Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Zimbabwe

Access to basic sanitation in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 34.6%. Ranked 175 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 9.9 pp.

2024 34.6% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 175of 193
Period maximum 44.9%2004
Period minimum 34.6%2021

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Zimbabwe, 2000–2024303540452000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 44.5%2001: 44.6%2002: 44.8%2003: 44.9%2004: 44.9%2005: 44.3%2006: 43.6%2007: 43%2008: 42.4%2009: 41.8%2010: 41.2%2011: 40.5%2012: 39.9%2013: 39.3%2014: 38.7%2015: 38.1%2016: 37.5%2017: 36.9%2018: 36.4%2019: 35.8%2020: 35.2%2021: 34.6%2022: 34.6%2023: 34.6%2024: 34.6%
Change over the period: −9.9 pp Annual average: -0.41 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe 34.6%
World 82.2%
Eastern Africa computed 29.7%
Access to basic sanitation — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 34.6 +0 pp
2023 34.6 +0 pp
2022 34.6 +0 pp
2021 34.6 −0.6 pp
2020 35.2 −0.6 pp
2019 35.8 −0.6 pp
2018 36.4 −0.6 pp
2017 36.9 −0.6 pp
2016 37.5 −0.6 pp
2015 38.1 −0.6 pp
2014 38.7 −0.6 pp
2013 39.3 −0.6 pp
2012 39.9 −0.6 pp
2011 40.5 −0.6 pp
2010 41.2 −0.6 pp
2009 41.8 −0.6 pp
2008 42.4 −0.6 pp
2007 43 −0.6 pp
2006 43.6 −0.6 pp
2005 44.3 −0.6 pp
2004 44.9 +0 pp
2003 44.9 +0 pp
2002 44.8 +0.2 pp
2001 44.6 +0.1 pp
2000 44.5

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.