Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Moldova

Access to basic sanitation in Moldova in 2024 — 86.9%. Ranked 125 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.6 pp.

2024 86.9% +0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank 125of 193
Period maximum 86.9%2024
Period minimum 71.3%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Moldova, 2000–202470758085902000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 71.3%2001: 71.7%2002: 72.1%2003: 72.5%2004: 73.1%2005: 73.7%2006: 74.4%2007: 75.1%2008: 75.7%2009: 76.4%2010: 77.1%2011: 77.8%2012: 78.5%2013: 79.3%2014: 80%2015: 80.7%2016: 81.4%2017: 82.2%2018: 82.9%2019: 83.7%2020: 84.4%2021: 85.2%2022: 85.7%2023: 86.3%2024: 86.9%
Change over the period: +15.6 pp Annual average: 0.65 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Moldova 86.9%
World 82.2%
Eastern Europe computed 94.3%
Access to basic sanitation — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 86.9 +0.6 pp
2023 86.3 +0.6 pp
2022 85.7 +0.6 pp
2021 85.2 +0.8 pp
2020 84.4 +0.8 pp
2019 83.7 +0.7 pp
2018 82.9 +0.7 pp
2017 82.2 +0.7 pp
2016 81.4 +0.7 pp
2015 80.7 +0.7 pp
2014 80 +0.7 pp
2013 79.3 +0.7 pp
2012 78.5 +0.7 pp
2011 77.8 +0.7 pp
2010 77.1 +0.7 pp
2009 76.4 +0.7 pp
2008 75.7 +0.7 pp
2007 75.1 +0.7 pp
2006 74.4 +0.7 pp
2005 73.7 +0.6 pp
2004 73.1 +0.6 pp
2003 72.5 +0.4 pp
2002 72.1 +0.4 pp
2001 71.7 +0.4 pp
2000 71.3

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.