Safely managed sanitation in Cambodia

51.6% of people in Cambodia used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2002.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2002 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Cambodia, 2024 51.6% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.9percentage points 2023: 49.7%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 80th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period CambodiaWorld
2024 51.6% 58.5%
2023 49.7% 57.8%
2022 47.6% 57.0%
2021 45.6% 56.1%
2020 43.5% 55.2%
2019 41.4% 54.2%
2018 39.3% 52.8%
2017 37.3% 51.3%
2016 35.2% 49.9%
2015 33.1% 48.4%
2014 31.1% 46.9%
2013 29.0% 45.5%
2012 27.0% 44.1%
2011 25.0% 42.8%
2010 22.9% 41.5%
2009 20.9% 40.2%
2008 18.9% 38.9%
2007 16.9% 37.6%
2006 15.0% 36.3%
2005 13.0% 35.1%
2004 11.1% 34.0%
2003 9.2% 32.8%
2002 7.3% 31.7%
2001 – 31.7%
2000 – 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.9 percentage points from 49.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 31.1%, the figure has changed by +20.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Cambodia has the 80th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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.SMSS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2002 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