Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Mauritius

Access to basic sanitation in Mauritius in 2024 — 97.4%. Ranked 81 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.9 pp.

2024 97.4% +0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 81of 193
Period maximum 97.4%2024
Period minimum 90.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Mauritius, 2000–202490929496982000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 90.5%2001: 90.8%2002: 91.1%2003: 91.4%2004: 91.6%2005: 91.9%2006: 92.2%2007: 92.5%2008: 92.8%2009: 93.1%2010: 93.4%2011: 93.6%2012: 93.9%2013: 94.2%2014: 94.5%2015: 94.8%2016: 95.1%2017: 95.4%2018: 95.7%2019: 96%2020: 96.2%2021: 96.5%2022: 96.8%2023: 97.1%2024: 97.4%
Change over the period: +6.9 pp Annual average: 0.29 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritius 97.4%
World 82.2%
Eastern Africa computed 29.7%
Access to basic sanitation — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 97.4 +0.3 pp
2023 97.1 +0.3 pp
2022 96.8 +0.3 pp
2021 96.5 +0.3 pp
2020 96.2 +0.3 pp
2019 96 +0.3 pp
2018 95.7 +0.3 pp
2017 95.4 +0.3 pp
2016 95.1 +0.3 pp
2015 94.8 +0.3 pp
2014 94.5 +0.3 pp
2013 94.2 +0.3 pp
2012 93.9 +0.3 pp
2011 93.6 +0.3 pp
2010 93.4 +0.3 pp
2009 93.1 +0.3 pp
2008 92.8 +0.3 pp
2007 92.5 +0.3 pp
2006 92.2 +0.3 pp
2005 91.9 +0.3 pp
2004 91.6 +0.3 pp
2003 91.4 +0.3 pp
2002 91.1 +0.3 pp
2001 90.8 +0.3 pp
2000 90.5

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.