Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Myanmar

Access to basic sanitation in Myanmar in 2024 — 74.2%. Ranked 140 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.7 pp.

2024 74.2% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 140of 193
Period maximum 74.2%2024
Period minimum 63.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Myanmar, 2000–2024606570752000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 63.5%2001: 64%2002: 64.6%2003: 65.1%2004: 65.7%2005: 66.2%2006: 66.8%2007: 67.3%2008: 67.8%2009: 68.3%2010: 68.8%2011: 69.3%2012: 69.8%2013: 70.3%2014: 70.8%2015: 71.3%2016: 71.7%2017: 72.2%2018: 72.7%2019: 73.2%2020: 73.6%2021: 74.1%2022: 74.1%2023: 74.2%2024: 74.2%
Change over the period: +10.7 pp Annual average: 0.45 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Myanmar 74.2%
World 82.2%
South-Eastern Asia computed 89.5%
Access to basic sanitation — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 74.2 +0 pp
2023 74.2 +0 pp
2022 74.1 +0 pp
2021 74.1 +0.5 pp
2020 73.6 +0.5 pp
2019 73.2 +0.5 pp
2018 72.7 +0.5 pp
2017 72.2 +0.5 pp
2016 71.7 +0.5 pp
2015 71.3 +0.5 pp
2014 70.8 +0.5 pp
2013 70.3 +0.5 pp
2012 69.8 +0.5 pp
2011 69.3 +0.5 pp
2010 68.8 +0.5 pp
2009 68.3 +0.5 pp
2008 67.8 +0.5 pp
2007 67.3 +0.5 pp
2006 66.8 +0.5 pp
2005 66.2 +0.5 pp
2004 65.7 +0.5 pp
2003 65.1 +0.6 pp
2002 64.6 +0.6 pp
2001 64 +0.6 pp
2000 63.5

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.