Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Eastern Asia

Safely managed sanitation in Eastern Asia in 2024 — 72.3%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 48.9 pp.

2024 72.3% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 72.3%2024
Period minimum 23.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Eastern Asia, 2000–20240204060802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 23.4%2001: 23.7%2002: 24.4%2003: 26.2%2004: 28.1%2005: 30.1%2006: 32.2%2007: 34.4%2008: 36.7%2009: 39.1%2010: 41.5%2011: 44.1%2012: 46.7%2013: 49.4%2014: 52.2%2015: 55.1%2016: 58.1%2017: 61.1%2018: 64.2%2019: 67.3%2020: 68.6%2021: 69.7%2022: 70.9%2023: 71.9%2024: 72.3%
Change over the period: +48.9 pp Annual average: 2.04 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Asia 72.3%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 72.3 +0.4 pp
2023 71.9 +1.1 pp
2022 70.9 +1.1 pp
2021 69.7 +1.2 pp
2020 68.6 +1.2 pp
2019 67.3 +3.2 pp
2018 64.2 +3.1 pp
2017 61.1 +3 pp
2016 58.1 +3 pp
2015 55.1 +2.9 pp
2014 52.2 +2.8 pp
2013 49.4 +2.7 pp
2012 46.7 +2.6 pp
2011 44.1 +2.6 pp
2010 41.5 +2.5 pp
2009 39.1 +2.4 pp
2008 36.7 +2.3 pp
2007 34.4 +2.2 pp
2006 32.2 +2.1 pp
2005 30.1 +2 pp
2004 28.1 +1.9 pp
2003 26.2 +1.8 pp
2002 24.4 +0.6 pp
2001 23.7 +0.3 pp
2000 23.4

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.