Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Burkina Faso

Safely managed sanitation in Burkina Faso in 2024 — 24.7%. Ranked 118 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 18.8 pp.

2024 24.7% +0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 118of 141
Period maximum 24.7%2024
Period minimum 5.9%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Burkina Faso, 2000–202401020302000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 5.9%2001: 6.1%2002: 6.9%2003: 7.6%2004: 8.4%2005: 9.2%2006: 10%2007: 10.8%2008: 11.6%2009: 12.3%2010: 13.1%2011: 13.9%2012: 14.7%2013: 15.5%2014: 16.4%2015: 17.2%2016: 18%2017: 18.9%2018: 19.7%2019: 20.6%2020: 21.4%2021: 22.3%2022: 23.2%2023: 24%2024: 24.7%
Change over the period: +18.8 pp Annual average: 0.78 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Burkina Faso 24.7%
World 58.5%
Western Africa computed 26.8%
Low-income countries computed 18.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 24.7 +0.7 pp
2023 24 +0.9 pp
2022 23.2 +0.9 pp
2021 22.3 +0.9 pp
2020 21.4 +0.9 pp
2019 20.6 +0.9 pp
2018 19.7 +0.8 pp
2017 18.9 +0.8 pp
2016 18 +0.8 pp
2015 17.2 +0.8 pp
2014 16.4 +0.8 pp
2013 15.5 +0.8 pp
2012 14.7 +0.8 pp
2011 13.9 +0.8 pp
2010 13.1 +0.8 pp
2009 12.3 +0.8 pp
2008 11.6 +0.8 pp
2007 10.8 +0.8 pp
2006 10 +0.8 pp
2005 9.2 +0.8 pp
2004 8.4 +0.8 pp
2003 7.6 +0.8 pp
2002 6.9 +0.8 pp
2001 6.1 +0.2 pp
2000 5.9

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.