Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — OPEC

Access to basic sanitation in OPEC in 2024 — 72.3%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.1 pp.

2024 72.3% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 72.3%2024
Period minimum 57.2%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — OPEC, 2000–202455606570752000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 57.2%2001: 57.4%2002: 57.9%2003: 58.3%2004: 58.8%2005: 59.5%2006: 60.1%2007: 60.7%2008: 61.3%2009: 62%2010: 62.6%2011: 63.2%2012: 63.8%2013: 66.8%2014: 67.4%2015: 68.1%2016: 68.8%2017: 69.4%2018: 69.8%2019: 70.3%2020: 70.8%2021: 71.1%2022: 71.7%2023: 72.2%2024: 72.3%
Change over the period: +15.1 pp Annual average: 0.63 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

OPEC 72.3%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 72.3 +0.1 pp
2023 72.2 +0.5 pp
2022 71.7 +0.6 pp
2021 71.1 +0.3 pp
2020 70.8 +0.5 pp
2019 70.3 +0.4 pp
2018 69.8 +0.5 pp
2017 69.4 +0.6 pp
2016 68.8 +0.7 pp
2015 68.1 +0.7 pp
2014 67.4 +0.6 pp
2013 66.8 +2.9 pp
2012 63.8 +0.6 pp
2011 63.2 +0.6 pp
2010 62.6 +0.6 pp
2009 62 +0.6 pp
2008 61.3 +0.6 pp
2007 60.7 +0.6 pp
2006 60.1 +0.6 pp
2005 59.5 +0.6 pp
2004 58.8 +0.5 pp
2003 58.3 +0.5 pp
2002 57.9 +0.4 pp
2001 57.4 +0.2 pp
2000 57.2

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.