Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Trinidad and Tobago

Access to basic sanitation in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024 — 94.2%. Ranked 96 in the world out of 193. Since 2005, the indicator has fallen by 0.2 pp.

2024 94.2% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank 96of 193
Period maximum 94.4%2009
Period minimum 94.2%2024

Trend over time

2005–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Trinidad and Tobago, 2005–202494.194.294.394.4200520072009201120132015201720192021202320242005: 94.4%2006: 94.4%2007: 94.4%2008: 94.4%2009: 94.4%2010: 94.4%2011: 94.4%2012: 94.4%2013: 94.3%2014: 94.3%2015: 94.3%2016: 94.3%2017: 94.3%2018: 94.3%2019: 94.3%2020: 94.2%2021: 94.2%2022: 94.2%2023: 94.2%2024: 94.2%
Change over the period: −0.2 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Trinidad and Tobago 94.2%
World 82.2%
High-income countries computed 98.4%
Access to basic sanitation — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 94.2 −0 pp
2023 94.2 −0 pp
2022 94.2 −0 pp
2021 94.2 −0 pp
2020 94.2 −0 pp
2019 94.3 −0 pp
2018 94.3 −0 pp
2017 94.3 −0 pp
2016 94.3 −0 pp
2015 94.3 −0 pp
2014 94.3 −0 pp
2013 94.3 −0 pp
2012 94.4 −0 pp
2011 94.4 −0 pp
2010 94.4 −0 pp
2009 94.4 +0 pp
2008 94.4 +0 pp
2007 94.4 +0 pp
2006 94.4 +0 pp
2005 94.4

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.