Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Malawi

Access to basic sanitation in Malawi in 2024 — 49.2%. Ranked 157 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 39.9 pp.

2024 49.2% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank 157of 193
Period maximum 49.2%2022
Period minimum 9.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Malawi, 2000–202402040602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 9.4%2001: 9.4%2002: 9.4%2003: 9.4%2004: 9.4%2005: 11.6%2006: 13.9%2007: 16.2%2008: 18.4%2009: 20.7%2010: 23%2011: 25.2%2012: 27.4%2013: 29.6%2014: 31.9%2015: 34.1%2016: 36.3%2017: 38.5%2018: 40.6%2019: 42.8%2020: 45%2021: 47.1%2022: 49.2%2023: 49.2%2024: 49.2%
Change over the period: +39.9 pp Annual average: 1.66 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Malawi 49.2%
World 82.2%
Eastern Africa computed 29.7%
Low-income countries computed 33.1%
Access to basic sanitation — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 49.2 −0 pp
2023 49.2 −0 pp
2022 49.2 +2.1 pp
2021 47.1 +2.1 pp
2020 45 +2.2 pp
2019 42.8 +2.2 pp
2018 40.6 +2.2 pp
2017 38.5 +2.2 pp
2016 36.3 +2.2 pp
2015 34.1 +2.2 pp
2014 31.9 +2.2 pp
2013 29.6 +2.2 pp
2012 27.4 +2.2 pp
2011 25.2 +2.2 pp
2010 23 +2.2 pp
2009 20.7 +2.3 pp
2008 18.4 +2.3 pp
2007 16.2 +2.3 pp
2006 13.9 +2.3 pp
2005 11.6 +2.3 pp
2004 9.4 +0 pp
2003 9.4 +0 pp
2002 9.4 +0 pp
2001 9.4 +0 pp
2000 9.4

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.