Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Timor-Leste

Access to basic sanitation in Timor-Leste in 2024 — 72.9%. Ranked 141 in the world out of 193. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 54.1 pp.

2024 72.9% +2.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 141of 193
Period maximum 72.9%2024
Period minimum 18.8%2002

Trend over time

2002–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Timor-Leste, 2002–2024020406080200220052008201120142017202020232002: 18.8%2003: 21.3%2004: 23.7%2005: 26.2%2006: 28.6%2007: 31.1%2008: 33.6%2009: 36%2010: 38.5%2011: 40.9%2012: 43.4%2013: 45.9%2014: 48.3%2015: 50.8%2016: 53.3%2017: 55.7%2018: 58.2%2019: 60.7%2020: 63.1%2021: 65.6%2022: 68%2023: 70.5%2024: 72.9%
Change over the period: +54.1 pp Annual average: 2.46 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 72.9%
World 82.2%
South-Eastern Asia computed 89.5%
Access to basic sanitation — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 72.9 +2.4 pp
2023 70.5 +2.5 pp
2022 68 +2.5 pp
2021 65.6 +2.5 pp
2020 63.1 +2.5 pp
2019 60.7 +2.5 pp
2018 58.2 +2.5 pp
2017 55.7 +2.5 pp
2016 53.3 +2.5 pp
2015 50.8 +2.5 pp
2014 48.3 +2.5 pp
2013 45.9 +2.5 pp
2012 43.4 +2.5 pp
2011 40.9 +2.5 pp
2010 38.5 +2.5 pp
2009 36 +2.5 pp
2008 33.6 +2.5 pp
2007 31.1 +2.5 pp
2006 28.6 +2.5 pp
2005 26.2 +2.4 pp
2004 23.7 +2.5 pp
2003 21.3 +2.5 pp
2002 18.8

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.