Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — BRICS

Safely managed sanitation in BRICS in 2024 — 65%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 51.3 pp.

2024 65% +1.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 65%2024
Period minimum 13.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — BRICS, 2000–20240204060802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 13.7%2001: 14.6%2002: 17.8%2003: 19.7%2004: 21.7%2005: 23.6%2006: 25.7%2007: 27.8%2008: 30%2009: 32.2%2010: 34.5%2011: 36.9%2012: 39.3%2013: 41.8%2014: 44.3%2015: 46.9%2016: 49.5%2017: 52.1%2018: 54.7%2019: 57.4%2020: 59%2021: 60.7%2022: 62.3%2023: 63.9%2024: 65%
Change over the period: +51.3 pp Annual average: 2.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

BRICS 65%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 65 +1.2 pp
2023 63.9 +1.6 pp
2022 62.3 +1.6 pp
2021 60.7 +1.6 pp
2020 59 +1.7 pp
2019 57.4 +2.7 pp
2018 54.7 +2.6 pp
2017 52.1 +2.6 pp
2016 49.5 +2.6 pp
2015 46.9 +2.6 pp
2014 44.3 +2.5 pp
2013 41.8 +2.5 pp
2012 39.3 +2.4 pp
2011 36.9 +2.4 pp
2010 34.5 +2.3 pp
2009 32.2 +2.2 pp
2008 30 +2.2 pp
2007 27.8 +2.1 pp
2006 25.7 +2 pp
2005 23.6 +2 pp
2004 21.7 +2 pp
2003 19.7 +1.9 pp
2002 17.8 +3.2 pp
2001 14.6 +0.9 pp
2000 13.7

About the indicator

The share of the population with safely managed sanitation — the top rung of the WHO and UNICEF ladder. Having a separate toilet is not enough: the waste must either be treated on the spot or removed and treated elsewhere. It is the second condition that makes the indicator far more demanding than basic sanitation: in many large cities almost everyone has a toilet, but there are no treatment facilities for the whole volume of wastewater, and by this measure a country turns out to be noticeably lower.

Important: It accounts not only for the presence of a toilet but also for the fate of the wastewater, so the values are substantially lower than those of basic sanitation.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.