Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Eastern Asia

Access to basic sanitation in Eastern Asia in 2024 — 97.5%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 35.3 pp.

2024 97.5% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 97.5%2024
Period minimum 62.2%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Eastern Asia, 2000–2024607080901002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 62.2%2001: 62.8%2002: 64.9%2003: 66.7%2004: 68.5%2005: 70.2%2006: 72%2007: 73.7%2008: 75.4%2009: 77%2010: 78.7%2011: 80.3%2012: 81.8%2013: 83.4%2014: 84.9%2015: 86.4%2016: 87.9%2017: 89.3%2018: 90.7%2019: 92.1%2020: 93.5%2021: 94.8%2022: 96.1%2023: 97.3%2024: 97.5%
Change over the period: +35.3 pp Annual average: 1.47 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Asia 97.5%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 97.5 +0.2 pp
2023 97.3 +1.2 pp
2022 96.1 +1.3 pp
2021 94.8 +1.3 pp
2020 93.5 +1.4 pp
2019 92.1 +1.4 pp
2018 90.7 +1.4 pp
2017 89.3 +1.4 pp
2016 87.9 +1.5 pp
2015 86.4 +1.5 pp
2014 84.9 +1.5 pp
2013 83.4 +1.5 pp
2012 81.8 +1.6 pp
2011 80.3 +1.6 pp
2010 78.7 +1.6 pp
2009 77 +1.7 pp
2008 75.4 +1.7 pp
2007 73.7 +1.7 pp
2006 72 +1.7 pp
2005 70.2 +1.8 pp
2004 68.5 +1.8 pp
2003 66.7 +1.8 pp
2002 64.9 +2 pp
2001 62.8 +0.6 pp
2000 62.2

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.