Safely managed sanitation in Kiribati

24.6% of people in Kiribati used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Kiribati, 2024 24.6% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 24.6%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 119th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Kiribati 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 KiribatiWorld
2024 24.6% 58.5%
2023 24.6% 57.8%
2022 24.6% 57.0%
2021 24.4% 56.1%
2020 24.1% 55.2%
2019 23.8% 54.2%
2018 23.5% 52.8%
2017 23.2% 51.3%
2016 22.9% 49.9%
2015 22.5% 48.4%
2014 22.1% 46.9%
2013 21.8% 45.5%
2012 21.4% 44.1%
2011 20.9% 42.8%
2010 20.5% 41.5%
2009 20.1% 40.2%
2008 19.6% 38.9%
2007 19.1% 37.6%
2006 18.5% 36.3%
2005 17.9% 35.1%
2004 17.3% 34.0%
2003 16.5% 32.8%
2002 15.6% 31.7%
2001 14.9% 31.7%
2000 14.2% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 24.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 22.1%, the figure has changed by +2.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Kiribati has the 119th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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
2000 to 2024 for Kiribati
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