Basic sanitation access in Mauritius

97.4% of people in Mauritius 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
Mauritius, 2024 97.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 97.1%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 81st of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Mauritius 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 Mauritius
2024 97.4%
2023 97.1%
2022 96.8%
2021 96.5%
2020 96.2%
2019 96.0%
2018 95.7%
2017 95.4%
2016 95.1%
2015 94.8%
2014 94.5%
2013 94.2%
2012 93.9%
2011 93.6%
2010 93.4%
2009 93.1%
2008 92.8%
2007 92.5%
2006 92.2%
2005 91.9%
2004 91.6%
2003 91.4%
2002 91.1%
2001 90.8%
2000 90.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 97.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 94.5%, the figure has changed by +2.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Mauritius has the 81st 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 Mauritius
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