Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Tuvalu

Access to basic sanitation in Tuvalu in 2024 — 89.7%. Ranked 116 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.7 pp.

2024 89.7% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 116of 193
Period maximum 89.7%2024
Period minimum 78.9%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Tuvalu, 2000–2024758085902000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 78.9%2001: 79.4%2002: 79.8%2003: 80.2%2004: 80.7%2005: 81.1%2006: 81.6%2007: 82.1%2008: 82.6%2009: 83.1%2010: 83.5%2011: 84%2012: 84.5%2013: 84.9%2014: 85.4%2015: 85.8%2016: 86.3%2017: 86.7%2018: 87.1%2019: 87.6%2020: 88%2021: 88.4%2022: 88.8%2023: 89.3%2024: 89.7%
Change over the period: +10.7 pp Annual average: 0.45 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Tuvalu 89.7%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Tuvalu, by year Tuvalu All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 89.7 +0.4 pp
2023 89.3 +0.4 pp
2022 88.8 +0.4 pp
2021 88.4 +0.4 pp
2020 88 +0.4 pp
2019 87.6 +0.4 pp
2018 87.1 +0.4 pp
2017 86.7 +0.4 pp
2016 86.3 +0.4 pp
2015 85.8 +0.4 pp
2014 85.4 +0.5 pp
2013 84.9 +0.5 pp
2012 84.5 +0.5 pp
2011 84 +0.5 pp
2010 83.5 +0.5 pp
2009 83.1 +0.5 pp
2008 82.6 +0.5 pp
2007 82.1 +0.5 pp
2006 81.6 +0.5 pp
2005 81.1 +0.4 pp
2004 80.7 +0.4 pp
2003 80.2 +0.4 pp
2002 79.8 +0.4 pp
2001 79.4 +0.4 pp
2000 78.9

Polynesia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.