Basic sanitation access in Cambodia

83.3% of people in Cambodia 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
Cambodia, 2024 83.3% % of population
Change from 2023 +3.0percentage points 2023: 80.4%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 132nd of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Cambodia 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 CambodiaWorld
2024 83.3% 82.2%
2023 80.4% 81.5%
2022 77.1% 80.4%
2021 73.8% 79.4%
2020 70.5% 78.3%
2019 67.2% 77.2%
2018 63.9% 76.0%
2017 60.7% 74.9%
2016 57.4% 73.8%
2015 54.2% 72.6%
2014 50.9% 71.4%
2013 47.7% 70.2%
2012 44.5% 68.9%
2011 41.2% 67.8%
2010 38.0% 66.7%
2009 34.8% 65.5%
2008 31.7% 64.3%
2007 28.6% 63.1%
2006 25.5% 61.9%
2005 22.5% 60.7%
2004 19.5% 59.6%
2003 16.5% 58.4%
2002 13.5% 57.3%
2001 10.8% 55.6%
2000 10.4% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.0 percentage points from 80.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 50.9%, the figure has changed by +32.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Cambodia has the 132nd 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 Cambodia
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