Safely managed sanitation in Madagascar

12.8% of people in Madagascar 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
Madagascar, 2024 12.8% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 12.8%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 135th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Madagascar 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 MadagascarWorld
2024 12.8% 58.5%
2023 12.8% 57.8%
2022 12.3% 57.0%
2021 11.9% 56.1%
2020 11.5% 55.2%
2019 11.0% 54.2%
2018 10.6% 52.8%
2017 10.2% 51.3%
2016 9.8% 49.9%
2015 9.3% 48.4%
2014 8.9% 46.9%
2013 8.5% 45.5%
2012 8.1% 44.1%
2011 7.7% 42.8%
2010 7.2% 41.5%
2009 6.8% 40.2%
2008 6.4% 38.9%
2007 6.0% 37.6%
2006 5.6% 36.3%
2005 5.2% 35.1%
2004 4.8% 34.0%
2003 4.4% 32.8%
2002 4.0% 31.7%
2001 3.6% 31.7%
2000 3.2% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 12.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 8.9%, the figure has changed by +3.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Madagascar has the 135th 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 Madagascar
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