Basic sanitation access in Central African Republic

14.0% of people in Central African Republic used at least basic sanitation services in 2024.

Measure: People using at least basic sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Central African Republic, 2024 14.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 13.9%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 191st of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Central African Republic 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 Central African RepublicWorld
2024 14.0% 82.2%
2023 13.9% 81.5%
2022 13.8% 80.4%
2021 13.8% 79.4%
2020 14.1% 78.3%
2019 14.5% 77.2%
2018 14.8% 76.0%
2017 15.2% 74.9%
2016 15.6% 73.8%
2015 16.0% 72.6%
2014 16.3% 71.4%
2013 16.7% 70.2%
2012 17.1% 68.9%
2011 17.5% 67.8%
2010 17.9% 66.7%
2009 18.3% 65.5%
2008 18.7% 64.3%
2007 19.1% 63.1%
2006 19.5% 61.9%
2005 20.0% 60.7%
2004 20.4% 59.6%
2003 20.5% 58.4%
2002 20.5% 57.3%
2001 20.5% 55.6%
2000 20.6% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 13.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 16.3%, the figure has changed by −2.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Central African Republic has the 191st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.

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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 Central African Republic
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