Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — BRICS

Access to basic sanitation in BRICS in 2024 — 90.1%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 48.6 pp.

2024 90.1% +1.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 90.1%2024
Period minimum 41.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — BRICS, 2000–20244060801002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 41.5%2001: 43%2002: 46.8%2003: 48.8%2004: 50.9%2005: 52.9%2006: 54.9%2007: 56.9%2008: 59%2009: 61%2010: 63.1%2011: 65.1%2012: 67.1%2013: 69.2%2014: 71.2%2015: 73.2%2016: 75.3%2017: 77.3%2018: 79.3%2019: 81.3%2020: 83.3%2021: 85.2%2022: 87.1%2023: 88.9%2024: 90.1%
Change over the period: +48.6 pp Annual average: 2.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS

BRICS 90.1%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 90.1 +1.2 pp
2023 88.9 +1.8 pp
2022 87.1 +1.9 pp
2021 85.2 +1.9 pp
2020 83.3 +2 pp
2019 81.3 +2 pp
2018 79.3 +2 pp
2017 77.3 +2 pp
2016 75.3 +2 pp
2015 73.2 +2 pp
2014 71.2 +2 pp
2013 69.2 +2 pp
2012 67.1 +2 pp
2011 65.1 +2 pp
2010 63.1 +2 pp
2009 61 +2 pp
2008 59 +2 pp
2007 56.9 +2 pp
2006 54.9 +2 pp
2005 52.9 +2 pp
2004 50.9 +2 pp
2003 48.8 +2 pp
2002 46.8 +3.9 pp
2001 43 +1.4 pp
2000 41.5

About the indicator

The share of the population using improved sanitation facilities not shared with other households: sewerage, septic tanks, improved pit latrines. Alongside access to clean water this is the basic condition for reducing child mortality from intestinal infections.

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