Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation — all countries

Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation — East Asia & Pacific

Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation in East Asia & Pacific in 2019 — 6.1 per 100k. Since 2019, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2019 6.1 per 100k
World rank
Period maximum 6.1 per 100k2019
Period minimum 6.1 per 100k2019

Trend over time

2019–2019 · per 100,000 people

Change over the period: +0 (+0%)

Comparison, 2019

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 6.1 per 100k
World 18.5 per 100k
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2019 6.1

About the indicator

The number of deaths attributed to unsafe water, the absence of sanitation and insufficient hygiene, per 100,000 people. The bulk of them are diarrheal diseases in children under five, so the indicator is closely tied to child mortality and goes almost to zero where the task of water supply and sewerage has been solved. This is one of the few causes of death that is removed not by medicine but by construction.

Important: A calculation from burden of disease models. In countries with universal access to water and sanitation the value is close to zero, so the spread between countries runs to a factor of hundreds.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.