Safely managed sanitation in Guinea-Bissau

22.6% of people in Guinea-Bissau used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2002.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2002 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Guinea-Bissau, 2024 22.6% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 22.5%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 122nd of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Guinea-BissauWorld
2024 22.6% 58.5%
2023 22.5% 57.8%
2022 22.5% 57.0%
2021 22.4% 56.1%
2020 21.3% 55.2%
2019 20.2% 54.2%
2018 19.1% 52.8%
2017 18.0% 51.3%
2016 16.9% 49.9%
2015 15.9% 48.4%
2014 14.8% 46.9%
2013 13.8% 45.5%
2012 12.7% 44.1%
2011 11.7% 42.8%
2010 10.7% 41.5%
2009 9.7% 40.2%
2008 8.8% 38.9%
2007 7.8% 37.6%
2006 6.8% 36.3%
2005 5.9% 35.1%
2004 5.0% 34.0%
2003 4.1% 32.8%
2002 3.4% 31.7%
2001 – 31.7%
2000 – 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 22.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 14.8%, the figure has changed by +7.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Guinea-Bissau has the 122nd 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
2002 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