Basic sanitation access in Cameroon

47.1% of people in Cameroon 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
Cameroon, 2024 47.1% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.5percentage points 2023: 46.6%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 164th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Cameroon 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 CameroonWorld
2024 47.1% 82.2%
2023 46.6% 81.5%
2022 46.2% 80.4%
2021 45.7% 79.4%
2020 45.3% 78.3%
2019 44.8% 77.2%
2018 44.4% 76.0%
2017 44.0% 74.9%
2016 43.6% 73.8%
2015 43.1% 72.6%
2014 42.7% 71.4%
2013 42.3% 70.2%
2012 41.9% 68.9%
2011 41.5% 67.8%
2010 41.1% 66.7%
2009 40.7% 65.5%
2008 40.3% 64.3%
2007 39.9% 63.1%
2006 39.5% 61.9%
2005 39.1% 60.7%
2004 38.7% 59.6%
2003 38.4% 58.4%
2002 38.0% 57.3%
2001 37.8% 55.6%
2000 37.6% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 46.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 42.7%, the figure has changed by +4.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Cameroon has the 164th 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 Cameroon
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