Safely managed sanitation in Nepal

53.4% of people in Nepal used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Nepal, 2024 53.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +2.2percentage points 2023: 51.2%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 79th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period NepalWorld
2024 53.4% 58.5%
2023 51.2% 57.8%
2022 49.0% 57.0%
2021 46.8% 56.1%
2020 44.6% 55.2%
2019 42.5% 54.2%
2018 40.4% 52.8%
2017 38.3% 51.3%
2016 36.3% 49.9%
2015 34.3% 48.4%
2014 32.3% 46.9%
2013 30.3% 45.5%
2012 28.4% 44.1%
2011 26.5% 42.8%
2010 24.7% 41.5%
2009 22.9% 40.2%
2008 21.1% 38.9%
2007 19.3% 37.6%
2006 17.6% 36.3%
2005 15.8% 35.1%
2004 14.2% 34.0%
2003 12.5% 32.8%
2002 10.9% 31.7%
2001 9.3% 31.7%
2000 7.3% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.2 percentage points from 51.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 32.3%, the figure has changed by +21.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Nepal has the 79th 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 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