Basic sanitation access in South Asia
82.0% of people in South Asia used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024
82.0%
Change from 2023
+2.6percentage points
World, 2024
82.2%
Basic sanitation access in South Asia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 82.0% | 82.2% |
| 2023 | 79.4% | 81.5% |
| 2022 | 76.6% | 80.4% |
| 2021 | 73.9% | 79.4% |
| 2020 | 71.1% | 78.3% |
| 2019 | 68.3% | 77.2% |
| 2018 | 65.4% | 76.0% |
| 2017 | 62.5% | 74.9% |
| 2016 | 59.7% | 73.8% |
| 2015 | 56.8% | 72.6% |
| 2014 | 54.0% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | 51.2% | 70.2% |
| 2012 | 48.4% | 68.9% |
| 2011 | 45.7% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 42.9% | 66.7% |
| 2009 | 40.2% | 65.5% |
| 2008 | 37.5% | 64.3% |
| 2007 | 34.8% | 63.1% |
| 2006 | 32.1% | 61.9% |
| 2005 | 29.4% | 60.7% |
| 2004 | 26.8% | 59.6% |
| 2003 | 24.2% | 58.4% |
| 2002 | 21.6% | 57.3% |
| 2001 | 19.1% | 55.6% |
| 2000 | 16.6% | 54.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.6 percentage points from 79.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 54.0%, the figure has changed by +27.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.