Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Cuba

Access to basic sanitation in Cuba in 2024 — 94.8%. Ranked 95 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.5 pp.

2024 94.8% +0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank 95of 193
Period maximum 94.8%2024
Period minimum 81.3%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Cuba, 2000–2024808590952000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 81.3%2001: 81.5%2002: 81.7%2003: 81.9%2004: 82.1%2005: 82.7%2006: 83.3%2007: 83.9%2008: 84.6%2009: 85.2%2010: 85.8%2011: 86.5%2012: 87.1%2013: 87.7%2014: 88.4%2015: 89%2016: 89.6%2017: 90.3%2018: 90.9%2019: 91.5%2020: 92.2%2021: 92.8%2022: 93.5%2023: 94.1%2024: 94.8%
Change over the period: +13.5 pp Annual average: 0.56 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Cuba 94.8%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Cuba, by year Cuba All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 94.8 +0.6 pp
2023 94.1 +0.6 pp
2022 93.5 +0.6 pp
2021 92.8 +0.6 pp
2020 92.2 +0.6 pp
2019 91.5 +0.6 pp
2018 90.9 +0.6 pp
2017 90.3 +0.6 pp
2016 89.6 +0.6 pp
2015 89 +0.6 pp
2014 88.4 +0.6 pp
2013 87.7 +0.6 pp
2012 87.1 +0.6 pp
2011 86.5 +0.6 pp
2010 85.8 +0.6 pp
2009 85.2 +0.6 pp
2008 84.6 +0.6 pp
2007 83.9 +0.6 pp
2006 83.3 +0.6 pp
2005 82.7 +0.6 pp
2004 82.1 +0.2 pp
2003 81.9 +0.2 pp
2002 81.7 +0.2 pp
2001 81.5 +0.2 pp
2000 81.3

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.