Basic sanitation access in Mongolia

74.3% of people in Mongolia 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
Mongolia, 2024 74.3% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.4percentage points 2023: 72.9%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 139th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Mongolia 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 MongoliaWorld
2024 74.3% 82.2%
2023 72.9% 81.5%
2022 71.5% 80.4%
2021 70.1% 79.4%
2020 68.8% 78.3%
2019 67.4% 77.2%
2018 66.1% 76.0%
2017 64.8% 74.9%
2016 63.5% 73.8%
2015 62.2% 72.6%
2014 60.9% 71.4%
2013 59.6% 70.2%
2012 58.4% 68.9%
2011 57.1% 67.8%
2010 55.7% 66.7%
2009 54.2% 65.5%
2008 52.7% 64.3%
2007 51.1% 63.1%
2006 49.6% 61.9%
2005 48.1% 60.7%
2004 46.6% 59.6%
2003 45.1% 58.4%
2002 44.5% 57.3%
2001 43.9% 55.6%
2000 43.4% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.4 percentage points from 72.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 60.9%, the figure has changed by +13.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Mongolia has the 139th 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 Mongolia
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