Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Jamaica

Access to basic sanitation in Jamaica in 2024 — 91.6%. Ranked 106 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 11.2 pp.

2024 91.6% +0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank 106of 193
Period maximum 91.6%2024
Period minimum 80.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Jamaica, 2000–2024808590952000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 80.4%2001: 80.4%2002: 80.5%2003: 80.5%2004: 81.1%2005: 81.6%2006: 82.1%2007: 82.7%2008: 83.2%2009: 83.7%2010: 84.2%2011: 84.8%2012: 85.3%2013: 85.8%2014: 86.4%2015: 86.9%2016: 87.4%2017: 87.9%2018: 88.5%2019: 89%2020: 89.5%2021: 90.1%2022: 90.6%2023: 91.1%2024: 91.6%
Change over the period: +11.2 pp Annual average: 0.47 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Jamaica 91.6%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 91.6 +0.5 pp
2023 91.1 +0.5 pp
2022 90.6 +0.5 pp
2021 90.1 +0.5 pp
2020 89.5 +0.5 pp
2019 89 +0.5 pp
2018 88.5 +0.5 pp
2017 87.9 +0.5 pp
2016 87.4 +0.5 pp
2015 86.9 +0.5 pp
2014 86.4 +0.5 pp
2013 85.8 +0.5 pp
2012 85.3 +0.5 pp
2011 84.8 +0.5 pp
2010 84.2 +0.5 pp
2009 83.7 +0.5 pp
2008 83.2 +0.5 pp
2007 82.7 +0.5 pp
2006 82.1 +0.5 pp
2005 81.6 +0.5 pp
2004 81.1 +0.5 pp
2003 80.5 +0.1 pp
2002 80.5 +0.1 pp
2001 80.4 +0 pp
2000 80.4

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.