Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Dominican Republic

Access to basic sanitation in the Dominican Republic in 2024 — 90.1%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.5 pp.

2024 90.1% +0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank 113of 193
Period maximum 90.1%2024
Period minimum 76.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Dominican Republic, 2000–202475808590952000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 76.6%2001: 77.1%2002: 77.7%2003: 78.3%2004: 78.9%2005: 79.5%2006: 80.2%2007: 80.8%2008: 81.4%2009: 82%2010: 82.6%2011: 83.1%2012: 83.7%2013: 84.3%2014: 84.8%2015: 85.4%2016: 85.9%2017: 86.5%2018: 87%2019: 87.5%2020: 88.1%2021: 88.6%2022: 89.1%2023: 89.6%2024: 90.1%
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: Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic 90.1%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 90.1 +0.5 pp
2023 89.6 +0.5 pp
2022 89.1 +0.5 pp
2021 88.6 +0.5 pp
2020 88.1 +0.5 pp
2019 87.5 +0.5 pp
2018 87 +0.5 pp
2017 86.5 +0.5 pp
2016 85.9 +0.5 pp
2015 85.4 +0.6 pp
2014 84.8 +0.6 pp
2013 84.3 +0.6 pp
2012 83.7 +0.6 pp
2011 83.1 +0.6 pp
2010 82.6 +0.6 pp
2009 82 +0.6 pp
2008 81.4 +0.6 pp
2007 80.8 +0.6 pp
2006 80.2 +0.6 pp
2005 79.5 +0.6 pp
2004 78.9 +0.6 pp
2003 78.3 +0.6 pp
2002 77.7 +0.6 pp
2001 77.1 +0.6 pp
2000 76.6

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.