Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Southern Asia

Access to basic sanitation in Southern Asia in 2024 — 80.5%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 59 pp.

2024 80.5% +2.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 80.5%2024
Period minimum 21.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Southern Asia, 2000–202402550751002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 21.6%2001: 23.6%2002: 25.8%2003: 28%2004: 30.4%2005: 32.9%2006: 35.4%2007: 37.9%2008: 40.4%2009: 42.9%2010: 45.4%2011: 47.9%2012: 50.5%2013: 53%2014: 55.6%2015: 58.2%2016: 60.8%2017: 63.4%2018: 66%2019: 68.6%2020: 71.1%2021: 73.6%2022: 76.1%2023: 78.4%2024: 80.5%
Change over the period: +59 pp Annual average: 2.46 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Asia 80.5%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 80.5 +2.1 pp
2023 78.4 +2.3 pp
2022 76.1 +2.5 pp
2021 73.6 +2.5 pp
2020 71.1 +2.5 pp
2019 68.6 +2.6 pp
2018 66 +2.6 pp
2017 63.4 +2.6 pp
2016 60.8 +2.6 pp
2015 58.2 +2.6 pp
2014 55.6 +2.6 pp
2013 53 +2.5 pp
2012 50.5 +2.5 pp
2011 47.9 +2.5 pp
2010 45.4 +2.5 pp
2009 42.9 +2.5 pp
2008 40.4 +2.5 pp
2007 37.9 +2.5 pp
2006 35.4 +2.5 pp
2005 32.9 +2.5 pp
2004 30.4 +2.4 pp
2003 28 +2.2 pp
2002 25.8 +2.2 pp
2001 23.6 +2.1 pp
2000 21.6

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.