Basic sanitation access in Philippines

87.2% of people in Philippines 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
Philippines, 2024 87.2% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.2percentage points 2023: 86.0%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 124th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Philippines 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 PhilippinesWorld
2024 87.2% 82.2%
2023 86.0% 81.5%
2022 84.8% 80.4%
2021 83.7% 79.4%
2020 82.5% 78.3%
2019 81.4% 77.2%
2018 80.2% 76.0%
2017 79.1% 74.9%
2016 78.0% 73.8%
2015 76.9% 72.6%
2014 75.7% 71.4%
2013 74.6% 70.2%
2012 73.5% 68.9%
2011 72.4% 67.8%
2010 71.3% 66.7%
2009 70.3% 65.5%
2008 69.2% 64.3%
2007 68.2% 63.1%
2006 67.2% 61.9%
2005 66.7% 60.7%
2004 66.3% 59.6%
2003 65.9% 58.4%
2002 65.4% 57.3%
2001 65.0% 55.6%
2000 64.6% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.2 percentage points from 86.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 75.7%, the figure has changed by +11.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Philippines has the 124th highest value.
  • 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 Philippines
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