Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Upper-middle-income countries

Access to basic sanitation in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 94.4%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 31.5 pp.

2024 94.4% +0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 94.4%2024
Period minimum 62.9%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Upper-middle-income countries, 2000–2024607080901002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 62.9%2001: 63.7%2002: 65.3%2003: 66.9%2004: 68.5%2005: 70.1%2006: 71.6%2007: 73.1%2008: 74.7%2009: 76.1%2010: 77.6%2011: 79.1%2012: 80.5%2013: 81.8%2014: 83.2%2015: 84.6%2016: 85.9%2017: 87.1%2018: 88.4%2019: 89.7%2020: 90.9%2021: 92.1%2022: 93.2%2023: 94.2%2024: 94.4%
Change over the period: +31.5 pp Annual average: 1.31 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 94.4%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 94.4 +0.3 pp
2023 94.2 +1 pp
2022 93.2 +1.1 pp
2021 92.1 +1.2 pp
2020 90.9 +1.2 pp
2019 89.7 +1.3 pp
2018 88.4 +1.3 pp
2017 87.1 +1.2 pp
2016 85.9 +1.3 pp
2015 84.6 +1.3 pp
2014 83.2 +1.4 pp
2013 81.8 +1.4 pp
2012 80.5 +1.4 pp
2011 79.1 +1.4 pp
2010 77.6 +1.5 pp
2009 76.1 +1.5 pp
2008 74.7 +1.5 pp
2007 73.1 +1.5 pp
2006 71.6 +1.6 pp
2005 70.1 +1.6 pp
2004 68.5 +1.6 pp
2003 66.9 +1.6 pp
2002 65.3 +1.6 pp
2001 63.7 +0.8 pp
2000 62.9

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.