Basic sanitation access in Ghana

31.6% of people in Ghana 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
Ghana, 2024 31.6% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.3percentage points 2023: 30.3%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 178th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Ghana 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 GhanaWorld
2024 31.6% 82.2%
2023 30.3% 81.5%
2022 29.0% 80.4%
2021 27.8% 79.4%
2020 26.6% 78.3%
2019 25.3% 77.2%
2018 24.1% 76.0%
2017 22.9% 74.9%
2016 21.7% 73.8%
2015 20.6% 72.6%
2014 19.4% 71.4%
2013 18.3% 70.2%
2012 17.1% 68.9%
2011 16.0% 67.8%
2010 14.9% 66.7%
2009 13.8% 65.5%
2008 12.8% 64.3%
2007 11.7% 63.1%
2006 10.7% 61.9%
2005 9.7% 60.7%
2004 8.7% 59.6%
2003 7.7% 58.4%
2002 6.8% 57.3%
2001 5.8% 55.6%
2000 5.7% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from 30.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 19.4%, the figure has changed by +12.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Ghana has the 178th 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 Ghana
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