Basic sanitation access in Gabon

57.4% of people in Gabon 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
Gabon, 2024 57.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 57.3%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 154th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Gabon 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 GabonWorld
2024 57.4% 82.2%
2023 57.3% 81.5%
2022 55.8% 80.4%
2021 54.3% 79.4%
2020 52.9% 78.3%
2019 51.4% 77.2%
2018 50.0% 76.0%
2017 48.6% 74.9%
2016 47.2% 73.8%
2015 45.8% 72.6%
2014 44.4% 71.4%
2013 43.0% 70.2%
2012 41.7% 68.9%
2011 40.3% 67.8%
2010 39.0% 66.7%
2009 37.7% 65.5%
2008 36.4% 64.3%
2007 35.1% 63.1%
2006 33.9% 61.9%
2005 32.7% 60.7%
2004 31.5% 59.6%
2003 30.3% 58.4%
2002 29.1% 57.3%
2001 28.0% 55.6%
2000 26.8% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 57.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 44.4%, the figure has changed by +13.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Gabon has the 154th 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 Gabon
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