Safely managed sanitation in North America
95.4% of people in North America used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2024
95.4%
Change from 2023
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World, 2024
58.5%
Safely managed sanitation in North America 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.
| Period | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 95.4% | 58.5% |
| 2023 | 95.4% | 57.8% |
| 2022 | 95.4% | 57.0% |
| 2021 | 95.3% | 56.1% |
| 2020 | 95.3% | 55.2% |
| 2019 | 95.3% | 54.2% |
| 2018 | 95.2% | 52.8% |
| 2017 | 95.2% | 51.3% |
| 2016 | 95.2% | 49.9% |
| 2015 | 95.2% | 48.4% |
| 2014 | 95.1% | 46.9% |
| 2013 | 95.1% | 45.5% |
| 2012 | 95.1% | 44.1% |
| 2011 | 95.0% | 42.8% |
| 2010 | 95.0% | 41.5% |
| 2009 | 95.0% | 40.2% |
| 2008 | 94.9% | 38.9% |
| 2007 | 94.9% | 37.6% |
| 2006 | 94.8% | 36.3% |
| 2005 | 94.8% | 35.1% |
| 2004 | 94.7% | 34.0% |
| 2003 | 94.6% | 32.8% |
| 2002 | 94.6% | 31.7% |
| 2001 | 94.6% | 31.7% |
| 2000 | 94.5% | 31.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 95.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 95.1%, the figure has changed by +0.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.