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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.

  • 57 % of the world’s population uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)

Available data series: 2000-2022
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 139
Proportion of world population covered by reporting in the last five years: 86%

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 (2022)

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 (2022)

  • 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 (2022)

Status of different components of sanitation services

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (2022)

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (2022)

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: 2000 - 2022

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
Afghanistan202255.9512.0423.168.84
Albania202256.3542.950.570.130
Algeria202262.4123.4210.823.360
American Samoa2021-202236.9917.1544.321.530.79
Andorra20221000000
Angola202252.1821.289.2517.29
Anguilla201796.72.380.380.54
Antigua and Barbuda202297.401.970.62
Argentina2014-201646.1948.632.292.891.53
Armenia202210.7583.230.425.590.01
Aruba202298.8400.30.86
Australia202295.824.18000
Australia and New Zealand202295.824.18000
Austria202299.670.300.030
Azerbaijan201969.0427.092.691.10.09
Bahamas201994.933.321.530.22
Bahrain202292.237.77000
Bangladesh202230.9828.3225.9514.750
Barbados2018-202298.091.9100.82
Belarus202275.0424.520.020.420
Belgium202294.94.590.5100
Belize202288.259.022.150.57
Benin20222.716.7919.9712.0448.5
Bermuda202299.9400.060
Bhutan202250.5127.4310.0112.050
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)202268.6117.215.628.55
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba202295.44.600
Bosnia and Herzegovina201854.5640.830.64.020
Botswana202280.555.488.765.21
Brazil202249.5941.30.098.930.09
British Virgin Islands201696.8603.140
Brunei Darussalam202299.4800.520
Bulgaria202273.4612.613.9400
Burkina Faso20229.7515.0133.328.3733.55
Burundi202245.6912.9139.961.44
Cabo Verde202283.056.731.688.54
Cambodia2000-202236.7310.1939.997.973.2312.08
Cameroon202243.1217.0535.584.25
Canada202283.9314.6601.410
Cayman Islands202283.2710.276.470
Central African Republic202213.350.516.3144.825.04
Central and Southern Asia202250.7926.1211.432.688.99
Chad202210.912.015.461962.61
Channel Islands2017908.501.50
Chile202295.324.68000
China202267.2228.672.061.950.1
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region202296.5003.50
China, Macao Special Administrative Region202268.1231.88000
Colombia202218.4476.292.240.632.4
Comoros2018-201935.9113.1950.90.59
Congo202120.5534.436.698.35
Cook Islands202285.4411.382.690.48
Costa Rica202225.3573.030.51.010.11
Croatia202177.9618.222.860.970
Cuba202241.3350.825.62.080.17
Curaçao201798.9500.780.27
Cyprus202276.8422.5500.60
Czechia202289.699.450.860.010
Côte d'Ivoire202217.2519.7227.2214.6121.2
Democratic People's Republic of Korea202284.770.6314.60
Democratic Republic of the Congo202213.043.1417.5754.4111.85
Denmark202298.80.80.400
Djibouti202239.627.37.0710.0415.99
Dominica201780.373.1710.895.57
Dominican Republic202243.1345.557.841.651.83
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia202264.2129.613.092.031.07
Ecuador202241.5950.687.0800.65
Egypt202267.1730.361.620.850.01
El Salvador202287.5512.020.430
Equatorial Guinea201766.319.8820.952.85
Eritrea201611.949.7611.2967
Estonia202290.428.640.70.240
Eswatini202264.4221.7913.560.23
Ethiopia20227.222.128.4964.5417.64
Europe and Northern America202284.2413.370.571.830
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)2022100000
Faroe Islands201590.8809.120
Fiji202248.7944.256.9600
Finland202290.019.440.5500
France202289.678.981.3500
French Guiana202275.0218.5106.470
French Polynesia202297030
Gabon202249.928.9919.092.02
Gambia202227.9919.7311.6840.530.07
Georgia202224.0862.180.7912.950
Germany202296.892.340.7700
Ghana202215.8312.7544.559.6517.22
Gibraltar2022100000
Greece202292.166.84100
Greenland2022062.5037.50
Grenada201791.492.212.753.54
Guadeloupe202299.8100.190
Guam2016-202290.388.820.80.73
Guatemala202269.6211.1418.121.12
Guinea202231.2729.3132.277.15
Guinea-Bissau2003-202215.445.6412.417.7445.988.43
Guyana202244.2246.778.320.40.29
Haiti202237.4828.8115.9817.73
Honduras202252.6131.798.812.644.15
Hungary202287.8410.142.0200
Iceland202298.781.2200
India202252.1426.2510.51011.1
Indonesia202288.166.571.084.19
Iran (Islamic Republic of)2016-202290.369.6400.4
Iraq202252.7745.7301.50
Ireland202279.89.466.83.950
Isle of Man202284.8215.18000
Israel202296.253.6700.080
Italy202279.0320.850.10.010
Jamaica202286.5512.390.260.8
