Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Philippines

Access to basic sanitation in the Philippines in 2024 — 87.2%. Ranked 124 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 22.6 pp.

2024 87.2% +1.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 124of 193
Period maximum 87.2%2024
Period minimum 64.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Philippines, 2000–2024607080902000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 64.6%2001: 65%2002: 65.4%2003: 65.9%2004: 66.3%2005: 66.7%2006: 67.2%2007: 68.2%2008: 69.2%2009: 70.3%2010: 71.3%2011: 72.4%2012: 73.5%2013: 74.6%2014: 75.7%2015: 76.9%2016: 78%2017: 79.1%2018: 80.2%2019: 81.4%2020: 82.5%2021: 83.7%2022: 84.8%2023: 86%2024: 87.2%
Change over the period: +22.6 pp Annual average: 0.94 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Philippines 87.2%
World 82.2%
South-Eastern Asia computed 89.5%
Access to basic sanitation — Philippines, by year Philippines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 87.2 +1.2 pp
2023 86 +1.2 pp
2022 84.8 +1.2 pp
2021 83.7 +1.2 pp
2020 82.5 +1.1 pp
2019 81.4 +1.1 pp
2018 80.2 +1.1 pp
2017 79.1 +1.1 pp
2016 78 +1.1 pp
2015 76.9 +1.1 pp
2014 75.7 +1.1 pp
2013 74.6 +1.1 pp
2012 73.5 +1.1 pp
2011 72.4 +1.1 pp
2010 71.3 +1.1 pp
2009 70.3 +1 pp
2008 69.2 +1 pp
2007 68.2 +1 pp
2006 67.2 +0.4 pp
2005 66.7 +0.4 pp
2004 66.3 +0.4 pp
2003 65.9 +0.4 pp
2002 65.4 +0.4 pp
2001 65 +0.4 pp
2000 64.6

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.