2016-202490.36909.6400.4
Iraq2022-202450.99901.50
Ireland2022-202481.26906.83.950
Isle of Man2022-202484.82100000
Israel2022-202497.1710000.080
Italy2022-202478.211000.10.010
Jamaica2022-202473.6186.559212.390.260.57
Japan2022-202499.1910000.060
Jersey2024951000
Jordan2022-202480.08961.651.10.05
Kazakhstan2022-202497.86982.050.060
Kenya2022-202435.834124.3332.695.91
Kiribati2022-202424.654516.95.1632.36
Kuwait2022-2024100100000
Kyrgyzstan2022-202493.03992.1400
Lao People's Democratic Republic2022-202471.38893.011.328.73
Latin America and the Caribbean2022-202451.24904.285.040.71
Latvia2021-202492.53932.195.370
Lebanon2022-202425.67990.800
Lesotho2022-202443.754821.4313.3114.76
Liberia2022-202422.522326.4615.7733.92
Libya2022-202421.75887.1500.57
Liechtenstein2022-202496.310000.050
Lithuania2022-202496.4961.433.260
Luxembourg2022-202496.32982.390.030
Madagascar2022-202412.81521.9129.727.01
Malawi2022-202446.154926.5921.561.94
Malaysia2016-202485.79963.980.020.35
Maldives2022-202499.71000.300
Mali2022-202420.014816.9628.293.87
Malta2022-202410010000.040
Marshall Islands2022-202481.46796.533.336.82
Martinique2022-202499.499900.510
Mauritania2022-202455.93599.567.6416.19
Mauritius2017-202495.46973.960.380.25
Mayotte2022-2024100100000
Mexico2022-202462.75937.140.350
Micronesia (Federated States of)2014-202090.459009.559.5
Monaco2022-2024100100000
Mongolia2022-202469.957421.893.124.3
Montenegro2022-202450.87980.251.90.04
Montserrat2022-202489.18910.5500
Morocco2022-20248.42881.5410.940.05
Mozambique2022-202433.9437.38395.0537.9816.04
Myanmar2022-202460.537411.747.326.75
Namibia2022-202435.843913.1313.8734.68
Nauru2021-202433.1665.937130.880.60.82
Nepal2022-202453.418610.282.350.53
Netherlands2022-202497.5982.3300
New Caledonia2022-2024100100000
New Zealand2022-202488.8100000
Nicaragua202073.027.2412.946.79
Niger2022-20249.151610.038.5765.98
Nigeria2022-202432.214816.3518.6417.96
Niue2022-202497.439802.070.6
North Macedonia2022-202412.11990.470.440.11
Northern Africa and Western Asia2022-202460.72912.683.771.85
Northern Mariana Islands2022-202480.3310019.10.410.16
Norway2022-202477.93981.9500
Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)2022-202421.3233.25365.2648.0315.13
Oman2022-202499.32990.6800
Pakistan2022-202470.537210.9911.728.17
Palau2022-202499.029900.980
Panama2022-202485.88892.177.973.08
Papua New Guinea2022-202416.6619.3244.2960.3115.64
Paraguay2022-202458.53963.531.580.34
Peru2022-202456.49799.629.041.92
Philippines2022-202462.17879.782.442.18
Poland2022-202497.83991.0400
Portugal2022-202493.921000.3400
Puerto Rico2022-202432.51100000
Qatar2022-202499.94100000.06
Republic of Korea2022-202499.3310000.180
Republic of Moldova2022-202484.91874.8210.130.13
Romania2022-202489.8910.2611.450
Russian Federation2022-202458.1992010.580
Rwanda2022-202473.838113.9610.351.12
Réunion2022-202477.029900.530
Saint Barthélemy2022-2024100100000
Saint Helena2022-2024100100000
Saint Kitts and Nevis201794.95951.352.381.32
Saint Lucia202283.368310.40.056.19
Saint Martin (French Part)2022-2024100100000
Saint Pierre and Miquelon2022-202499.9210000.080
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines201889.7901.825.942.53
Samoa2022-202444.12971.080.870.16
San Marino2022-202490.19100000
Sao Tome and Principe2022-202434.69495.674.333.35
Saudi Arabia2022-202483.89984.350.30.13
Senegal2022-202430.086317.2114.96.14
Serbia2022-202424.079802.030.06
Seychelles2022-2024100100000
Sierra Leone2022-202416.852534.2826.3715.35
Singapore2022-2024100100000
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)201798.789901.090.13
Slovakia2022-202483.43982.420.050
Slovenia2022-202484.54980.880.810
Solomon Islands2021-202435.02355.9314.5145.34
Somalia2022-202416.384416.9921.1114.44
South Africa2022-202473.787713.788.440.28
South Sudan2022-202416.06148.8115.4362.8
Spain2022-202488.281000.0800
Sri Lanka2022-202495.09953.91.010
State of Palestine2022-202473.51990.320.130.13
Sub-Saharan Africa2022-202425.993517.9230.8615.46
Sudan2020-202436.89668.3737.4416.39
Suriname2022-202425.13906.082.731.21
Sweden2022-202495.35990.70.440
Switzerland2022-202499.691000.100
Syrian Arab Republic2016-202494.98964.590.430.68
Tajikistan2022-202396.75962.620.320.46
Thailand2022-202426.72990.9500
Timor-Leste2022-202458.387315.315.967.88
Togo2022-202413.022527.5513.7832.19
Tokelau2022-202496.8973.200
Tonga2022-202431.25944.340.280.08
Trinidad and Tobago2022-202438.0293.92945.940.150.19
Tunisia2022-202479.79991.530.890.25
Turkmenistan2022-202499.821000.060.120
Turks and Caicos Islands2022-202433.91935.561.280.01
Tuvalu2022-202439.719012.211.621.83
Türkiye2022-202478.86990.340.270.14
Uganda2022-202420.362417.1458.033.53
Ukraine2022-202492.39982.2500
United Arab Emirates2022-202498.45990.70.210
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland2022-202497.84990.720.170
United Republic of Tanzania2022-202428.463719.4943.586.76
United States Virgin Islands2022-202499.119900.890
United States of America2022-202497.0110000.370
Uruguay2022-202498.32991.010.510
Uzbekistan2022-202474.6972.061.580.05
Vanuatu2022-202446.714827.2226.014.96
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)2021-202426.029801.63
Viet Nam2022-202445.37952.235.60
Wallis and Futuna Islands2022-202494.1693006.92
World2022-202458.5827.156.834.34
Yemen2022-202443.12635.0131.574.9
Zambia2022-202436.33721.6235.672.05
Zimbabwe2022-202423.563530.9817.0912.63