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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.

  • 54 % of the world’s population uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2020)

Available data series: 2000-2020
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 126
Proportion of world population covered by reporting in the last five years: 82%

Proportion of world land area covered by reporting in the last five years: 82%
Learn more about the indicator and how it is monitored
Read the latest progress report here

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 (2016-2020)

Proportion of population (%)

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 (2020)

  • 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 (2020)

Status of different components of sanitation services

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (2020)

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (2020)

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: 2005 - 2020

Country (or area), SDG region, worldYear 6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services
Safely managed service At least basic service Basic service Limited service Unimproved Open defecation
Afghanistan202050.510.9427.7710.78
Albania202047.6951.610.570.130
Algeria202017.6168.3510.513.530
American Samoa202054.4544.580.270.7
Andorra20201000000
Angola202051.66219.3717.97
Anguilla201796.72.380.380.54
Antigua and Barbuda201787.54.178.060.26
Argentina2014-201651.2644.151.982.61.58
Armenia202069.3324.610.435.630.01
Aruba201697.5400.981.47
Australia202074.2625.7300.010
Australia and New Zealand202075.5224.4700.010
Austria202099.640.3300.030
Azerbaijan201921.0475.092.691.10.09
Bahamas201994.933.321.530.22
Bahrain202091.238.77000
Bangladesh202038.6715.523.8521.990
Barbados2018-202098.091.9100.82
Belarus202073.924.011.640.460
Belgium202088.8210.670.5100
Belize202088.219.052.170.57
Benin202016.9619.6611.851.58
Bermuda202099.900.10
Bhutan202065.2211.299.8513.640
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)202052.9212.8317.327.139.79
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba200598.6601.340
Bosnia and Herzegovina201840.3255.070.64.020
Botswana202080.035.574.599.81
Brazil202048.7141.370.19.520.3
British Virgin Islands201696.8603.140
Brunei Darussalam201596.3501.052.6
Bulgaria202072.2313.8113.9600
Burkina Faso202021.6632.296.1239.92
Burundi202045.7312.6339.062.58
Cabo Verde202079.126.44014.45
Cambodia202068.7783.9519.28
Cameroon202044.6315.0634.775.55
Canada202084.3714.6600.970
Cayman Islands201683.6511.94.450
Central African Republic202013.60.5115.7844.9525.15
Central and Southern Asia202046.5724.7212.254.911.56
Chad202010.141.935.2318.6364.07
Channel Islands201781.51701.50
Chile202078.621.4000
China202069.6622.722.554.760.32
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region202085.9210.5803.50
China, Macao Special Administrative Region202066.5633.44000
Colombia202018.3175.373.310.432.59
Comoros2018-201935.9113.1950.90.59
Congo202020.4634.2336.868.45
Cook Islands2012-202099.0900.911.12
Costa Rica202030.267.710.761.20.13
Croatia202067.7928.782.460.980
Cuba202036.6454.721.666.740.24
Curaçao201798.9500.780.27
Cyprus202077.0822.3100.60
Czechia202085.213.930.860.010
Côte d'Ivoire202034.5722.5417.6425.26
Democratic People's Republic of Korea202084.670.6314.710
Democratic Republic of the Congo202012.692.720.1352.4612.03
Denmark202091.897.710.400
Djibouti202037.0829.647.0510.0416.18
Dominica201780.373.1710.895.57
Dominican Republic202087.189.141.432.25
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia202060.2230.933.423.831.61
Ecuador202041.6349.897.350.220.91
Egypt202067.0630.261.621.060
El Salvador202082.4516.780.470.3
Equatorial Guinea201766.319.8820.952.85
Eritrea201611.949.7611.2967
Estonia202093.066.080.70.160
Eswatini202064.2921.6310.263.81
Ethiopia20206.682.238.8365.2717
Europe and Northern America202077.7519.820.591.840
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)2020100000
Faroe Islands201590.8809.120
Fiji202099.160.8400
Finland202084.115.350.5500
France202078.5920.061.3500
French Guiana202092.4507.550
French Polynesia202097030
Gabon202049.8228.8919.272.01
Gambia202028.9717.913.1539.880.1
Georgia202034.4251.350.9713.260.01
Germany202097.132.10.7700
Ghana202013.3210.3847.4411.0817.78
Gibraltar2020100000
Greece202091.727.281.0100
Greenland202091.897.710.400
Grenada201791.492.212.753.54
Guadeloupe202099.6900.310
Guam201690.358.820.10.73
Guatemala202067.9310.8819.172.02
Guinea202029.7828.1930.2211.81
Guinea-Bissau202012.166.0613.5957.8510.33
Guyana202085.7810.243.370.61
Haiti202037.1228.4716.2818.13
Honduras202049.6834.19.262.794.18
Hungary202087.7810.22.0200
Iceland202083.6915.091.2200
