This statistic displays the countries with the least access to sanitation services and sanitary facilities worldwide in 2018. In that year, around 76 percent of the population in Eritrea still defecate in the open.
Countries with the least access to sanitation services worldwide by 2020
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Visual Capitalist. (July 1, 2021). Countries with the least access to sanitation services worldwide by 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/952388/countries-least-sanitations-services/
Visual Capitalist. "Countries with the least access to sanitation services worldwide by 2020." Chart. July 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/952388/countries-least-sanitations-services/
Visual Capitalist. (2021). Countries with the least access to sanitation services worldwide by 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/952388/countries-least-sanitations-services/
Visual Capitalist. "Countries with The Least Access to Sanitation Services Worldwide by 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/952388/countries-least-sanitations-services/
Visual Capitalist, Countries with the least access to sanitation services worldwide by 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/952388/countries-least-sanitations-services/ (last visited March 19, 2024)
Countries with the least access to sanitation services worldwide by 2020 [Graph], Visual Capitalist, July 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/952388/countries-least-sanitations-services/