Basic sanitation access in Guinea-Bissau

28.9% of people in Guinea-Bissau 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
Guinea-Bissau, 2024 28.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 28.8%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 180th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-BissauWorld
2024 28.9% 82.2%
2023 28.8% 81.5%
2022 28.7% 80.4%
2021 28.6% 79.4%
2020 27.3% 78.3%
2019 25.9% 77.2%
2018 24.6% 76.0%
2017 23.3% 74.9%
2016 22.0% 73.8%
2015 20.7% 72.6%
2014 19.4% 71.4%
2013 18.2% 70.2%
2012 17.0% 68.9%
2011 15.8% 67.8%
2010 14.6% 66.7%
2009 13.4% 65.5%
2008 12.3% 64.3%
2007 11.1% 63.1%
2006 10.0% 61.9%
2005 8.9% 60.7%
2004 7.8% 59.6%
2003 6.8% 58.4%
2002 5.7% 57.3%
2001 5.0% 55.6%
2000 4.5% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 28.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 19.4%, the figure has changed by +9.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Guinea-Bissau has the 180th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.

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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.BASS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Guinea-Bissau
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