Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Malaysia

Safely managed sanitation in Malaysia in 2024 — 85.8%. Ranked 42 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9.4 pp.

2024 85.8% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 42of 141
Period maximum 85.8%2024
Period minimum 76.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Malaysia, 2000–20247577.58082.58587.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 76.4%2001: 76.6%2002: 76.8%2003: 76.9%2004: 77.1%2005: 77.3%2006: 77.4%2007: 77.6%2008: 77.9%2009: 78.2%2010: 78.7%2011: 79.2%2012: 79.7%2013: 80.2%2014: 80.6%2015: 81.1%2016: 81.6%2017: 82.1%2018: 82.7%2019: 83.4%2020: 84.1%2021: 84.7%2022: 85.4%2023: 85.6%2024: 85.8%
Change over the period: +9.4 pp Annual average: 0.39 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Malaysia 85.8%
World 58.5%
South-Eastern Asia computed 53.9%
Safely managed sanitation — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 85.8 +0.2 pp
2023 85.6 +0.2 pp
2022 85.4 +0.6 pp
2021 84.7 +0.6 pp
2020 84.1 +0.7 pp
2019 83.4 +0.7 pp
2018 82.7 +0.6 pp
2017 82.1 +0.5 pp
2016 81.6 +0.5 pp
2015 81.1 +0.5 pp
2014 80.6 +0.5 pp
2013 80.2 +0.5 pp
2012 79.7 +0.5 pp
2011 79.2 +0.5 pp
2010 78.7 +0.5 pp
2009 78.2 +0.3 pp
2008 77.9 +0.3 pp
2007 77.6 +0.2 pp
2006 77.4 +0.2 pp
2005 77.3 +0.2 pp
2004 77.1 +0.2 pp
2003 76.9 +0.2 pp
2002 76.8 +0.2 pp
2001 76.6 +0.2 pp
2000 76.4

South-Eastern Asia, 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.