Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — El Salvador

Access to basic sanitation in El Salvador in 2024 — 88%. Ranked 121 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.4 pp.

2024 88% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 121of 193
Period maximum 88%2024
Period minimum 80.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — El Salvador, 2000–20248082848688902000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 80.6%2001: 80.7%2002: 80.8%2003: 81.1%2004: 81.5%2005: 81.8%2006: 82.2%2007: 82.5%2008: 82.9%2009: 83.3%2010: 83.6%2011: 84%2012: 84.4%2013: 84.7%2014: 85.1%2015: 85.4%2016: 85.8%2017: 86.1%2018: 86.5%2019: 86.7%2020: 87%2021: 87.3%2022: 87.5%2023: 87.8%2024: 88%
Change over the period: +7.4 pp Annual average: 0.31 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

El Salvador 88%
World 82.2%
Central America computed 90.3%
Access to basic sanitation — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 88 +0.2 pp
2023 87.8 +0.3 pp
2022 87.5 +0.3 pp
2021 87.3 +0.3 pp
2020 87 +0.3 pp
2019 86.7 +0.3 pp
2018 86.5 +0.3 pp
2017 86.1 +0.3 pp
2016 85.8 +0.3 pp
2015 85.4 +0.4 pp
2014 85.1 +0.4 pp
2013 84.7 +0.4 pp
2012 84.4 +0.4 pp
2011 84 +0.4 pp
2010 83.6 +0.4 pp
2009 83.3 +0.4 pp
2008 82.9 +0.4 pp
2007 82.5 +0.3 pp
2006 82.2 +0.3 pp
2005 81.8 +0.3 pp
2004 81.5 +0.3 pp
2003 81.1 +0.4 pp
2002 80.8 +0.1 pp
2001 80.7 +0.1 pp
2000 80.6

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.