Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Uganda

Access to basic sanitation in Uganda in 2024 — 23.9%. Ranked 183 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9.2 pp.

2024 23.9% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 183of 193
Period maximum 23.9%2024
Period minimum 14.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Uganda, 2000–202412.51517.52022.5252000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 14.7%2001: 15.1%2002: 15.5%2003: 15.9%2004: 16.3%2005: 16.7%2006: 17.1%2007: 17.4%2008: 17.8%2009: 18.2%2010: 18.6%2011: 19%2012: 19.4%2013: 19.8%2014: 20.1%2015: 20.5%2016: 20.9%2017: 21.3%2018: 21.7%2019: 22%2020: 22.4%2021: 22.8%2022: 23.2%2023: 23.5%2024: 23.9%
Change over the period: +9.2 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Uganda 23.9%
World 82.2%
Eastern Africa computed 29.7%
Low-income countries computed 33.1%
Access to basic sanitation — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 23.9 +0.4 pp
2023 23.5 +0.4 pp
2022 23.2 +0.4 pp
2021 22.8 +0.4 pp
2020 22.4 +0.4 pp
2019 22 +0.4 pp
2018 21.7 +0.4 pp
2017 21.3 +0.4 pp
2016 20.9 +0.4 pp
2015 20.5 +0.4 pp
2014 20.1 +0.4 pp
2013 19.8 +0.4 pp
2012 19.4 +0.4 pp
2011 19 +0.4 pp
2010 18.6 +0.4 pp
2009 18.2 +0.4 pp
2008 17.8 +0.4 pp
2007 17.4 +0.4 pp
2006 17.1 +0.4 pp
2005 16.7 +0.4 pp
2004 16.3 +0.4 pp
2003 15.9 +0.4 pp
2002 15.5 +0.4 pp
2001 15.1 +0.4 pp
2000 14.7

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.