Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Melanesia

Access to basic sanitation in Melanesia in 2024 — 31.6%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.1 pp.

2024 31.6% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 31.6%2024
Period minimum 27.9%2004

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Melanesia, 2000–20242728293031322000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 28.4%2001: 28.3%2002: 28.1%2003: 28%2004: 27.9%2005: 28.1%2006: 28.3%2007: 28.5%2008: 28.7%2009: 28.9%2010: 29%2011: 29.2%2012: 29.4%2013: 29.6%2014: 29.7%2015: 29.9%2016: 30.1%2017: 30.2%2018: 30.4%2019: 30.6%2020: 30.8%2021: 31%2022: 31.2%2023: 31.4%2024: 31.6%
Change over the period: +3.1 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Melanesia 31.6%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 31.6 +0.2 pp
2023 31.4 +0.2 pp
2022 31.2 +0.2 pp
2021 31 +0.2 pp
2020 30.8 +0.2 pp
2019 30.6 +0.2 pp
2018 30.4 +0.2 pp
2017 30.2 +0.2 pp
2016 30.1 +0.2 pp
2015 29.9 +0.2 pp
2014 29.7 +0.2 pp
2013 29.6 +0.2 pp
2012 29.4 +0.2 pp
2011 29.2 +0.2 pp
2010 29 +0.2 pp
2009 28.9 +0.2 pp
2008 28.7 +0.2 pp
2007 28.5 +0.2 pp
2006 28.3 +0.2 pp
2005 28.1 +0.2 pp
2004 27.9 −0.1 pp
2003 28 −0.1 pp
2002 28.1 −0.2 pp
2001 28.3 −0.2 pp
2000 28.4

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.