Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Lower-middle-income countries

Access to basic sanitation in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 76.2%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 44.4 pp.

2024 76.2% +1.5 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 76.2%2024
Period minimum 31.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Lower-middle-income countries, 2000–2024204060802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 31.7%2001: 33.2%2002: 34.9%2003: 36.5%2004: 38.3%2005: 40.2%2006: 42%2007: 43.9%2008: 45.8%2009: 47.7%2010: 49.6%2011: 51.5%2012: 53.5%2013: 55.4%2014: 57.4%2015: 59.3%2016: 61.3%2017: 63.2%2018: 65.2%2019: 67.1%2020: 69%2021: 70.8%2022: 72.8%2023: 74.7%2024: 76.2%
Change over the period: +44.4 pp Annual average: 1.85 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 76.2%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 76.2 +1.5 pp
2023 74.7 +1.9 pp
2022 72.8 +1.9 pp
2021 70.8 +1.9 pp
2020 69 +1.9 pp
2019 67.1 +1.9 pp
2018 65.2 +1.9 pp
2017 63.2 +2 pp
2016 61.3 +2 pp
2015 59.3 +2 pp
2014 57.4 +2 pp
2013 55.4 +1.9 pp
2012 53.5 +1.9 pp
2011 51.5 +1.9 pp
2010 49.6 +1.9 pp
2009 47.7 +1.9 pp
2008 45.8 +1.9 pp
2007 43.9 +1.9 pp
2006 42 +1.9 pp
2005 40.2 +1.8 pp
2004 38.3 +1.8 pp
2003 36.5 +1.7 pp
2002 34.9 +1.6 pp
2001 33.2 +1.5 pp
2000 31.7

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.