Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Guinea-Bissau

Access to basic sanitation in Guinea-Bissau in 2024 — 28.9%. Ranked 180 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 24.4 pp.

2024 28.9% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 180of 193
Period maximum 28.9%2024
Period minimum 4.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Guinea-Bissau, 2000–202401020302000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 4.5%2001: 5%2002: 5.7%2003: 6.8%2004: 7.8%2005: 8.9%2006: 10%2007: 11.1%2008: 12.3%2009: 13.4%2010: 14.6%2011: 15.8%2012: 17%2013: 18.2%2014: 19.4%2015: 20.7%2016: 22%2017: 23.3%2018: 24.6%2019: 25.9%2020: 27.3%2021: 28.6%2022: 28.7%2023: 28.8%2024: 28.9%
Change over the period: +24.4 pp Annual average: 1.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau 28.9%
World 82.2%
Western Africa computed 41.6%
Low-income countries computed 33.1%
Access to basic sanitation — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 28.9 +0.1 pp
2023 28.8 +0.1 pp
2022 28.7 +0.1 pp
2021 28.6 +1.4 pp
2020 27.3 +1.3 pp
2019 25.9 +1.3 pp
2018 24.6 +1.3 pp
2017 23.3 +1.3 pp
2016 22 +1.3 pp
2015 20.7 +1.3 pp
2014 19.4 +1.2 pp
2013 18.2 +1.2 pp
2012 17 +1.2 pp
2011 15.8 +1.2 pp
2010 14.6 +1.2 pp
2009 13.4 +1.2 pp
2008 12.3 +1.1 pp
2007 11.1 +1.1 pp
2006 10 +1.1 pp
2005 8.9 +1.1 pp
2004 7.8 +1 pp
2003 6.8 +1 pp
2002 5.7 +0.7 pp
2001 5 +0.5 pp
2000 4.5

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.