India202045.9125.3612.11.7114.93
Indonesia202086.466.081.356.11
Iran (Islamic Republic of)2016-202090.279.7300.37
Iraq202042.8857.0900.030
Ireland202082.98.446.951.710
Israel202094.964.9900.050
Italy202095.784.10.10.010
Jamaica202086.6112.340.250.8
Japan202081.4318.4900.080
Jordan202082.2714.811.661.150.11
Kazakhstan202097.872.040.090
Kenya202032.725.4733.328.51
Kiribati202026.6618.9116.538.1229.77
Kuwait20201000000
Kyrgyzstan202092.475.422.1100
Lao People's Democratic Republic202061.3818.12.681.3516.49
Latin America and the Caribbean202034.0754.974.225.231.51
Latvia202083.419.012.195.390
Lebanon202016.2882.920.800
Lesotho202047.622.721.16.5921.99
Liberia202018.1629.3314.8237.68
Libya202021.6270.497.1500.75
Liechtenstein202098.751.200.050
Lithuania202093.9402.113.950
Luxembourg202096.780.812.380.030
Madagascar202010.381.9320.2725.0442.38
Malawi202024.212.3413.4955.54.46
Malaysia2016-201877.4522.1300.420.28
Maldives202099.160.30.550
Mali202019.9225.4717.3232.354.94
Malta202091.878.100.040
Marshall Islands202084.155.530.579.75
Martinique202099.5300.470
Mauritania202049.837.6411.8530.67
Mauritius201795.53.960.40.13
Mayotte2020100000
Mexico202057.3435.086.790.690.1
Micronesia (Federated States of)2014-201988.31011.699.5
Monaco20201000000
Mongolia202055.5412.221.072.768.42
Montenegro202045.4452.330.251.940.04
Montserrat202089.110.550.350
Morocco202039.3247.931.539.481.73
Mozambique202037.24.9737.0820.74
Myanmar202060.7112.9211.597.787
Namibia202035.2612.84.7847.16
Nauru201765.630.731.092.59
Nepal202048.6427.9711.052.559.78
Netherlands202097.50.192.3100
New Caledonia2020100000
New Zealand202082.1917.81000
Nicaragua202073.027.2412.946.79
Niger202016.19010.087.0668.11
Nigeria202030.5112.2119.5419.0818.66
Niue202095.5404.460
North Macedonia202012.286.130.850.690.13
Northern Africa and Western Asia202041.7346.722.955.782.82
Northern Mariana Islands202079.1218.811.910.16
Norway202065.3932.661.9500
Oman202099.320.6800
Pakistan202068.410.5313.777.3
Palau202099.6200.380
Panama202084.572.588.654.19
Papua New Guinea202019.224.2860.3716.13
Paraguay202060.1332.593.473.470.34
Peru202052.8125.778.868.174.4
Philippines202060.6421.6211.122.843.79
Poland202090.549.46000
Portugal202085.0814.520.340.060
Puerto Rico202032.5167.49000
Qatar202097.22.8000
Republic of Korea202099.94000.060
Republic of Moldova202078.7311.229.920.13
Romania202083.143.930.2612.670
Russian Federation202060.8228.57010.610
Rwanda202068.8315.3913.811.97
Réunion202099.5400.460
Saint Barthélemy2020100000
Saint Helena2020100000
Saint Kitts and Nevis201794.951.352.381.32
Saint Lucia202083.3710.380.056.2
Saint Martin (French Part)2020100000
Saint Pierre and Miquelon202099.9600.040
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines201887.182.986.483.36
Samoa202047.7249.042.70.390.15
San Marino202070.3729.63000
Sao Tome and Principe202034.6612.965.83.9542.63
Saudi Arabia202059.1140.89000
Senegal202024.1232.6517.2914.6811.25
Serbia202018.3579.5402.070.03
Seychelles2020100000
Sierra Leone202014.052.4637.9229.1816.39
Singapore20201000000
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)201798.7801.090.13
Slovakia202081.9315.62.420.050
Slovenia202071.5526.550.881.020
Solomon Islands202034.765.8614.644.79
Somalia202031.527.7916.9220.6523.12
South Africa202078.4714.766.540.22
South Sudan202015.848.7315.360.13
Spain202095.674.240.080.020
Sri Lanka202093.653.972.370
State of Palestine2020133.3963.772.090.470.28
Sub-Saharan Africa202021.0611.6318.5330.7917.99
Sudan202036.898.3730.7324.01
Suriname202025.1864.776.092.741.22
Sweden202094.934.360.70.010
Switzerland202099.650.250.100
Syrian Arab Republic2016-202089.699.810.50.68
Tajikistan202096.772.60.630
Thailand202025.9372.781.250.030
Timor-Leste202056.779.5615.4618.22
Togo20209.139.4726.99.3545.15
Tokelau202096.83.200
Tonga202033.859.096.031.060.02
Trinidad and Tobago202093.925.940.150
Tunisia202080.7616.681.531.030
Turkmenistan202099.410.410.180
Turks and Caicos Islands201887.99010.411.6
Tuvalu20186.1277.637.5108.75
Türkiye202078.4320.80.350.270.15
Uganda202019.7917.6257.914.68
Ukraine202071.9625.782.2600
United Arab Emirates202099.2300.7700
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland202098.11.010.720.170
United Republic of Tanzania202026.335.4318.6638.6810.89
United States Virgin Islands202099.3700.630
United States of America202098.261.4200.320
Uruguay202098.051.190.540.21
Uzbekistan2020100000
Vanuatu202052.7115.5331.460.3
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)202023.0772.6901.223.02
Viet Nam202089.254.013.812.93
Wallis and Futuna Islands202092.95007.05
World202053.9524.367.447.916.34
Yemen202018.8435.284.9831.179.73
Zambia202031.919.837.0511.25
Zimbabwe202025.659.5430.2311.0723.5
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