Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Laos

Access to basic sanitation in Laos in 2024 — 88.7%. Ranked 118 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 60.2 pp.

2024 88.7% +1.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 118of 193
Period maximum 88.7%2024
Period minimum 28.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Laos, 2000–202402550751002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 28.6%2001: 31.5%2002: 34.4%2003: 37.3%2004: 40.2%2005: 43%2006: 45.6%2007: 48.2%2008: 50.8%2009: 53.4%2010: 55.9%2011: 58.5%2012: 61%2013: 63.5%2014: 66%2015: 68.5%2016: 71%2017: 73.4%2018: 75.9%2019: 78.3%2020: 80.7%2021: 83.1%2022: 85.1%2023: 87%2024: 88.7%
Change over the period: +60.2 pp Annual average: 2.51 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Laos 88.7%
World 82.2%
South-Eastern Asia computed 89.5%
Access to basic sanitation — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 88.7 +1.7 pp
2023 87 +1.9 pp
2022 85.1 +2 pp
2021 83.1 +2.4 pp
2020 80.7 +2.4 pp
2019 78.3 +2.4 pp
2018 75.9 +2.4 pp
2017 73.4 +2.5 pp
2016 71 +2.5 pp
2015 68.5 +2.5 pp
2014 66 +2.5 pp
2013 63.5 +2.5 pp
2012 61 +2.5 pp
2011 58.5 +2.5 pp
2010 55.9 +2.6 pp
2009 53.4 +2.6 pp
2008 50.8 +2.6 pp
2007 48.2 +2.6 pp
2006 45.6 +2.6 pp
2005 43 +2.8 pp
2004 40.2 +2.9 pp
2003 37.3 +2.9 pp
2002 34.4 +2.9 pp
2001 31.5 +2.9 pp
2000 28.6

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.