Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Mongolia

Access to basic sanitation in Mongolia in 2024 — 74.3%. Ranked 139 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 30.9 pp.

2024 74.3% +1.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 139of 193
Period maximum 74.3%2024
Period minimum 43.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Mongolia, 2000–202440506070802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 43.4%2001: 43.9%2002: 44.5%2003: 45.1%2004: 46.6%2005: 48.1%2006: 49.6%2007: 51.1%2008: 52.7%2009: 54.2%2010: 55.7%2011: 57.1%2012: 58.4%2013: 59.6%2014: 60.9%2015: 62.2%2016: 63.5%2017: 64.8%2018: 66.1%2019: 67.4%2020: 68.8%2021: 70.1%2022: 71.5%2023: 72.9%2024: 74.3%
Change over the period: +30.9 pp Annual average: 1.29 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Mongolia 74.3%
World 82.2%
Eastern Asia computed 97.5%
Access to basic sanitation — Mongolia, by year Mongolia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 74.3 +1.4 pp
2023 72.9 +1.4 pp
2022 71.5 +1.4 pp
2021 70.1 +1.4 pp
2020 68.8 +1.3 pp
2019 67.4 +1.3 pp
2018 66.1 +1.3 pp
2017 64.8 +1.3 pp
2016 63.5 +1.3 pp
2015 62.2 +1.3 pp
2014 60.9 +1.3 pp
2013 59.6 +1.3 pp
2012 58.4 +1.3 pp
2011 57.1 +1.4 pp
2010 55.7 +1.5 pp
2009 54.2 +1.5 pp
2008 52.7 +1.5 pp
2007 51.1 +1.5 pp
2006 49.6 +1.5 pp
2005 48.1 +1.5 pp
2004 46.6 +1.5 pp
2003 45.1 +0.6 pp
2002 44.5 +0.6 pp
2001 43.9 +0.6 pp
2000 43.4

Eastern 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.