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Basic Sanitation by African country

2024

Share of the population using at least basic sanitation services (WHO/UNICEF JMP).

Africa, 202434 of 54 countries
14.8%population-weighted average
Highest in 2024Morocco · 79.4%Lowest in 2024Central African Republic · 0.5%Reported in 202434 of 54 countries surveyed
Click a country to pin it — pinned countries are named on the map. Hatching means no record.
Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — 8.8%Democratic Republic of the Congo — 3.2%Somalia — 28.1%Kenya — 5.1%Sudan — no dataChad — 2.1%South Africa — 3.6%Lesotho — 4.1%Zimbabwe — 11.1%Botswana — no dataNamibia — no dataSenegal — 32.4%Mali — 27.7%Mauritania — no dataBenin — 5.9%Niger — 7.2%Nigeria — 15.7%Cameroon — no dataTogo — 12.1%Ghana — 12.8%Cote d'Ivoire — 13.3%Guinea — no dataGuinea-Bissau — 6.3%Liberia — no dataSierra Leone — 8.1%Burkina Faso — 7.1%Central African Republic — 0.5%Republic of the Congo — no dataGabon — no dataEquatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — no dataMalawi — 3.1%Mozambique — 4.6%Eswatini — 3.6%Angola — no dataBurundi — no dataMadagascar — 2.6%Gambia — 20.1%Tunisia — 18.8%Algeria — 23.4%Eritrea — no dataMorocco — 79.4%Egypt — 39.8%Libya — 66.8%Ethiopia — 2.3%Djibouti — no dataUganda — 3.5%Rwanda — no dataSouth Sudan — no dataNigeria 15.7%Nigeria 15.7%Ethiopia 2.3%Ethiopia 2.3%Kenya 5.1%Kenya 5.1%South Africa 3.6%South Africa 3.6%2024HIGHEST IN 2024Morocco79.4%Libya66.8%Egypt39.8%Senegal32.4%Somalia28.1%LOWEST IN 2024Central African Republic0.5%Chad2.1%Ethiopia2.3%Madagascar2.6%Malawi3.1%PINNEDKenya5.1%23 of 34Nigeria15.7%10 of 34South Africa3.6%27 of 34OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawnno dataComorosnot drawn7.9%Mauritiusnot drawnno dataSao Tome and Principenot drawn14.0%Seychellesnot drawnno data% of population · quintiles of the observed range0.5%3.5%6.3%11.1%20.1%79.4%no record
20142024
UNICEF · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Northern Africa5 of 6 countries42.8%
Western Africa12 of 16 countries15.1%
Eastern Africa10 of 18 countries5.6%
Southern Africa3 of 5 countries3.6%
Middle Africa4 of 9 countries3.0%
Africaall 54 countries · 34 with a 2024 figure14.8%

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
20 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon and 15 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Basic SanitationShare of the population using at least basic sanitation services (WHO/UNICEF JMP).
SourceUNICEF, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of population
Last updated15 Aug 2026
Next expected updateAug 2027
Date range2000–2024
Coverage34 of 54 countries · 34 reported, 0 modelled, 20 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 34 countries did so for 2024 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2024 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Basic Sanitation". Data adapted from UNICEF. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/sanitation
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=basic_sanitation_pct&year=2024&limit=100

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Basic Sanitation: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

35 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryBasic SanitationPeriod
1Morocco79.4%2024
2Libya66.8%2024
3Egypt39.8%2024
4Senegal32.4%2024
5Somalia28.1%2024
6Mali27.7%2024
7Djibouti27.4%2023
8Algeria23.4%2024
9Gambia20.1%2024
10Tunisia18.8%2024
11Nigeria15.7%2024
12Sao Tome and Principe14%2024
13Cote d'Ivoire13.3%2024
14Ghana12.8%2024
15Togo12.1%2024
16Zimbabwe11.1%2024
17Tanzania8.8%2024
18Sierra Leone8.1%2024
19Comoros7.9%2024
20Niger7.2%2024
21Burkina Faso7.1%2024
22Guinea-Bissau6.3%2024
23Benin5.9%2024
24Kenya5.1%2024
25Mozambique4.6%2024
26Lesotho4.1%2024
27Eswatini3.6%2024
28South Africa3.6%2024
29Uganda3.5%2024
30Democratic Republic of the Congo3.2%2024
31Malawi3.1%2024
32Madagascar2.6%2024
33Ethiopia2.3%2024
34Chad2.1%2024
35Central African Republic0.5%2024
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 35 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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