Liberia
Lesotho
Congo-Kinshasa
Guinea-Bissau
Somalia
Gambia, The
Rwanda
Cameroon
Malawi
Benin
Chad
Togo
Burundi
Burkina Faso
Ethiopia
Zambia
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Bolivia
Ivory Coast
Haiti
Kenya
Sudan
Angola
Uganda
Senegal
Timor-Leste
Ghana
Eswatini
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh
South Africa
Nigeria
Mauritania
Congo-Brazzaville
Dominican Rep.
Namibia
Tanzania
Afghanistan
LaosNotes
Households with a handwashing facility with soap and water available on the premises.
Source: World Bank
Rankings
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Lowest access to basic handwashing facilities: % of urban population
- Biggest decrease in carbon emissions
- Biggest emitters of carbon dioxide
- Biggest increase in carbon emissions
- Deaths due to poor sanitation
- Environmental performance index: best ecosystem vitality
- Environmental performance index: worst ecosystem vitality
- Forests: deforestation
- Forests: reforestation
- Largest amount of carbon dioxide emitted per person
- Least access to drinking water
- Lowest access to basic handwashing facilities: % of rural population
- Lowest access to basic handwashing facilities: % of urban population
- Open defecation
- Protected land areas as % of total land: highest
- Protected land areas as % of total land: lowest
- Protected marine areas as % of territorial waters
- Worst air pollution
% of urban population 2017
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- Rank
- 1
- Country
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Liberia - Result
- 1.8
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- Rank
- 2
- Country
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Lesotho - Result
- 5.9
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- Rank
- 3
- Country
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Congo-Kinshasa - Result
- 7.4
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- Rank
- 4
- Country
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Guinea-Bissau - Result
- 8.8
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- Rank
- 5
- Country
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Somalia - Result
- 12.0
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- Rank
- 6
- Country
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Gambia, The - Result
- 12.3
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- Rank
- 7
- Country
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Rwanda - Result
- 13.4
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- Rank
- 8
- Country
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Cameroon - Result
- 14.6
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- Rank
- 9
- Country
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Malawi - Result
- 15.3
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- Rank
- 10
- Country
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Benin - Result
- 16.7
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- Rank
- 11
- Country
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Chad - Result
- 17.7
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- Rank
- 12
- Country
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Togo - Result
- 20.1
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- Rank
- 13
- Country
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Burundi - Result
- 20.3
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- Rank
- 14
- Country
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Burkina Faso - Result
- 22.7
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- Rank
- 15
- Country
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Ethiopia - Result
- 23.3
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- Rank
- 16
- Country
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Zambia - Result
- 25.6
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- Rank
- 17
- Country
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Guinea - Result
- 26.3
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- Rank
- 18
- Country
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Sierra Leone - Result
- 27.1
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- Rank
- 19
- Country
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Bolivia - Result
- 28.1
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- Rank
- 20
- Country
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Ivory Coast - Result
- 28.4
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- Rank
- 21
- Country
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Haiti - Result
- 28.6
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- Rank
- 22
- Country
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Kenya - Result
- 31.7
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- Rank
- 23
- Country
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Sudan - Result
- 32.2
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- Rank
- 24
- Country
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Angola - Result
- 33.9
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- Rank
- 25
- Country
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Uganda - Result
- 34.3
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- Rank
- 26
- Country
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Senegal - Result
- 41.8
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- Rank
- 27
- Country
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Timor-Leste - Result
- 42.6
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- Rank
- 28
- Country
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Ghana - Result
- 44.6
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- Rank
- 29
- Country
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Eswatini - Result
- 47.8
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- Rank
- 30
- Country
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Zimbabwe - Result
- 48.5
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- Rank
- 31
- Country
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Bangladesh - Result
- 51.1
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- Rank
- 32
- Country
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South Africa - Result
- 52.6
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- Rank
- 33
- Country
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Nigeria - Result
- 52.8
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- Rank
- 34
- Country
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Mauritania - Result
- 55.2
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- Rank
- 35
- Country
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Congo-Brazzaville - Result
- 56.1
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- Rank
- 36
- Country
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Dominican Rep. - Result
- 58.4
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- Rank
- 37
- Country
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Namibia - Result
- 62.4
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- Rank
- 38
- Country
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Tanzania - Result
- 63.1
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- Rank
- 39
- Country
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Afghanistan - Result
- 63.6
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- Rank
- 40
- Country
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Laos - Result
- 67.4