Liberia
Lesotho
Gambia, The
Congo-Kinshasa
Chad
Rwanda
Cameroon
Togo
Ethiopia
Burundi
Guinea-Bissau
Zambia
Benin
Malawi
Burkina Faso
Somalia
Senegal
Ivory Coast
Guinea
Angola
Sierra Leone
Haiti
Eswatini
Uganda
Sudan
Bolivia
Timor-Leste
Kenya
Bangladesh
South Africa
Namibia
Afghanistan
Mauritania
Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Congo-Brazzaville
Colombia
Ghana
Yemen
MaliNotes
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 rural 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 rural population 2017
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- Rank
- 1
- Country
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Liberia - Result
- 0.6
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- Rank
- 2
- Country
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Lesotho - Result
- 0.7
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- Rank
- 3
- Country
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Gambia, The - Result
- 1.1
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- Rank
- 4
- Country
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Congo-Kinshasa - Result
- 2.2
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- Rank
- 5
- Country
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Chad - Result
- 2.3
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- Rank
- 6
- Country
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Rwanda - Result
- 2.8
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- Rank
- 7
- Country
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Cameroon - Result
- 2.9
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- Rank
- 8
- Country
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Togo - Result
- 3.7
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- Rank
- 9
- Country
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Ethiopia - Result
- 4.0
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- Rank
- 10
- Country
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Burundi - Result
- 4.1
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- Rank
- 11
- Country
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Guinea-Bissau - Result
- 4.6
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- Rank
- 12
- Country
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Zambia - Result
- 5.2
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- Rank
- 13
- Country
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Benin - Result
- 6.0
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- Rank
- 14
- Country
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Malawi - Result
- 7.4
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- Rank
- 15
- Country
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Burkina Faso - Result
- 7.5
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- Rank
- 16
- Country
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Somalia - Result
- 8.1
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- Rank
- 17
- Country
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Senegal - Result
- 8.6
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- Rank
- 18
- Country
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Ivory Coast - Result
- 10.2
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- Rank
- 19
- Country
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Guinea - Result
- 12.5
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- Rank
- 20
- Country
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Angola - Result
- 13.2
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- Rank
- 21
- Country
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Sierra Leone - Result
- 13.7
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- Rank
- 22
- Country
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Haiti - Result
- 16.0
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- Rank
- 23
- Country
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Eswatini - Result
- 16.8
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- Rank
- 24
- Country
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Uganda - Result
- 17.3
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- Rank
- 25
- Country
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Sudan - Result
- 18.9
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- Rank
- 26
- Country
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Bolivia - Result
- 19.3
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- Rank
- 27
- Country
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Timor-Leste - Result
- 21.9
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- Rank
- 28
- Country
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Kenya - Result
- 22.1
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- Rank
- 29
- Country
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Bangladesh - Result
- 25.7
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- Rank
- 30
- Country
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South Africa - Result
- 27.5
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- Rank
- Country
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Namibia - Result
- 27.5
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- Rank
- 32
- Country
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Afghanistan - Result
- 29.0
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- Rank
- 33
- Country
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Mauritania - Result
- 29.3
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- Rank
- 34
- Country
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Zimbabwe - Result
- 31.2
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- Rank
- 35
- Country
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Nigeria - Result
- 31.3
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- Rank
- 36
- Country
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Congo-Brazzaville - Result
- 31.8
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- Rank
- 37
- Country
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Colombia - Result
- 34.8
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- Rank
- 38
- Country
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Ghana - Result
- 36.6
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- Rank
- 39
- Country
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Yemen - Result
- 37.5
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- Rank
- 40
- Country
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Mali - Result
- 39.3