Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Eswatini

Access to basic sanitation in Eswatini in 2024 — 64.5%. Ranked 149 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 14.2 pp.

2024 64.5% +0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank 149of 193
Period maximum 64.5%2024
Period minimum 50.3%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Eswatini, 2000–2024505560652000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 50.3%2001: 50.7%2002: 51.3%2003: 51.8%2004: 52.4%2005: 52.9%2006: 53.5%2007: 54.1%2008: 54.7%2009: 55.3%2010: 55.9%2011: 56.6%2012: 57.2%2013: 57.8%2014: 58.4%2015: 59%2016: 59.6%2017: 60.2%2018: 60.8%2019: 61.5%2020: 62.1%2021: 62.7%2022: 63.3%2023: 63.9%2024: 64.5%
Change over the period: +14.2 pp Annual average: 0.59 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Eswatini 64.5%
World 82.2%
Southern Africa computed 74.4%
Access to basic sanitation — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 64.5 +0.6 pp
2023 63.9 +0.6 pp
2022 63.3 +0.6 pp
2021 62.7 +0.6 pp
2020 62.1 +0.6 pp
2019 61.5 +0.6 pp
2018 60.8 +0.6 pp
2017 60.2 +0.6 pp
2016 59.6 +0.6 pp
2015 59 +0.6 pp
2014 58.4 +0.6 pp
2013 57.8 +0.6 pp
2012 57.2 +0.6 pp
2011 56.6 +0.6 pp
2010 55.9 +0.6 pp
2009 55.3 +0.6 pp
2008 54.7 +0.6 pp
2007 54.1 +0.6 pp
2006 53.5 +0.6 pp
2005 52.9 +0.6 pp
2004 52.4 +0.6 pp
2003 51.8 +0.5 pp
2002 51.3 +0.5 pp
2001 50.7 +0.5 pp
2000 50.3

Southern Africa, 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.