Basic sanitation access in Jamaica

91.6% of people in Jamaica 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
Jamaica, 2024 91.6% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.5percentage points 2023: 91.1%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 106th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Jamaica 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 JamaicaWorld
2024 91.6% 82.2%
2023 91.1% 81.5%
2022 90.6% 80.4%
2021 90.1% 79.4%
2020 89.5% 78.3%
2019 89.0% 77.2%
2018 88.5% 76.0%
2017 87.9% 74.9%
2016 87.4% 73.8%
2015 86.9% 72.6%
2014 86.4% 71.4%
2013 85.8% 70.2%
2012 85.3% 68.9%
2011 84.8% 67.8%
2010 84.2% 66.7%
2009 83.7% 65.5%
2008 83.2% 64.3%
2007 82.7% 63.1%
2006 82.1% 61.9%
2005 81.6% 60.7%
2004 81.1% 59.6%
2003 80.5% 58.4%
2002 80.5% 57.3%
2001 80.4% 55.6%
2000 80.4% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 91.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 86.4%, the figure has changed by +5.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Jamaica has the 106th 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 Jamaica
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