Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Samoa

Safely managed sanitation in Samoa in 2024 — 44.1%. Ranked 90 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.4 pp.

2024 44.1% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 90of 141
Period maximum 44.1%2024
Period minimum 40.9%2013

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Samoa, 2000–20244041424344452000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 41.8%2001: 41.7%2002: 41.8%2003: 41.8%2004: 41.8%2005: 42%2006: 42.2%2007: 42.4%2008: 42.4%2009: 42.4%2010: 42.4%2011: 42.2%2012: 41.5%2013: 40.9%2014: 41.4%2015: 41.9%2016: 42.2%2017: 42.6%2018: 43%2019: 43.3%2020: 43.5%2021: 43.7%2022: 43.9%2023: 44%2024: 44.1%
Change over the period: +2.4 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Samoa 44.1%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 44.1 +0.1 pp
2023 44 +0.1 pp
2022 43.9 +0.2 pp
2021 43.7 +0.2 pp
2020 43.5 +0.3 pp
2019 43.3 +0.3 pp
2018 43 +0.3 pp
2017 42.6 +0.4 pp
2016 42.2 +0.4 pp
2015 41.9 +0.4 pp
2014 41.4 +0.5 pp
2013 40.9 −0.6 pp
2012 41.5 −0.6 pp
2011 42.2 −0.2 pp
2010 42.4 −0 pp
2009 42.4 −0 pp
2008 42.4 −0 pp
2007 42.4 +0.2 pp
2006 42.2 +0.2 pp
2005 42 +0.2 pp
2004 41.8 +0 pp
2003 41.8 +0 pp
2002 41.8 +0 pp
2001 41.7 −0 pp
2000 41.8

Polynesia, 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.