Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Uganda

Safely managed sanitation in Uganda in 2024 — 20.4%. Ranked 124 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.7 pp.

2024 20.4% +0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 124of 141
Period maximum 20.4%2024
Period minimum 12.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Uganda, 2000–20241214161820222000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 12.7%2001: 13%2002: 13.3%2003: 13.7%2004: 14%2005: 14.3%2006: 14.7%2007: 15%2008: 15.3%2009: 15.6%2010: 16%2011: 16.3%2012: 16.6%2013: 17%2014: 17.3%2015: 17.6%2016: 17.9%2017: 18.2%2018: 18.5%2019: 18.9%2020: 19.2%2021: 19.5%2022: 19.8%2023: 20.1%2024: 20.4%
Change over the period: +7.7 pp Annual average: 0.32 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Uganda 20.4%
World 58.5%
Low-income countries computed 18.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 20.4 +0.3 pp
2023 20.1 +0.3 pp
2022 19.8 +0.3 pp
2021 19.5 +0.3 pp
2020 19.2 +0.3 pp
2019 18.9 +0.3 pp
2018 18.5 +0.3 pp
2017 18.2 +0.3 pp
2016 17.9 +0.3 pp
2015 17.6 +0.3 pp
2014 17.3 +0.3 pp
2013 17 +0.3 pp
2012 16.6 +0.3 pp
2011 16.3 +0.3 pp
2010 16 +0.3 pp
2009 15.6 +0.3 pp
2008 15.3 +0.3 pp
2007 15 +0.3 pp
2006 14.7 +0.3 pp
2005 14.3 +0.3 pp
2004 14 +0.3 pp
2003 13.7 +0.3 pp
2002 13.3 +0.3 pp
2001 13 +0.3 pp
2000 12.7

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.