Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Eswatini

Safely managed sanitation in Eswatini in 2024 — 60.8%. Ranked 72 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.9 pp.

2024 60.8% +0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 72of 141
Period maximum 60.8%2024
Period minimum 45%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Eswatini, 2000–20244045505560652000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 45%2001: 45.5%2002: 46%2003: 46.5%2004: 47.1%2005: 47.7%2006: 48.3%2007: 48.9%2008: 49.5%2009: 50%2010: 50.6%2011: 51.3%2012: 52%2013: 52.8%2014: 53.5%2015: 54.2%2016: 55%2017: 55.7%2018: 56.4%2019: 57.2%2020: 57.9%2021: 58.6%2022: 59.4%2023: 60.1%2024: 60.8%
Change over the period: +15.9 pp Annual average: 0.66 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Eswatini 60.8%
World 58.5%
Southern Africa computed 72.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 60.8 +0.7 pp
2023 60.1 +0.7 pp
2022 59.4 +0.7 pp
2021 58.6 +0.7 pp
2020 57.9 +0.7 pp
2019 57.2 +0.7 pp
2018 56.4 +0.7 pp
2017 55.7 +0.7 pp
2016 55 +0.7 pp
2015 54.2 +0.7 pp
2014 53.5 +0.7 pp
2013 52.8 +0.7 pp
2012 52 +0.7 pp
2011 51.3 +0.7 pp
2010 50.6 +0.6 pp
2009 50 +0.6 pp
2008 49.5 +0.6 pp
2007 48.9 +0.6 pp
2006 48.3 +0.6 pp
2005 47.7 +0.6 pp
2004 47.1 +0.6 pp
2003 46.5 +0.6 pp
2002 46 +0.5 pp
2001 45.5 +0.5 pp
2000 45

Southern 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.