Basic sanitation access in East Asia and Pacific
94.8% of people in East Asia and Pacific used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
East Asia and Pacific is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
East Asia and Pacific, 2024
94.8%
Change from 2023
+0.4percentage points
World, 2024
82.2%
Basic sanitation access in East Asia and Pacific 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.
| Period | East Asia and Pacific | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 94.8% | 82.2% |
| 2023 | 94.4% | 81.5% |
| 2022 | 93.3% | 80.4% |
| 2021 | 92.0% | 79.4% |
| 2020 | 90.7% | 78.3% |
| 2019 | 89.4% | 77.2% |
| 2018 | 88.0% | 76.0% |
| 2017 | 86.6% | 74.9% |
| 2016 | 85.1% | 73.8% |
| 2015 | 83.7% | 72.6% |
| 2014 | 82.3% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | 80.8% | 70.2% |
| 2012 | 79.3% | 68.9% |
| 2011 | 77.8% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 76.3% | 66.7% |
| 2009 | 74.7% | 65.5% |
| 2008 | 73.2% | 64.3% |
| 2007 | 71.6% | 63.1% |
| 2006 | 70.0% | 61.9% |
| 2005 | 68.4% | 60.7% |
| 2004 | 66.8% | 59.6% |
| 2003 | 65.1% | 58.4% |
| 2002 | 63.5% | 57.3% |
| 2001 | 61.7% | 55.6% |
| 2000 | 60.9% | 54.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 94.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 82.3%, the figure has changed by +12.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.