Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Comoros

Access to basic sanitation in the Comoros in 2024 — 57.2%. Ranked 155 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 32.8 pp.

2024 57.2% +1.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 155of 193
Period maximum 57.2%2024
Period minimum 24.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Comoros, 2000–202420304050602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 24.4%2001: 26.2%2002: 27.7%2003: 29.2%2004: 30.8%2005: 32.3%2006: 33.8%2007: 35.2%2008: 36.7%2009: 38.1%2010: 39.5%2011: 40.9%2012: 42.3%2013: 43.7%2014: 45%2015: 46.3%2016: 47.6%2017: 48.9%2018: 50.2%2019: 51.4%2020: 52.6%2021: 53.8%2022: 55%2023: 56.1%2024: 57.2%
Change over the period: +32.8 pp Annual average: 1.37 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Comoros 57.2%
World 82.2%
Eastern Africa computed 29.7%
Access to basic sanitation — Comoros, by year Comoros All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 57.2 +1.1 pp
2023 56.1 +1.1 pp
2022 55 +1.2 pp
2021 53.8 +1.2 pp
2020 52.6 +1.2 pp
2019 51.4 +1.2 pp
2018 50.2 +1.3 pp
2017 48.9 +1.3 pp
2016 47.6 +1.3 pp
2015 46.3 +1.3 pp
2014 45 +1.3 pp
2013 43.7 +1.4 pp
2012 42.3 +1.4 pp
2011 40.9 +1.4 pp
2010 39.5 +1.4 pp
2009 38.1 +1.4 pp
2008 36.7 +1.5 pp
2007 35.2 +1.5 pp
2006 33.8 +1.5 pp
2005 32.3 +1.5 pp
2004 30.8 +1.5 pp
2003 29.2 +1.5 pp
2002 27.7 +1.6 pp
2001 26.2 +1.7 pp
2000 24.4

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.