Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Eastern Africa

Access to basic sanitation in Eastern Africa in 2024 — 29.7%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.7 pp.

2024 29.7% +0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 29.7%2024
Period minimum 13.9%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Eastern Africa, 2000–202410152025302000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 13.9%2001: 14.5%2002: 15%2003: 15.6%2004: 16.2%2005: 16.8%2006: 17.5%2007: 18.1%2008: 18.8%2009: 19.5%2010: 20.2%2011: 20.5%2012: 21.2%2013: 21.9%2014: 22.6%2015: 23.3%2016: 24%2017: 24.9%2018: 25.6%2019: 26.3%2020: 27%2021: 27.7%2022: 28.5%2023: 29.1%2024: 29.7%
Change over the period: +15.7 pp Annual average: 0.66 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Africa 29.7%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 29.7 +0.5 pp
2023 29.1 +0.6 pp
2022 28.5 +0.8 pp
2021 27.7 +0.7 pp
2020 27 +0.7 pp
2019 26.3 +0.7 pp
2018 25.6 +0.7 pp
2017 24.9 +0.8 pp
2016 24 +0.7 pp
2015 23.3 +0.7 pp
2014 22.6 +0.7 pp
2013 21.9 +0.7 pp
2012 21.2 +0.7 pp
2011 20.5 +0.3 pp
2010 20.2 +0.7 pp
2009 19.5 +0.7 pp
2008 18.8 +0.7 pp
2007 18.1 +0.6 pp
2006 17.5 +0.7 pp
2005 16.8 +0.7 pp
2004 16.2 +0.6 pp
2003 15.6 +0.6 pp
2002 15 +0.6 pp
2001 14.5 +0.5 pp
2000 13.9

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.