Basic sanitation access in Papua New Guinea
23.6% of people in Papua New Guinea used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Papua New Guinea, 2024
23.6%
Change from 2023
+0.3percentage points
World, 2024
82.2%
Position in 2024
184th of 193
Basic sanitation access in Papua New Guinea 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 | Papua New Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23.6% | 82.2% |
| 2023 | 23.2% | 81.5% |
| 2022 | 22.9% | 80.4% |
| 2021 | 22.5% | 79.4% |
| 2020 | 22.2% | 78.3% |
| 2019 | 21.8% | 77.2% |
| 2018 | 21.5% | 76.0% |
| 2017 | 21.1% | 74.9% |
| 2016 | 20.7% | 73.8% |
| 2015 | 20.4% | 72.6% |
| 2014 | 20.0% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | 19.7% | 70.2% |
| 2012 | 19.3% | 68.9% |
| 2011 | 19.0% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 18.6% | 66.7% |
| 2009 | 18.2% | 65.5% |
| 2008 | 17.9% | 64.3% |
| 2007 | 17.5% | 63.1% |
| 2006 | 17.0% | 61.9% |
| 2005 | 16.6% | 60.7% |
| 2004 | 16.2% | 59.6% |
| 2003 | 16.2% | 58.4% |
| 2002 | 16.2% | 57.3% |
| 2001 | 16.2% | 55.6% |
| 2000 | 16.2% | 54.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 23.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 20.0%, the figure has changed by +3.5 percentage points.
- Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Papua New Guinea has the 184th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.