Safely managed sanitation in Myanmar

60.5% of people in Myanmar used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2006.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Myanmar, 2024 60.5% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 60.6%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 73rd of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Myanmar 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 MyanmarWorld
2024 60.5% 58.5%
2023 60.6% 57.8%
2022 60.6% 57.0%
2021 60.7% 56.1%
2020 60.7% 55.2%
2019 60.8% 54.2%
2018 60.8% 52.8%
2017 60.9% 51.3%
2016 60.9% 49.9%
2015 60.9% 48.4%
2014 61.0% 46.9%
2013 61.0% 45.5%
2012 61.0% 44.1%
2011 61.0% 42.8%
2010 61.0% 41.5%
2009 61.0% 40.2%
2008 61.1% 38.9%
2007 60.8% 37.6%
2006 60.5% 36.3%
2005 60.2% 35.1%
2004 59.9% 34.0%
2003 59.6% 32.8%
2002 59.2% 31.7%
2001 58.9% 31.7%
2000 58.4% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 60.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 61.0%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Myanmar has the 73rd 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 Myanmar
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