Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Cambodia

Access to basic sanitation in Cambodia in 2024 — 83.3%. Ranked 132 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 72.9 pp.

2024 83.3% +3 pp vs 2023
World rank 132of 193
Period maximum 83.3%2024
Period minimum 10.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Cambodia, 2000–202402550751002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 10.4%2001: 10.8%2002: 13.5%2003: 16.5%2004: 19.5%2005: 22.5%2006: 25.5%2007: 28.6%2008: 31.7%2009: 34.8%2010: 38%2011: 41.2%2012: 44.5%2013: 47.7%2014: 50.9%2015: 54.2%2016: 57.4%2017: 60.7%2018: 63.9%2019: 67.2%2020: 70.5%2021: 73.8%2022: 77.1%2023: 80.4%2024: 83.3%
Change over the period: +72.9 pp Annual average: 3.04 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Cambodia 83.3%
World 82.2%
South-Eastern Asia computed 89.5%
Access to basic sanitation — Cambodia, by year Cambodia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 83.3 +3 pp
2023 80.4 +3.3 pp
2022 77.1 +3.3 pp
2021 73.8 +3.3 pp
2020 70.5 +3.3 pp
2019 67.2 +3.3 pp
2018 63.9 +3.3 pp
2017 60.7 +3.3 pp
2016 57.4 +3.3 pp
2015 54.2 +3.2 pp
2014 50.9 +3.2 pp
2013 47.7 +3.2 pp
2012 44.5 +3.2 pp
2011 41.2 +3.2 pp
2010 38 +3.2 pp
2009 34.8 +3.2 pp
2008 31.7 +3.1 pp
2007 28.6 +3 pp
2006 25.5 +3 pp
2005 22.5 +3 pp
2004 19.5 +3 pp
2003 16.5 +3 pp
2002 13.5 +2.7 pp
2001 10.8 +0.3 pp
2000 10.4

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.