Basic sanitation access in Cuba

94.8% of people in Cuba 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
Cuba, 2024 94.8% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.6percentage points 2023: 94.1%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 95th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Cuba 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 CubaWorld
2024 94.8% 82.2%
2023 94.1% 81.5%
2022 93.5% 80.4%
2021 92.8% 79.4%
2020 92.2% 78.3%
2019 91.5% 77.2%
2018 90.9% 76.0%
2017 90.3% 74.9%
2016 89.6% 73.8%
2015 89.0% 72.6%
2014 88.4% 71.4%
2013 87.7% 70.2%
2012 87.1% 68.9%
2011 86.5% 67.8%
2010 85.8% 66.7%
2009 85.2% 65.5%
2008 84.6% 64.3%
2007 83.9% 63.1%
2006 83.3% 61.9%
2005 82.7% 60.7%
2004 82.1% 59.6%
2003 81.9% 58.4%
2002 81.7% 57.3%
2001 81.5% 55.6%
2000 81.3% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 94.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 88.4%, the figure has changed by +6.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Cuba has the 95th 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 Cuba
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