Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Middle Africa

Access to basic sanitation in Middle Africa in 2024 — 21.9%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.1 pp.

2024 21.9% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 27%2022
Period minimum 21.8%2023

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Middle Africa, 2000–202420222426282000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 26%2001: 25.9%2002: 25.8%2003: 25.9%2004: 25.9%2005: 25.9%2006: 26%2007: 26%2008: 26.1%2009: 26.1%2010: 26.2%2011: 26.3%2012: 26.4%2013: 26.5%2014: 26.6%2015: 26.7%2016: 26.8%2017: 26.8%2018: 26.5%2019: 26.5%2020: 26.5%2021: 26.7%2022: 27%2023: 21.8%2024: 21.9%
Change over the period: −4.1 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Middle Africa 21.9%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 21.9 +0.1 pp
2023 21.8 −5.2 pp
2022 27 +0.3 pp
2021 26.7 +0.1 pp
2020 26.5 −0 pp
2019 26.5 −0 pp
2018 26.5 −0.3 pp
2017 26.8 +0.1 pp
2016 26.8 +0.1 pp
2015 26.7 +0.1 pp
2014 26.6 +0.1 pp
2013 26.5 +0.1 pp
2012 26.4 +0.1 pp
2011 26.3 +0.1 pp
2010 26.2 +0.1 pp
2009 26.1 +0.1 pp
2008 26.1 +0.1 pp
2007 26 +0 pp
2006 26 +0 pp
2005 25.9 +0 pp
2004 25.9 +0 pp
2003 25.9 +0 pp
2002 25.8 −0.1 pp
2001 25.9 −0.1 pp
2000 26

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.