Safely managed sanitation in South Korea

99.3% of people in South Korea used safely managed sanitation in 2024.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
South Korea, 2024 99.3% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 99.3%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 92.9% Middle value of 37 countries
Position in 2024 8th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in South Korea 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period South KoreaWorld
2024 99.3% 58.5%
2023 99.3% 57.8%
2022 99.3% 57.0%
2021 99.2% 56.1%
2020 98.9% 55.2%
2019 98.3% 54.2%
2018 97.7% 52.8%
2017 97.1% 51.3%
2016 96.4% 49.9%
2015 95.8% 48.4%
2014 95.2% 46.9%
2013 94.6% 45.5%
2012 94.0% 44.1%
2011 93.5% 42.8%
2010 92.9% 41.5%
2009 92.3% 40.2%
2008 91.7% 38.9%
2007 91.1% 37.6%
2006 90.5% 36.3%
2005 89.9% 35.1%
2004 89.3% 34.0%
2003 88.7% 32.8%
2002 88.1% 31.7%
2001 87.5% 31.7%
2000 86.9% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 99.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 95.2%, the figure has changed by +4.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, South Korea has the 8th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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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.SMSS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for South Korea
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