Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Madagascar

Access to basic sanitation in Madagascar in 2024 — 15.4%. Ranked 189 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 11.5 pp.

2024 15.4% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 189of 193
Period maximum 15.4%2024
Period minimum 3.8%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Madagascar, 2000–2024051015202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 3.8%2001: 4.3%2002: 4.7%2003: 5.2%2004: 5.6%2005: 6.1%2006: 6.6%2007: 7.1%2008: 7.6%2009: 8.1%2010: 8.6%2011: 9.1%2012: 9.6%2013: 10.1%2014: 10.6%2015: 11.1%2016: 11.6%2017: 12.1%2018: 12.6%2019: 13.2%2020: 13.7%2021: 14.2%2022: 14.8%2023: 15.3%2024: 15.4%
Change over the period: +11.5 pp Annual average: 0.48 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Madagascar 15.4%
World 82.2%
Eastern Africa computed 29.7%
Low-income countries computed 33.1%
Access to basic sanitation — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 15.4 +0.1 pp
2023 15.3 +0.5 pp
2022 14.8 +0.5 pp
2021 14.2 +0.5 pp
2020 13.7 +0.5 pp
2019 13.2 +0.5 pp
2018 12.6 +0.5 pp
2017 12.1 +0.5 pp
2016 11.6 +0.5 pp
2015 11.1 +0.5 pp
2014 10.6 +0.5 pp
2013 10.1 +0.5 pp
2012 9.6 +0.5 pp
2011 9.1 +0.5 pp
2010 8.6 +0.5 pp
2009 8.1 +0.5 pp
2008 7.6 +0.5 pp
2007 7.1 +0.5 pp
2006 6.6 +0.5 pp
2005 6.1 +0.5 pp
2004 5.6 +0.5 pp
2003 5.2 +0.5 pp
2002 4.7 +0.5 pp
2001 4.3 +0.5 pp
2000 3.8

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.