Safely managed sanitation in Cuba

45.9% of people in Cuba used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Cuba, 2024 45.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.4percentage points 2023: 45.5%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 88th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period CubaWorld
2024 45.9% 58.5%
2023 45.5% 57.8%
2022 44.6% 57.0%
2021 43.8% 56.1%
2020 43.2% 55.2%
2019 42.8% 54.2%
2018 42.3% 52.8%
2017 41.8% 51.3%
2016 41.4% 49.9%
2015 41.0% 48.4%
2014 40.6% 46.9%
2013 40.2% 45.5%
2012 39.8% 44.1%
2011 39.5% 42.8%
2010 39.2% 41.5%
2009 38.9% 40.2%
2008 38.6% 38.9%
2007 38.7% 37.6%
2006 38.7% 36.3%
2005 38.7% 35.1%
2004 38.8% 34.0%
2003 38.6% 32.8%
2002 38.5% 31.7%
2001 38.4% 31.7%
2000 38.3% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 45.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 40.6%, the figure has changed by +5.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Cuba has the 88th 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
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