Who has safe sanitation?

Click any country to see the share of its population using safely managed sanitation — a private, improved toilet where waste is safely treated.

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Safely managed sanitation

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Overview

Safely managed sanitation means a private, improved toilet where the waste is treated and disposed of safely. Billions still lack it. This map shows the share for every reporting country.

Key facts

Roughly 4 in 10 people worldwide have safely managed sanitation.
Coverage is lowest across sub-Saharan Africa and parts of southern Asia.
It is the highest of the JMP sanitation service levels.

Common questions

What is safely managed sanitation?

Use of an improved sanitation facility that is not shared, where excreta are safely disposed of on site or treated off site. It is the highest WHO/UNICEF JMP service level.

Why does it matter?

Unsafe sanitation spreads disease and contaminates water. Safe sanitation is one of the strongest predictors of child survival and public health.

Where does the data come from?

The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP), compiled via Our World in Data.

Sources & methodology

Data from WHO/UNICEF JMP (via Our World in Data), compiled via Our World in Data. Global figures are population-weighted across the countries that report this measure; countries without reliable recent data are shown as “no data”.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.