Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Tonga

Safely managed sanitation in Tonga in 2024 — 31.2%. Ranked 107 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.2 pp.

2024 31.2% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank 107of 141
Period maximum 40.7%2010
Period minimum 31.2%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Tonga, 2000–20243032.53537.54042.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 38.4%2001: 38.4%2002: 38.4%2003: 38.4%2004: 38.4%2005: 38.8%2006: 39.2%2007: 39.6%2008: 40%2009: 40.4%2010: 40.7%2011: 39.9%2012: 39.1%2013: 38.3%2014: 37.6%2015: 36.8%2016: 36%2017: 35.3%2018: 34.5%2019: 33.8%2020: 33%2021: 32.3%2022: 31.7%2023: 31.3%2024: 31.2%
Change over the period: −7.2 pp Annual average: -0.3 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Tonga 31.2%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Tonga, by year Tonga All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 31.2 −0 pp
2023 31.3 −0.5 pp
2022 31.7 −0.6 pp
2021 32.3 −0.7 pp
2020 33 −0.7 pp
2019 33.8 −0.7 pp
2018 34.5 −0.8 pp
2017 35.3 −0.8 pp
2016 36 −0.8 pp
2015 36.8 −0.8 pp
2014 37.6 −0.8 pp
2013 38.3 −0.8 pp
2012 39.1 −0.8 pp
2011 39.9 −0.8 pp
2010 40.7 +0.3 pp
2009 40.4 +0.4 pp
2008 40 +0.4 pp
2007 39.6 +0.4 pp
2006 39.2 +0.4 pp
2005 38.8 +0.4 pp
2004 38.4 −0 pp
2003 38.4 −0 pp
2002 38.4 −0 pp
2001 38.4 −0 pp
2000 38.4

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.