Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Zimbabwe

Safely managed sanitation in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 23.6%. Ranked 121 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.4 pp.

2024 23.6% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank 121of 141
Period maximum 31%2004
Period minimum 23.6%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Zimbabwe, 2000–20242224262830322000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 30.9%2001: 30.9%2002: 30.9%2003: 31%2004: 31%2005: 30.7%2006: 30.3%2007: 30%2008: 29.7%2009: 29.4%2010: 29.1%2011: 28.4%2012: 27.8%2013: 27.2%2014: 26.6%2015: 26.1%2016: 25.6%2017: 25.1%2018: 24.6%2019: 24.1%2020: 23.9%2021: 23.6%2022: 23.6%2023: 23.6%2024: 23.6%
Change over the period: −7.4 pp Annual average: -0.31 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe 23.6%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 23.6 −0 pp
2023 23.6 −0 pp
2022 23.6 −0 pp
2021 23.6 −0.2 pp
2020 23.9 −0.2 pp
2019 24.1 −0.5 pp
2018 24.6 −0.5 pp
2017 25.1 −0.5 pp
2016 25.6 −0.5 pp
2015 26.1 −0.5 pp
2014 26.6 −0.6 pp
2013 27.2 −0.6 pp
2012 27.8 −0.6 pp
2011 28.4 −0.7 pp
2010 29.1 −0.3 pp
2009 29.4 −0.3 pp
2008 29.7 −0.3 pp
2007 30 −0.3 pp
2006 30.3 −0.3 pp
2005 30.7 −0.3 pp
2004 31 +0 pp
2003 31 +0 pp
2002 30.9 +0 pp
2001 30.9 −0 pp
2000 30.9

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.