Basic sanitation access in Bhutan

86.8% of people in Bhutan used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bhutan, 2024 86.8% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.5percentage points 2023: 85.3%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 126th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Bhutan over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period BhutanWorld
2024 86.8% 82.2%
2023 85.3% 81.5%
2022 83.7% 80.4%
2021 82.1% 79.4%
2020 80.5% 78.3%
2019 78.9% 77.2%
2018 77.2% 76.0%
2017 75.6% 74.9%
2016 73.8% 73.8%
2015 72.1% 72.6%
2014 70.3% 71.4%
2013 68.5% 70.2%
2012 66.7% 68.9%
2011 64.8% 67.8%
2010 63.0% 66.7%
2009 61.0% 65.5%
2008 59.1% 64.3%
2007 57.2% 63.1%
2006 55.2% 61.9%
2005 53.2% 60.7%
2004 51.1% 59.6%
2003 48.9% 58.4%
2002 46.7% 57.3%
2001 44.4% 55.6%
2000 44.1% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.5 percentage points from 85.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 70.3%, the figure has changed by +16.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Bhutan has the 126th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.BASS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Bhutan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene