Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Guyana

Safely managed sanitation in Guyana in 2024 — 43.4%. Ranked 92 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 13.2 pp.

2024 43.4% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank 92of 141
Period maximum 56.6%2000
Period minimum 43.4%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Guyana, 2000–202440455055602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 56.6%2001: 56%2002: 55.4%2003: 54.8%2004: 54.2%2005: 53.7%2006: 53.1%2007: 52.6%2008: 52%2009: 51.4%2010: 50.9%2011: 50.3%2012: 49.7%2013: 49.1%2014: 48.5%2015: 47.9%2016: 47.3%2017: 46.6%2018: 46%2019: 45.4%2020: 44.8%2021: 44.2%2022: 43.5%2023: 43.5%2024: 43.4%
Change over the period: −13.2 pp Annual average: -0.55 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Guyana 43.4%
World 58.5%
South America computed 49.6%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Guyana, by year Guyana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 43.4 −0 pp
2023 43.5 −0 pp
2022 43.5 −0.7 pp
2021 44.2 −0.6 pp
2020 44.8 −0.6 pp
2019 45.4 −0.6 pp
2018 46 −0.6 pp
2017 46.6 −0.6 pp
2016 47.3 −0.6 pp
2015 47.9 −0.6 pp
2014 48.5 −0.6 pp
2013 49.1 −0.6 pp
2012 49.7 −0.6 pp
2011 50.3 −0.6 pp
2010 50.9 −0.6 pp
2009 51.4 −0.6 pp
2008 52 −0.6 pp
2007 52.6 −0.6 pp
2006 53.1 −0.6 pp
2005 53.7 −0.5 pp
2004 54.2 −0.5 pp
2003 54.8 −0.6 pp
2002 55.4 −0.6 pp
2001 56 −0.6 pp
2000 56.6

South America, 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.