Improved sanitation facilities, rural (% of rural population with access) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics

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Access to improved sanitation facilities refers to the percentage of the population with at least adequate access to excreta disposal facilities that can effectively prevent human, animal, and insect contact with excreta. Improved facilities range from simple but protected pit latrines to flush toilets with a sewerage connection. To be effective, facilities must be correctly constructed and properly maintained.

Rank	Country	Value
Improved sanitation facilities, rural (% of rural population with access) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2008)
1	Andorra	100
2	Malta	100
3	Portugal	100
4	Norway	100
5	Japan	100
6	Germany	100
7	Cyprus	100
8	North Korea	100
9	Australia	100
10	Austria	100
11	South Korea	100
12	Kuwait	100
13	Belgium	100
14	Sweden	100
15	Luxembourg	100
16	United Kingdom	100
17	Bulgaria	100
18	Bahamas	100
19	Qatar	100
20	Slovenia	100
21	France	100
22	Western Samoa	100
23	Finland	100
24	Barbados	100
25	Spain	100
26	Denmark	100
27	Uzbekistan	100
28	Switzerland	100
29	Netherlands	100
30	Hungary	100
31	Iceland	100
32	Israel	100
33	Euro area	99.72
34	Canada	99
35	North America	99
36	United States	99
37	Uruguay	99
38	Slovakia	99
39	High income: OECD	98.22
40	High income	98.09
41	Kazakhstan	98
42	Albania	98
43	Guam	98
44	Croatia	98
45	Ireland	98
46	Czech Republic	97
47	Greece	97
48	French Polynesia	97
49	Belarus	97
50	Turkmenistan	97
51	Jordan	97
52	Grenada	97
53	Maldives	96
54	St. Kitts and Nevis	96
55	Thailand	96
56	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	96
57	Libya	96
58	Tonga	96
59	Northern Mariana Islands	96
60	Costa Rica	96
61	United Arab Emirates	95
62	Syria	95
63	Malaysia	95
64	Tajikistan	94
65	Estonia	94
66	OECD members	93.31
67	Kyrgyzstan	93
68	Georgia	93
69	European Union	92.78
70	Trinidad and Tobago	92
71	Egypt	92
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina	92
73	Sri Lanka	92
74	Ukraine	90
75	Mauritius	90
76	Algeria	88
77	Serbia	88
78	Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)	87.08
79	Montenegro	86
80	Belize	86
81	Ecuador	84
82	West Bank and Gaza	84
83	Jamaica	84
84	Chile	83
85	El Salvador	83
86	Macedonia	82
87	Cuba	81
88	Tuvalu	81
89	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	80.20
90	Poland	80
91	Armenia	80
92	Guyana	80
93	Burma	79
94	Argentina	77
95	Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)	76.01
96	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	75.70
97	Turkey	75
98	Moldova	74
99	Dominican Republic	74
100	Guatemala	73
101	Latvia	71
102	Russia	70
103	Philippines	69
104	Mexico	68
105	Vietnam	67
106	Upper middle income	66.95
107	Suriname	66
108	Iraq	66
109	Gambia	65
110	South Africa	65
111	Tunisia	64
112	Arab World	63.06
113	Honduras	62
114	Malawi	57
115	East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)	56.46
116	Colombia	55
117	Rwanda	55
118	Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)	54.91
119	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	54.48
120	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	54.24
121	Bhutan	54
122	Romania	54
123	Marshall Islands	53
124	Swaziland	53
125	China	52
126	Bangladesh	52
127	Morocco	52
128	Panama	51
129	Uganda	49
130	Vanuatu	48
131	Burundi	46
132	Middle income	43.41
133	Zambia	43
134	Low & middle income	41.28
135	Lower middle income	41.05
136	Papua New Guinea	41
137	Paraguay	40
138	Timor-Leste	40
139	Botswana	39
140	Azerbaijan	39
141	Cape Verde	38
142	Laos	38
143	Senegal	38
144	Brazil	37
145	Nicaragua	37
146	Zimbabwe	37
147	Peru	36
148	Indonesia	36
149	Cameroon	35
150	Yemen	33
151	Low income	32.25
152	Mongolia	32
153	Kenya	32
154	Mali	32
155	Least developed countries: UN classification	31.20
156	Gabon	30
157	Afghanistan	30
158	Comoros	30
159	Republic of the Congo	29
160	Pakistan	29
161	Nigeria	28
162	Central African Republic	28
163	Nepal	27
164	South Asia	26.55
165	Lesotho	25
166	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	24.13
167	Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)	24.13
168	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23
169	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	21.67
170	Tanzania	21
171	India	21
172	Sao Tome and Principe	19
173	Sudan	18
174	Cambodia	18
175	Angola	18
176	Namibia	17
177	Ivory Coast	11
178	Guinea	11
179	Haiti	10
180	Djibouti	10
181	Madagascar	10
182	Guinea-Bissau	9
183	Bolivia	9
184	Mauritania	9
185	Ethiopia	8
186	Ghana	7
187	Somalia	6
188	Sierra Leone	6
189	Burkina Faso	6
190	Eritrea	4
191	Niger	4
192	Benin	4
193	Chad	4
194	Liberia	4
195	Mozambique	4
196	Togo	3

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Improved sanitation facilities, rural (% of rural population with access) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics

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