% of public schools of basic education that have access to sewage via pit or septic tank by country

Countries reporting
17
Highest
90.6
Romania
Lowest
28.6
Madagascar
Median
67.5
Years covered
9
2010–2018
Data points
252

What the numbers show

% of public schools of basic education that have access to sewage via pit or septic tank is currently reported for 17 countries. The highest value is 90.6 in Romania; the lowest is 28.6 in Madagascar.

The median across all reporting countries is 67.5, and the mean is 66.19.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 16.2%), and the largest decrease in Madagascar (down 24.1%).

% of public schools of basic education that have access to sewage via: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Romania 90.6 2018 down 0.7% flat
2 Albania 83.7 2018 down 4.6% flat
3 Tonga 83.1 2018 up 5.5% flat
4 Morocco 82.5 2018 up 16.2% rising
5 Panama 77.9 2018 down 2.7% flat
6 Malta 77.1 2018 down 8.5% falling
7 Sweden 76 2018 down 4.4% flat
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67.8 2018 down 6.5% falling
9 Peru 67.5 2018 down 7.2% falling
10 Montserrat 66.4 2018 down 15.7% falling
11 Seychelles 64.9 2018 down 2.8% flat
12 Armenia 60.3 2018 down 5.2% falling
13 Serbia 57 2018 down 8.1% falling
14 Brazil 55.2 2018 down 9.4% falling
15 Puerto Rico 45.3 2018 down 21.9% falling
16 Spain 41.3 2018 down 13.8% falling
17 Madagascar 28.6 2018 down 24.1% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
% of public schools of basic education that have access to sewage via pit or septic tank
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
28 places, 252 data points, 2010–2018
Last refreshed