Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Jamaica

Safely managed sanitation in Jamaica in 2024 — 73.6%. Ranked 60 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 23.2 pp.

2024 73.6% +1.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 60of 141
Period maximum 73.6%2024
Period minimum 50.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Jamaica, 2000–2024506070802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 50.4%2001: 51%2002: 51.6%2003: 52.3%2004: 53.2%2005: 54.2%2006: 55.2%2007: 56.1%2008: 57.1%2009: 58.1%2010: 59.1%2011: 60.1%2012: 61.1%2013: 62.2%2014: 63.2%2015: 64.2%2016: 65.2%2017: 66.3%2018: 67.3%2019: 68.3%2020: 69.4%2021: 70.4%2022: 71.5%2023: 72.6%2024: 73.6%
Change over the period: +23.2 pp Annual average: 0.97 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Jamaica 73.6%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 73.6 +1.1 pp
2023 72.6 +1.1 pp
2022 71.5 +1.1 pp
2021 70.4 +1 pp
2020 69.4 +1 pp
2019 68.3 +1 pp
2018 67.3 +1 pp
2017 66.3 +1 pp
2016 65.2 +1 pp
2015 64.2 +1 pp
2014 63.2 +1 pp
2013 62.2 +1 pp
2012 61.1 +1 pp
2011 60.1 +1 pp
2010 59.1 +1 pp
2009 58.1 +1 pp
2008 57.1 +1 pp
2007 56.1 +1 pp
2006 55.2 +1 pp
2005 54.2 +1 pp
2004 53.2 +1 pp
2003 52.3 +0.6 pp
2002 51.6 +0.6 pp
2001 51 +0.6 pp
2000 50.4

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.