Basic sanitation access in Nepal

86.0% of people in Nepal 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
Nepal, 2024 86.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +3.4percentage points 2023: 82.6%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 128th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Nepal 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 NepalWorld
2024 86.0% 82.2%
2023 82.6% 81.5%
2022 79.2% 80.4%
2021 75.8% 79.4%
2020 72.5% 78.3%
2019 69.2% 77.2%
2018 66.0% 76.0%
2017 62.8% 74.9%
2016 59.6% 73.8%
2015 56.5% 72.6%
2014 53.4% 71.4%
2013 50.4% 70.2%
2012 47.4% 68.9%
2011 44.4% 67.8%
2010 41.5% 66.7%
2009 38.6% 65.5%
2008 35.8% 64.3%
2007 33.1% 63.1%
2006 30.3% 61.9%
2005 27.6% 60.7%
2004 25.0% 59.6%
2003 22.4% 58.4%
2002 19.9% 57.3%
2001 17.4% 55.6%
2000 14.9% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.4 percentage points from 82.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 53.4%, the figure has changed by +32.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Nepal has the 128th 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 Nepal
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