Basic sanitation access in Moldova

86.9% of people in Moldova 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
Moldova, 2024 86.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.6percentage points 2023: 86.3%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 125th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Moldova 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 MoldovaWorld
2024 86.9% 82.2%
2023 86.3% 81.5%
2022 85.7% 80.4%
2021 85.2% 79.4%
2020 84.4% 78.3%
2019 83.7% 77.2%
2018 82.9% 76.0%
2017 82.2% 74.9%
2016 81.4% 73.8%
2015 80.7% 72.6%
2014 80.0% 71.4%
2013 79.3% 70.2%
2012 78.5% 68.9%
2011 77.8% 67.8%
2010 77.1% 66.7%
2009 76.4% 65.5%
2008 75.7% 64.3%
2007 75.1% 63.1%
2006 74.4% 61.9%
2005 73.7% 60.7%
2004 73.1% 59.6%
2003 72.5% 58.4%
2002 72.1% 57.3%
2001 71.7% 55.6%
2000 71.3% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 86.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 80.0%, the figure has changed by +6.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Moldova has the 125th 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 Moldova
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