Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Vanuatu

Access to basic sanitation in Vanuatu in 2024 — 47.8%. Ranked 162 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 6.9 pp.

2024 47.8% −0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 162of 193
Period maximum 54.9%2004
Period minimum 47.8%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Vanuatu, 2000–20244648505254562000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 54.7%2001: 54.8%2002: 54.8%2003: 54.9%2004: 54.9%2005: 54.6%2006: 54.3%2007: 54%2008: 53.7%2009: 53.4%2010: 53%2011: 52.7%2012: 52.3%2013: 51.9%2014: 51.6%2015: 51.2%2016: 50.8%2017: 50.5%2018: 50.1%2019: 49.7%2020: 49.3%2021: 49%2022: 48.6%2023: 48.2%2024: 47.8%
Change over the period: −6.9 pp Annual average: -0.29 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Vanuatu 47.8%
World 82.2%
Melanesia computed 31.6%
Access to basic sanitation — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 47.8 −0.4 pp
2023 48.2 −0.4 pp
2022 48.6 −0.4 pp
2021 49 −0.4 pp
2020 49.3 −0.4 pp
2019 49.7 −0.4 pp
2018 50.1 −0.4 pp
2017 50.5 −0.4 pp
2016 50.8 −0.4 pp
2015 51.2 −0.4 pp
2014 51.6 −0.4 pp
2013 51.9 −0.4 pp
2012 52.3 −0.4 pp
2011 52.7 −0.4 pp
2010 53 −0.3 pp
2009 53.4 −0.3 pp
2008 53.7 −0.3 pp
2007 54 −0.3 pp
2006 54.3 −0.3 pp
2005 54.6 −0.3 pp
2004 54.9 +0.1 pp
2003 54.9 +0.1 pp
2002 54.8 +0.1 pp
2001 54.8 +0.1 pp
2000 54.7

Melanesia, 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.