Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Cuba

Safely managed sanitation in Cuba in 2024 — 45.9%. Ranked 88 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.6 pp.

2024 45.9% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 88of 141
Period maximum 45.9%2024
Period minimum 38.3%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Cuba, 2000–202438404244462000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 38.3%2001: 38.4%2002: 38.5%2003: 38.6%2004: 38.8%2005: 38.7%2006: 38.7%2007: 38.7%2008: 38.6%2009: 38.9%2010: 39.2%2011: 39.5%2012: 39.8%2013: 40.2%2014: 40.6%2015: 41%2016: 41.4%2017: 41.8%2018: 42.3%2019: 42.8%2020: 43.2%2021: 43.8%2022: 44.6%2023: 45.5%2024: 45.9%
Change over the period: +7.6 pp Annual average: 0.32 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Cuba 45.9%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Cuba, by year Cuba All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 45.9 +0.4 pp
2023 45.5 +0.9 pp
2022 44.6 +0.9 pp
2021 43.8 +0.5 pp
2020 43.2 +0.5 pp
2019 42.8 +0.5 pp
2018 42.3 +0.5 pp
2017 41.8 +0.4 pp
2016 41.4 +0.4 pp
2015 41 +0.4 pp
2014 40.6 +0.4 pp
2013 40.2 +0.4 pp
2012 39.8 +0.3 pp
2011 39.5 +0.3 pp
2010 39.2 +0.3 pp
2009 38.9 +0.3 pp
2008 38.6 −0 pp
2007 38.7 −0 pp
2006 38.7 −0 pp
2005 38.7 −0 pp
2004 38.8 +0.1 pp
2003 38.6 +0.1 pp
2002 38.5 +0.1 pp
2001 38.4 +0.1 pp
2000 38.3

Caribbean, 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.