Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — G20

Access to basic sanitation in the G20 in 2024 — 92.1%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 37.1 pp.

2024 92.1% +1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 92.1%2024
Period minimum 55%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — G20, 2000–202450607080901002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 55%2001: 56%2002: 58.5%2003: 60.1%2004: 61.6%2005: 63.1%2006: 64.7%2007: 66.3%2008: 67.8%2009: 69.4%2010: 71%2011: 72.6%2012: 74.1%2013: 75.8%2014: 77.4%2015: 79%2016: 80.6%2017: 82%2018: 83.6%2019: 85.2%2020: 86.7%2021: 88.3%2022: 89.7%2023: 91.1%2024: 92.1%
Change over the period: +37.1 pp Annual average: 1.55 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 92.1%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 92.1 +1 pp
2023 91.1 +1.4 pp
2022 89.7 +1.5 pp
2021 88.3 +1.5 pp
2020 86.7 +1.5 pp
2019 85.2 +1.6 pp
2018 83.6 +1.6 pp
2017 82 +1.4 pp
2016 80.6 +1.6 pp
2015 79 +1.6 pp
2014 77.4 +1.6 pp
2013 75.8 +1.7 pp
2012 74.1 +1.6 pp
2011 72.6 +1.6 pp
2010 71 +1.6 pp
2009 69.4 +1.6 pp
2008 67.8 +1.6 pp
2007 66.3 +1.6 pp
2006 64.7 +1.5 pp
2005 63.1 +1.5 pp
2004 61.6 +1.5 pp
2003 60.1 +1.5 pp
2002 58.5 +2.5 pp
2001 56 +1 pp
2000 55

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.