Japan202299.140.800.060
Jordan202282.3414.811.651.10.1
Kazakhstan202297.862.050.060.03
Kenya202231.55.0324.3332.696.45
Kiribati202224.7920.3916.95.1632.75
Kuwait20221000000
Kyrgyzstan202292.645.232.1400
Lao People's Democratic Republic202261.1318.393.011.3216.15
Latin America and the Caribbean202249.1740.364.285.041.15
Latvia202185.247.192.195.370
Lebanon202225.6773.530.800
Lesotho202247.522.7621.4313.3114.99
Liberia202222.5226.4615.7735.24
Libya202223.8368.287.1500.75
Liechtenstein202296.223.7300.050
Lithuania202295.3101.433.260
Luxembourg202295.81.792.390.030
Madagascar202212.332.4321.9129.733.63
Malawi202246.193.0526.5921.562.61
Malaysia2016-202285.9710.033.980.020.35
Maldives202299.70.300
Mali202215.9234.2916.9628.294.54
Malta202288.1811.7900.040
Marshall Islands202281.466.533.338.68
Martinique202299.4900.510
Mauritania202255.939.567.6426.87
Mauritius201795.463.960.380.2
Mayotte2022100000
Mexico202262.530.027.140.350
Micronesia (Federated States of)2014-202090.4509.559.5
Monaco20221000000
Mongolia202265.96421.893.125.03
Montenegro202257.440.410.251.90.04
Montserrat202289.110.5500.35
Morocco202261.0126.511.5410.940
Mozambique202237.385.0537.9819.59
Myanmar202260.6113.5211.747.326.81
Namibia202235.8413.1313.8737.16
Nauru202165.9330.880.62.59
Nepal202250.5829.8210.282.356.98
Netherlands202297.50.172.3300
New Caledonia2022100000
New Zealand202288.7411.26000
Nicaragua202073.027.2412.946.79
Niger20228.128.2910.038.5764.99
Nigeria202231.9714.616.3518.6418.44
Niue202297.4302.070.5
North Macedonia202212.1886.80.470.440.11
Northern Africa and Western Asia202264.528.422.683.770.63
Northern Mariana Islands202280.3319.10.410.16
Norway202278.0719.981.9500
Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)202233.255.2648.0313.46
Oman202299.320.6800
Pakistan202270.5310.9911.726.75
Palau202299.0200.980
Panama202285.882.177.973.99
Papua New Guinea202219.34.2960.3116.1
Paraguay202255.1939.383.531.580.32
Peru202257.6720.799.629.042.88
Philippines202262.7322.029.782.443.02
Poland202297.921.041.0400
Portugal202292.766.910.3400
Puerto Rico202232.5167.49000
Qatar202299.940000.06
Republic of Korea202299.450.3700.180
Republic of Moldova202284.914.8210.130.13
Romania202287.580.710.2611.450
Russian Federation202261.228.21010.580
Rwanda202273.8313.9610.351.86
Réunion202276.6922.7800.530
Saint Barthélemy2022100000
Saint Helena2022100000
Saint Kitts and Nevis201794.951.352.381.32
Saint Lucia202283.3610.40.056.19
Saint Martin (French Part)2022100000
Saint Pierre and Miquelon202299.9200.080
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines201889.71.825.942.53
Samoa202242.93551.080.870.13
San Marino202290.199.81000
Sao Tome and Principe20223413.845.674.342.19
Saudi Arabia202279.9215.424.350.30
Senegal202214.0646.1217.2114.97.71
Serbia202225.3972.5202.030.06
Seychelles2022100000
Sierra Leone202215.397.5334.2826.3716.43
Singapore20221000000
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)201798.7801.090.13
Slovakia202282.4915.042.420.050
Slovenia202284.0414.270.880.810
Solomon Islands202135.025.9314.5144.55
Somalia202232.568.0116.9921.1121.32
South Africa202271.715.9313.788.440.15
South Sudan202216.068.8115.4359.71
Spain202289.979.950.0800
Sri Lanka202295.093.91.010
State of Palestine202270.1129.330.320.130.1
Sub-Saharan Africa202224.3510.3117.9230.8616.56
Sudan202036.898.3737.4417.3
Suriname202225.1664.816.082.731.21
Sweden202295.563.30.70.440
Switzerland202299.820.080.100
Syrian Arab Republic2016-202294.984.590.430.68
Tajikistan202296.752.620.320.32
Thailand202226.3272.70.9500.03
Timor-Leste202258.3815.315.9610.36
Togo20225.7613.4427.5513.7839.47
Tokelau2020-202296.83.200
Tonga202232.0563.254.340.280.09
Trinidad and Tobago202293.925.940.150
Tunisia202281.1316.311.530.890.15
Turkmenistan202299.820.060.120
Turks and Caicos Islands202233.9559.195.561.280.01
Tuvalu202237.2346.3112.211.622.62
Türkiye202278.6920.560.340.270.15
Uganda202217.83.2217.1458.033.82
Ukraine202271.9325.812.2500
United Arab Emirates202298.460.630.70.210
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland202298.120.990.720.170
United Republic of Tanzania202225.115.519.4943.586.32
United States Virgin Islands202299.1100.890
United States of America202297.042.5900.370
Uruguay202298.321.010.510.15
Uzbekistan202274.5421.772.061.580.05
Vanuatu202246.7127.2226.010.06
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)2021-202227.0771.3201.63
Viet Nam202243.6648.512.235.60
Wallis and Futuna Islands202294.16005.84
World202256.624.177.156.835.25
Yemen202219.1635.685.0131.578.57
Zambia202236.321.6235.676.41
Zimbabwe202231.812.8130.9817.0917.31
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