Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Maldives

Access to basic sanitation in the Maldives in 2024 — 99.7%. Ranked 31 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 23.6 pp.

2024 99.7% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 31of 193
Period maximum 99.7%2024
Period minimum 76.1%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Maldives, 2000–20247080901002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 76.1%2001: 77.3%2002: 78.5%2003: 79.7%2004: 80.8%2005: 81.9%2006: 83%2007: 83.9%2008: 85%2009: 86%2010: 87.1%2011: 88.1%2012: 89.2%2013: 90.2%2014: 91.3%2015: 92.3%2016: 93.3%2017: 94.3%2018: 95.3%2019: 96.4%2020: 97.1%2021: 97.9%2022: 98.6%2023: 99.3%2024: 99.7%
Change over the period: +23.6 pp Annual average: 0.98 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Maldives 99.7%
World 82.2%
Southern Asia computed 80.5%
Access to basic sanitation — Maldives, by year Maldives All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.7 +0.4 pp
2023 99.3 +0.7 pp
2022 98.6 +0.7 pp
2021 97.9 +0.7 pp
2020 97.1 +0.8 pp
2019 96.4 +1 pp
2018 95.3 +1 pp
2017 94.3 +1 pp
2016 93.3 +1 pp
2015 92.3 +1 pp
2014 91.3 +1 pp
2013 90.2 +1 pp
2012 89.2 +1 pp
2011 88.1 +1.1 pp
2010 87.1 +1.1 pp
2009 86 +1.1 pp
2008 85 +1.1 pp
2007 83.9 +0.9 pp
2006 83 +1.1 pp
2005 81.9 +1.1 pp
2004 80.8 +1.1 pp
2003 79.7 +1.2 pp
2002 78.5 +1.2 pp
2001 77.3 +1.2 pp
2000 76.1

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.