Safely managed sanitation in South Asia
60.1% of people in South Asia used safely managed sanitation 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
60.1%
Change from 2023
+1.9percentage points
World, 2024
58.5%
Safely managed sanitation 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 | 60.1% | 58.5% |
| 2023 | 58.2% | 57.8% |
| 2022 | 56.1% | 57.0% |
| 2021 | 54.0% | 56.1% |
| 2020 | 51.9% | 55.2% |
| 2019 | 49.7% | 54.2% |
| 2018 | 47.5% | 52.8% |
| 2017 | 45.3% | 51.3% |
| 2016 | 43.1% | 49.9% |
| 2015 | 40.8% | 48.4% |
| 2014 | 38.6% | 46.9% |
| 2013 | 36.4% | 45.5% |
| 2012 | 34.2% | 44.1% |
| 2011 | 32.0% | 42.8% |
| 2010 | 29.9% | 41.5% |
| 2009 | 27.8% | 40.2% |
| 2008 | 25.7% | 38.9% |
| 2007 | 23.6% | 37.6% |
| 2006 | 21.5% | 36.3% |
| 2005 | 19.4% | 35.1% |
| 2004 | 17.4% | 34.0% |
| 2003 | 15.3% | 32.8% |
| 2002 | 13.1% | 31.7% |
| 2001 | 11.4% | 31.7% |
| 2000 | 9.7% | 31.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.9 percentage points from 58.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 38.6%, the figure has changed by +21.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.