Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — G20

Safely managed sanitation in the G20 in 2024 — 71.2%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 39.2 pp.

2024 71.2% +0.9 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 71.2%2024
Period minimum 32%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — G20, 2000–20243040506070802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 32%2001: 32.6%2002: 34.2%2003: 35.6%2004: 37.1%2005: 38.6%2006: 40.2%2007: 41.8%2008: 43.5%2009: 45.2%2010: 47%2011: 48.8%2012: 50.7%2013: 52.8%2014: 54.7%2015: 56.7%2016: 58.7%2017: 60.9%2018: 62.9%2019: 65%2020: 66.4%2021: 67.7%2022: 69%2023: 70.2%2024: 71.2%
Change over the period: +39.2 pp Annual average: 1.63 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 71.2%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 71.2 +0.9 pp
2023 70.2 +1.2 pp
2022 69 +1.3 pp
2021 67.7 +1.3 pp
2020 66.4 +1.3 pp
2019 65 +2.1 pp
2018 62.9 +2.1 pp
2017 60.9 +2.2 pp
2016 58.7 +2 pp
2015 56.7 +2 pp
2014 54.7 +1.9 pp
2013 52.8 +2.1 pp
2012 50.7 +1.9 pp
2011 48.8 +1.8 pp
2010 47 +1.8 pp
2009 45.2 +1.7 pp
2008 43.5 +1.7 pp
2007 41.8 +1.6 pp
2006 40.2 +1.5 pp
2005 38.6 +1.5 pp
2004 37.1 +1.5 pp
2003 35.6 +1.4 pp
2002 34.2 +1.6 pp
2001 32.6 +0.6 pp
2000 32

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.