Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Gambia

Access to basic sanitation in the Gambia in 2024 — 48.2%. Ranked 159 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.9 pp.

2024 48.2% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 159of 193
Period maximum 51.1%2000
Period minimum 46.4%2009

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Gambia, 2000–2024464850522000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 51.1%2001: 49.9%2002: 48.8%2003: 47.7%2004: 46.7%2005: 46.6%2006: 46.5%2007: 46.4%2008: 46.4%2009: 46.4%2010: 46.4%2011: 46.4%2012: 46.4%2013: 46.5%2014: 46.6%2015: 46.7%2016: 46.8%2017: 46.9%2018: 47%2019: 47.2%2020: 47.4%2021: 47.5%2022: 47.7%2023: 47.9%2024: 48.2%
Change over the period: −2.9 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Gambia 48.2%
World 82.2%
Western Africa computed 41.6%
Low-income countries computed 33.1%
Access to basic sanitation — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 48.2 +0.2 pp
2023 47.9 +0.2 pp
2022 47.7 +0.2 pp
2021 47.5 +0.2 pp
2020 47.4 +0.2 pp
2019 47.2 +0.2 pp
2018 47 +0.1 pp
2017 46.9 +0.1 pp
2016 46.8 +0.1 pp
2015 46.7 +0.1 pp
2014 46.6 +0.1 pp
2013 46.5 +0.1 pp
2012 46.4 +0 pp
2011 46.4 +0 pp
2010 46.4 +0 pp
2009 46.4 −0 pp
2008 46.4 −0 pp
2007 46.4 −0.1 pp
2006 46.5 −0.1 pp
2005 46.6 −0.1 pp
2004 46.7 −1 pp
2003 47.7 −1.1 pp
2002 48.8 −1.1 pp
2001 49.9 −1.1 pp
2000 51.1

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.