Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — G7

Access to basic sanitation in the G7 in 2024 — 99.5%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.2 pp.

2024 99.5% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 99.7%2000
Period minimum 99.5%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — G7, 2000–202499.599.599.699.699.799.72000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 99.7%2001: 99.7%2002: 99.7%2003: 99.7%2004: 99.6%2005: 99.6%2006: 99.6%2007: 99.6%2008: 99.6%2009: 99.6%2010: 99.6%2011: 99.6%2012: 99.6%2013: 99.6%2014: 99.6%2015: 99.6%2016: 99.5%2017: 99.5%2018: 99.5%2019: 99.5%2020: 99.5%2021: 99.5%2022: 99.5%2023: 99.5%2024: 99.5%
Change over the period: −0.2 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 99.5%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.5 −0 pp
2023 99.5 −0 pp
2022 99.5 −0 pp
2021 99.5 −0 pp
2020 99.5 −0 pp
2019 99.5 −0 pp
2018 99.5 −0 pp
2017 99.5 −0 pp
2016 99.5 −0 pp
2015 99.6 −0 pp
2014 99.6 −0 pp
2013 99.6 −0 pp
2012 99.6 −0 pp
2011 99.6 −0 pp
2010 99.6 −0 pp
2009 99.6 −0 pp
2008 99.6 −0 pp
2007 99.6 −0 pp
2006 99.6 −0 pp
2005 99.6 −0 pp
2004 99.6 −0 pp
2003 99.7 −0 pp
2002 99.7 −0 pp
2001 99.7 −0 pp
2000 99.7

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.