Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Guinea-Bissau

Safely managed sanitation in Guinea-Bissau in 2024 — 22.6%. Ranked 122 in the world out of 141. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 19.2 pp.

2024 22.6% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 122of 141
Period maximum 22.6%2024
Period minimum 3.4%2002

Trend over time

2002–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Guinea-Bissau, 2002–20240102030200220052008201120142017202020232002: 3.4%2003: 4.1%2004: 5%2005: 5.9%2006: 6.8%2007: 7.8%2008: 8.8%2009: 9.7%2010: 10.7%2011: 11.7%2012: 12.7%2013: 13.8%2014: 14.8%2015: 15.9%2016: 16.9%2017: 18%2018: 19.1%2019: 20.2%2020: 21.3%2021: 22.4%2022: 22.5%2023: 22.5%2024: 22.6%
Change over the period: +19.2 pp Annual average: 0.87 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau 22.6%
World 58.5%
Western Africa computed 26.8%
Low-income countries computed 18.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 22.6 +0.1 pp
2023 22.5 +0.1 pp
2022 22.5 +0.1 pp
2021 22.4 +1.1 pp
2020 21.3 +1.1 pp
2019 20.2 +1.1 pp
2018 19.1 +1.1 pp
2017 18 +1.1 pp
2016 16.9 +1.1 pp
2015 15.9 +1 pp
2014 14.8 +1 pp
2013 13.8 +1 pp
2012 12.7 +1 pp
2011 11.7 +1 pp
2010 10.7 +1 pp
2009 9.7 +1 pp
2008 8.8 +1 pp
2007 7.8 +1 pp
2006 6.8 +0.9 pp
2005 5.9 +0.9 pp
2004 5 +0.9 pp
2003 4.1 +0.7 pp
2002 3.4

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.