Basic sanitation access in OECD members

98.7% of people in OECD member countries 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
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2024 98.7% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 98.6%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate

Basic sanitation access in OECD members 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 OECD membersWorld
2024 98.7% 82.2%
2023 98.6% 81.5%
2022 98.6% 80.4%
2021 98.5% 79.4%
2020 98.4% 78.3%
2019 98.3% 77.2%
2018 98.2% 76.0%
2017 98.1% 74.9%
2016 98.0% 73.8%
2015 97.8% 72.6%
2014 97.7% 71.4%
2013 97.6% 70.2%
2012 97.5% 68.9%
2011 97.3% 67.8%
2010 97.2% 66.7%
2009 97.1% 65.5%
2008 96.9% 64.3%
2007 96.8% 63.1%
2006 96.7% 61.9%
2005 96.5% 60.7%
2004 96.4% 59.6%
2003 96.2% 58.4%
2002 96.1% 57.3%
2001 95.9% 55.6%
2000 95.8% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 98.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 97.7%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.

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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 OECD members
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