Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Suriname

Safely managed sanitation in Suriname in 2024 — 25.1%. Ranked 116 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.3 pp.

2024 25.1% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank 116of 141
Period maximum 30.4%2004
Period minimum 25.1%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Suriname, 2000–202424262830322000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 29.5%2001: 29.7%2002: 29.9%2003: 30.2%2004: 30.4%2005: 30.1%2006: 29.8%2007: 29.5%2008: 29.2%2009: 28.9%2010: 28.5%2011: 28.2%2012: 27.9%2013: 27.5%2014: 27.2%2015: 26.8%2016: 26.5%2017: 26.1%2018: 25.7%2019: 25.4%2020: 25.2%2021: 25.2%2022: 25.2%2023: 25.1%2024: 25.1%
Change over the period: −4.3 pp Annual average: -0.18 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Suriname 25.1%
World 58.5%
South America computed 49.6%
Safely managed sanitation — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 25.1 −0 pp
2023 25.1 −0 pp
2022 25.2 −0 pp
2021 25.2 −0 pp
2020 25.2 −0.2 pp
2019 25.4 −0.4 pp
2018 25.7 −0.4 pp
2017 26.1 −0.4 pp
2016 26.5 −0.4 pp
2015 26.8 −0.4 pp
2014 27.2 −0.3 pp
2013 27.5 −0.3 pp
2012 27.9 −0.3 pp
2011 28.2 −0.3 pp
2010 28.5 −0.3 pp
2009 28.9 −0.3 pp
2008 29.2 −0.3 pp
2007 29.5 −0.3 pp
2006 29.8 −0.3 pp
2005 30.1 −0.3 pp
2004 30.4 +0.2 pp
2003 30.2 +0.2 pp
2002 29.9 +0.2 pp
2001 29.7 +0.2 pp
2000 29.5

South America, 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.