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Table 1 Percentage of households with access to basic sanitation facilities in 27 sub-Saharan African countries

From: Access to basic sanitation facilities reduces the prevalence of anaemia among women of reproductive age in sub-saharan Africa

Country

Survey year

Weighted number of women

Weighted percent

Percent of households with access to basic sanitation

Percent

95% CI

Benin

2017-18

2,812

2.8

23.3

[20.0,26.9]

Burkina

2010

2,287

2.3

37.8

[33.8,42.0]

Burundi

2016-17

6,530

6.5

43.6

[40.8,46.4]

Cameroon

2018

4,642

4.6

38.7

[34.8,42.7]

Cote D’Ivoire

2011-12

2,031

2.0

25.6

[21.8,29.7]

DR Congo

2017

7,682

7.6

20.3

[17.0,24.1]

Eswatini

2006-07

1,946

1.9

64.4

[60.0,68.6]

Gambia

2019-20

3,644

3.6

46.0

[41.7,50.3]

Ghana

2014

1,136

1.1

24.0

[19.5,29.1]

Guinea

2018

3,238

3.2

25.0

[22.3,27.9]

Lesotho

2014

1,016

1.0

65.7

[59.5,71.5]

Liberia

2019-20

1,561

1.6

29.9

[25.0,35.3]

Madagascar

2008-9

2,967

2.9

33.3

[29.5,37.4]

Malawi

2015-16

5,299

5.3

52.4

[49.8,55.1]

Mali

2018

4,454

4.4

33.4

[30.3,36.6]

Mozambique

2015

6,298

6.2

31.3

[29.0,33.7]

Namibia

2013

940

0.9

58.1

[52.8,63.3]

Niger

2017

1,499

1.5

31.1

[26.7,35.9]

Nigeria

2018

9,842

9.8

37.8

[35.3,40.3]

Rwanda

2019-20

3,971

3.9

58.2

[55.5,60.8]

Sao Tome and Principe

2008-09

620

0.6

45.0

[38.1,52.2]

Sierra Leone

2019

3,620

3.6

16.0

[13.9,18.4]

South Africa

2016

1,191

1.2

54.0

[48.4,59.5]

Tanzania

2015-16

8,111

8.0

46.2

[43.7,48.7]

Togo

2013-14

1,350

1.3

22.7

[19.1,26.8]

Zambia

2018

8,172

8.1

30.7

[28.1,33.6]

Zimbabwe

2015-16

4,004

4.0

42.9

[39.6,46.2]

Total

2006-20

100,861

100.0

37.1

[36.4,37.9]