Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Nauru

Safely managed sanitation in Nauru in 2024 — 33.2%. Ranked 104 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 12.5 pp.

2024 33.2% −0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 104of 141
Period maximum 45.7%2000
Period minimum 33.2%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Nauru, 2000–202430354045502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 45.7%2001: 45.6%2002: 45.6%2003: 45.6%2004: 45.6%2005: 45.6%2006: 45.1%2007: 44.5%2008: 43.9%2009: 43.3%2010: 42.7%2011: 42%2012: 41.4%2013: 40.8%2014: 40.1%2015: 39.5%2016: 38.8%2017: 38.1%2018: 37.4%2019: 36.8%2020: 36.1%2021: 35.3%2022: 34.6%2023: 33.9%2024: 33.2%
Change over the period: −12.5 pp Annual average: -0.52 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Nauru 33.2%
World 58.5%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Nauru, by year Nauru All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 33.2 −0.7 pp
2023 33.9 −0.7 pp
2022 34.6 −0.7 pp
2021 35.3 −0.7 pp
2020 36.1 −0.7 pp
2019 36.8 −0.7 pp
2018 37.4 −0.7 pp
2017 38.1 −0.7 pp
2016 38.8 −0.7 pp
2015 39.5 −0.7 pp
2014 40.1 −0.6 pp
2013 40.8 −0.6 pp
2012 41.4 −0.6 pp
2011 42 −0.6 pp
2010 42.7 −0.6 pp
2009 43.3 −0.6 pp
2008 43.9 −0.6 pp
2007 44.5 −0.6 pp
2006 45.1 −0.6 pp
2005 45.6 −0 pp
2004 45.6 −0 pp
2003 45.6 −0 pp
2002 45.6 −0 pp
2001 45.6 −0 pp
2000 45.7

Micronesia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NR Nauru 33.2 KI Kiribati 24.6

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.