Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Guyana

Access to basic sanitation in Guyana in 2024 — 91.3%. Ranked 107 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.9 pp.

2024 91.3% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 107of 193
Period maximum 91.3%2024
Period minimum 77.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Guyana, 2000–202475808590952000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 77.4%2001: 77.9%2002: 78.5%2003: 79%2004: 79.6%2005: 80.3%2006: 80.9%2007: 81.5%2008: 82.2%2009: 82.8%2010: 83.4%2011: 84.1%2012: 84.7%2013: 85.4%2014: 86%2015: 86.7%2016: 87.4%2017: 88%2018: 88.7%2019: 89.4%2020: 90%2021: 90.7%2022: 91.3%2023: 91.3%2024: 91.3%
Change over the period: +13.9 pp Annual average: 0.58 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Guyana 91.3%
World 82.2%
South America computed 92%
High-income countries computed 98.4%
Access to basic sanitation — Guyana, by year Guyana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 91.3 +0 pp
2023 91.3 +0 pp
2022 91.3 +0.6 pp
2021 90.7 +0.7 pp
2020 90 +0.7 pp
2019 89.4 +0.7 pp
2018 88.7 +0.7 pp
2017 88 +0.7 pp
2016 87.4 +0.7 pp
2015 86.7 +0.7 pp
2014 86 +0.7 pp
2013 85.4 +0.7 pp
2012 84.7 +0.7 pp
2011 84.1 +0.6 pp
2010 83.4 +0.6 pp
2009 82.8 +0.6 pp
2008 82.2 +0.6 pp
2007 81.5 +0.6 pp
2006 80.9 +0.6 pp
2005 80.3 +0.6 pp
2004 79.6 +0.6 pp
2003 79 +0.5 pp
2002 78.5 +0.6 pp
2001 77.9 +0.5 pp
2000 77.4

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.