Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Central America

Access to basic sanitation in Central America in 2024 — 90.3%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.3 pp.

2024 90.3% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 90.3%2024
Period minimum 77%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Central America, 2000–202475808590952000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 77%2001: 77.6%2002: 78.2%2003: 78.9%2004: 79.5%2005: 80.1%2006: 80.7%2007: 81.3%2008: 82%2009: 82.6%2010: 83.2%2011: 83.7%2012: 84.3%2013: 84.9%2014: 85.4%2015: 86%2016: 86.5%2017: 87.1%2018: 87.6%2019: 88.1%2020: 88.7%2021: 89.2%2022: 89.7%2023: 90.1%2024: 90.3%
Change over the period: +13.3 pp Annual average: 0.55 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Central America 90.3%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 90.3 +0.2 pp
2023 90.1 +0.4 pp
2022 89.7 +0.5 pp
2021 89.2 +0.5 pp
2020 88.7 +0.5 pp
2019 88.1 +0.5 pp
2018 87.6 +0.5 pp
2017 87.1 +0.5 pp
2016 86.5 +0.5 pp
2015 86 +0.6 pp
2014 85.4 +0.6 pp
2013 84.9 +0.6 pp
2012 84.3 +0.6 pp
2011 83.7 +0.6 pp
2010 83.2 +0.6 pp
2009 82.6 +0.6 pp
2008 82 +0.6 pp
2007 81.3 +0.6 pp
2006 80.7 +0.6 pp
2005 80.1 +0.6 pp
2004 79.5 +0.6 pp
2003 78.9 +0.6 pp
2002 78.2 +0.6 pp
2001 77.6 +0.6 pp
2000 77

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.