Safely managed sanitation in El Salvador

36.0% of people in El Salvador used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
El Salvador, 2024 36.0% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.4percentage points 2023: 36.4%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 99th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in El Salvador 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 El SalvadorWorld
2024 36.0% 58.5%
2023 36.4% 57.8%
2022 36.8% 57.0%
2021 37.2% 56.1%
2020 37.7% 55.2%
2019 38.1% 54.2%
2018 38.6% 52.8%
2017 39.0% 51.3%
2016 39.4% 49.9%
2015 39.8% 48.4%
2014 40.3% 46.9%
2013 40.7% 45.5%
2012 41.2% 44.1%
2011 41.6% 42.8%
2010 42.1% 41.5%
2009 42.6% 40.2%
2008 43.0% 38.9%
2007 43.5% 37.6%
2006 43.9% 36.3%
2005 44.3% 35.1%
2004 44.6% 34.0%
2003 45.0% 32.8%
2002 45.4% 31.7%
2001 45.5% 31.7%
2000 45.7% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 36.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 40.3%, the figure has changed by −4.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, El Salvador has the 99th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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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.SMSS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for El Salvador
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