Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Senegal

Access to basic sanitation in Senegal in 2024 — 62.5%. Ranked 151 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 25.9 pp.

2024 62.5% +1.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 151of 193
Period maximum 62.5%2024
Period minimum 36.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Senegal, 2000–202430405060702000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 36.6%2001: 37.6%2002: 38.6%2003: 39.7%2004: 40.8%2005: 41.9%2006: 43%2007: 44.1%2008: 45.2%2009: 46.3%2010: 47.4%2011: 48.5%2012: 49.6%2013: 50.7%2014: 51.8%2015: 52.9%2016: 54%2017: 55.1%2018: 56.1%2019: 57.2%2020: 58.3%2021: 59.3%2022: 60.4%2023: 61.5%2024: 62.5%
Change over the period: +25.9 pp Annual average: 1.08 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Senegal 62.5%
World 82.2%
Western Africa computed 41.6%
Access to basic sanitation — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 62.5 +1.1 pp
2023 61.5 +1.1 pp
2022 60.4 +1.1 pp
2021 59.3 +1.1 pp
2020 58.3 +1.1 pp
2019 57.2 +1.1 pp
2018 56.1 +1.1 pp
2017 55.1 +1.1 pp
2016 54 +1.1 pp
2015 52.9 +1.1 pp
2014 51.8 +1.1 pp
2013 50.7 +1.1 pp
2012 49.6 +1.1 pp
2011 48.5 +1.1 pp
2010 47.4 +1.1 pp
2009 46.3 +1.1 pp
2008 45.2 +1.1 pp
2007 44.1 +1.1 pp
2006 43 +1.1 pp
2005 41.9 +1.1 pp
2004 40.8 +1.1 pp
2003 39.7 +1.1 pp
2002 38.6 +1 pp
2001 37.6 +1 pp
2000 36.6

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.