Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Central African Republic

Safely managed sanitation in the Central African Republic in 2024 — 13.5%. Ranked 132 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 6.1 pp.

2024 13.5% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 132of 141
Period maximum 19.7%2000
Period minimum 13.3%2021

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Central African Republic, 2000–202412141618202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 19.7%2001: 19.6%2002: 19.6%2003: 19.5%2004: 19.5%2005: 19.1%2006: 18.7%2007: 18.3%2008: 17.9%2009: 17.5%2010: 17.2%2011: 16.8%2012: 16.4%2013: 16.1%2014: 15.7%2015: 15.3%2016: 15%2017: 14.6%2018: 14.3%2019: 13.9%2020: 13.6%2021: 13.3%2022: 13.3%2023: 13.4%2024: 13.5%
Change over the period: −6.1 pp Annual average: -0.26 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central African Republic

Central African Republic 13.5%
World 58.5%
Low-income countries computed 18.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Central African Republic, by year Central African Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 13.5 +0.1 pp
2023 13.4 +0.1 pp
2022 13.3 +0.1 pp
2021 13.3 −0.3 pp
2020 13.6 −0.3 pp
2019 13.9 −0.3 pp
2018 14.3 −0.3 pp
2017 14.6 −0.3 pp
2016 15 −0.4 pp
2015 15.3 −0.4 pp
2014 15.7 −0.4 pp
2013 16.1 −0.4 pp
2012 16.4 −0.4 pp
2011 16.8 −0.4 pp
2010 17.2 −0.4 pp
2009 17.5 −0.4 pp
2008 17.9 −0.4 pp
2007 18.3 −0.4 pp
2006 18.7 −0.4 pp
2005 19.1 −0.4 pp
2004 19.5 −0 pp
2003 19.5 −0 pp
2002 19.6 −0 pp
2001 19.6 −0 pp
2000 19.7

Middle Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.