Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Papua New Guinea

Access to basic sanitation in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 23.6%. Ranked 184 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.4 pp.

2024 23.6% +0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 184of 193
Period maximum 23.6%2024
Period minimum 16.2%2004

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Papua New Guinea, 2000–202416182022242000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 16.2%2001: 16.2%2002: 16.2%2003: 16.2%2004: 16.2%2005: 16.6%2006: 17%2007: 17.5%2008: 17.9%2009: 18.2%2010: 18.6%2011: 19%2012: 19.3%2013: 19.7%2014: 20%2015: 20.4%2016: 20.7%2017: 21.1%2018: 21.5%2019: 21.8%2020: 22.2%2021: 22.5%2022: 22.9%2023: 23.2%2024: 23.6%
Change over the period: +7.4 pp Annual average: 0.31 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 23.6%
World 82.2%
Melanesia computed 31.6%
Access to basic sanitation — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 23.6 +0.3 pp
2023 23.2 +0.4 pp
2022 22.9 +0.4 pp
2021 22.5 +0.4 pp
2020 22.2 +0.4 pp
2019 21.8 +0.4 pp
2018 21.5 +0.4 pp
2017 21.1 +0.4 pp
2016 20.7 +0.4 pp
2015 20.4 +0.4 pp
2014 20 +0.4 pp
2013 19.7 +0.4 pp
2012 19.3 +0.4 pp
2011 19 +0.4 pp
2010 18.6 +0.4 pp
2009 18.2 +0.4 pp
2008 17.9 +0.4 pp
2007 17.5 +0.4 pp
2006 17 +0.4 pp
2005 16.6 +0.4 pp
2004 16.2 −0 pp
2003 16.2 −0 pp
2002 16.2 −0 pp
2001 16.2 −0 pp
2000 16.2

Melanesia, 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.