Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Gabon

Access to basic sanitation in Gabon in 2024 — 57.4%. Ranked 154 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 30.6 pp.

2024 57.4% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 154of 193
Period maximum 57.4%2024
Period minimum 26.8%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Gabon, 2000–202420304050602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 26.8%2001: 28%2002: 29.1%2003: 30.3%2004: 31.5%2005: 32.7%2006: 33.9%2007: 35.1%2008: 36.4%2009: 37.7%2010: 39%2011: 40.3%2012: 41.7%2013: 43%2014: 44.4%2015: 45.8%2016: 47.2%2017: 48.6%2018: 50%2019: 51.4%2020: 52.9%2021: 54.3%2022: 55.8%2023: 57.3%2024: 57.4%
Change over the period: +30.6 pp Annual average: 1.27 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Gabon 57.4%
World 82.2%
Middle Africa computed 21.9%
Access to basic sanitation — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 57.4 +0.1 pp
2023 57.3 +1.5 pp
2022 55.8 +1.5 pp
2021 54.3 +1.5 pp
2020 52.9 +1.4 pp
2019 51.4 +1.4 pp
2018 50 +1.4 pp
2017 48.6 +1.4 pp
2016 47.2 +1.4 pp
2015 45.8 +1.4 pp
2014 44.4 +1.4 pp
2013 43 +1.4 pp
2012 41.7 +1.3 pp
2011 40.3 +1.3 pp
2010 39 +1.3 pp
2009 37.7 +1.3 pp
2008 36.4 +1.3 pp
2007 35.1 +1.2 pp
2006 33.9 +1.2 pp
2005 32.7 +1.2 pp
2004 31.5 +1.2 pp
2003 30.3 +1.2 pp
2002 29.1 +1.2 pp
2001 28 +1.1 pp
2000 26.8

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.