Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Tuvalu

Safely managed sanitation in Tuvalu in 2024 — 39.7%. Ranked 96 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.6 pp.

2024 39.7% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 96of 141
Period maximum 44.2%2010
Period minimum 39.7%2023

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Tuvalu, 2000–202438404244462000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 41.4%2001: 41.7%2002: 42%2003: 42.3%2004: 42.6%2005: 42.9%2006: 43.1%2007: 43.4%2008: 43.7%2009: 43.9%2010: 44.2%2011: 43.7%2012: 43.3%2013: 42.9%2014: 42.4%2015: 42%2016: 41.7%2017: 41.3%2018: 41%2019: 40.6%2020: 40.3%2021: 40%2022: 39.7%2023: 39.7%2024: 39.7%
Change over the period: −1.6 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Tuvalu 39.7%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Tuvalu, by year Tuvalu All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 39.7 +0 pp
2023 39.7 −0 pp
2022 39.7 −0.3 pp
2021 40 −0.3 pp
2020 40.3 −0.3 pp
2019 40.6 −0.3 pp
2018 41 −0.4 pp
2017 41.3 −0.4 pp
2016 41.7 −0.4 pp
2015 42 −0.4 pp
2014 42.4 −0.4 pp
2013 42.9 −0.4 pp
2012 43.3 −0.4 pp
2011 43.7 −0.5 pp
2010 44.2 +0.3 pp
2009 43.9 +0.3 pp
2008 43.7 +0.3 pp
2007 43.4 +0.3 pp
2006 43.1 +0.3 pp
2005 42.9 +0.3 pp
2004 42.6 +0.3 pp
2003 42.3 +0.3 pp
2002 42 +0.3 pp
2001 41.7 +0.3 pp
2000 41.4

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.