Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Seychelles

Access to basic sanitation in the Seychelles in 2024 — 99.7%. Ranked 32 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.2 pp.

2024 99.7% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 32of 193
Period maximum 99.7%2022
Period minimum 95.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Seychelles, 2000–20249496981002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 95.5%2001: 95.7%2002: 95.9%2003: 96.1%2004: 96.3%2005: 96.5%2006: 96.7%2007: 96.9%2008: 97.1%2009: 97.3%2010: 97.5%2011: 97.7%2012: 97.9%2013: 98.1%2014: 98.3%2015: 98.5%2016: 98.6%2017: 98.8%2018: 98.9%2019: 98.9%2020: 98.9%2021: 98.9%2022: 99.7%2023: 99.7%2024: 99.7%
Change over the period: +4.2 pp Annual average: 0.18 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Seychelles 99.7%
World 82.2%
Eastern Africa computed 29.7%
High-income countries computed 98.4%
Access to basic sanitation — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.7 +0 pp
2023 99.7 +0 pp
2022 99.7 +0.8 pp
2021 98.9 +0 pp
2020 98.9 +0 pp
2019 98.9 +0 pp
2018 98.9 +0 pp
2017 98.8 +0.2 pp
2016 98.6 +0.2 pp
2015 98.5 +0.2 pp
2014 98.3 +0.2 pp
2013 98.1 +0.2 pp
2012 97.9 +0.2 pp
2011 97.7 +0.2 pp
2010 97.5 +0.2 pp
2009 97.3 +0.2 pp
2008 97.1 +0.2 pp
2007 96.9 +0.2 pp
2006 96.7 +0.2 pp
2005 96.5 +0.2 pp
2004 96.3 +0.2 pp
2003 96.1 +0.2 pp
2002 95.9 +0.2 pp
2001 95.7 +0.2 pp
2000 95.5

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.