People using at least basic sanitation services in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: People using at least basic sanitation services was 66.3% in 2017. ▲ Rising
People using at least basic sanitation services in Equatorial Guinea, 2000–2017
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 66.3% for people using at least basic sanitation services in 2017. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least basic sanitation services in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 66.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 54.8%, in 2000.
That places Equatorial Guinea 164th out of 214 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59.0% | 54.8% | 63.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.6% | 63.8% | 66.3% | 8 |
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More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 18,920 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 20,652 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 20,948 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 19,983 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 20,266 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 362,847 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 19,303 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 19,578 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 18,635 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 15,708 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least basic sanitation services in Equatorial Guinea?
- People using at least basic sanitation services in Equatorial Guinea was 66.3% in 2017, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people using at least basic sanitation services recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 66.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest people using at least basic sanitation services recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.8% in 2000.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for people using at least basic sanitation services?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 164th out of 214 countries with data for 2017.
- Is people using at least basic sanitation services rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines; ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.