Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Central Asia

Access to basic sanitation in Central Asia in 2024 — 97.5%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.4 pp.

2024 97.5% +0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 97.5%2024
Period minimum 94.1%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Central Asia, 2000–202494959697982000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 94.1%2001: 94.2%2002: 94.3%2003: 94.4%2004: 94.5%2005: 94.7%2006: 94.8%2007: 95%2008: 95.2%2009: 95.3%2010: 95.5%2011: 95.6%2012: 95.8%2013: 96%2014: 96.1%2015: 96.3%2016: 96.4%2017: 96.6%2018: 96.7%2019: 96.9%2020: 97%2021: 97.1%2022: 97.2%2023: 97.2%2024: 97.5%
Change over the period: +3.4 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Central Asia 97.5%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 97.5 +0.3 pp
2023 97.2 +0.1 pp
2022 97.2 +0.1 pp
2021 97.1 +0.1 pp
2020 97 +0.1 pp
2019 96.9 +0.1 pp
2018 96.7 +0.2 pp
2017 96.6 +0.2 pp
2016 96.4 +0.2 pp
2015 96.3 +0.2 pp
2014 96.1 +0.2 pp
2013 96 +0.2 pp
2012 95.8 +0.2 pp
2011 95.6 +0.2 pp
2010 95.5 +0.2 pp
2009 95.3 +0.2 pp
2008 95.2 +0.2 pp
2007 95 +0.2 pp
2006 94.8 +0.2 pp
2005 94.7 +0.2 pp
2004 94.5 +0.1 pp
2003 94.4 +0.1 pp
2002 94.3 +0.1 pp
2001 94.2 +0.1 pp
2000 94.1

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.