Basic sanitation access in Sub-Saharan Africa
37.1% of people in Sub-Saharan Africa used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
37.1%
Change from 2023
+0.5percentage points
World, 2024
82.2%
Basic sanitation access in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37.1% | 82.2% |
| 2023 | 36.6% | 81.5% |
| 2022 | 36.3% | 80.4% |
| 2021 | 35.4% | 79.4% |
| 2020 | 34.6% | 78.3% |
| 2019 | 33.8% | 77.2% |
| 2018 | 33.1% | 76.0% |
| 2017 | 32.4% | 74.9% |
| 2016 | 31.6% | 73.8% |
| 2015 | 30.8% | 72.6% |
| 2014 | 30.1% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | 29.3% | 70.2% |
| 2012 | 28.6% | 68.9% |
| 2011 | 27.9% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 27.5% | 66.7% |
| 2009 | 26.8% | 65.5% |
| 2008 | 26.1% | 64.3% |
| 2007 | 25.5% | 63.1% |
| 2006 | 24.8% | 61.9% |
| 2005 | 24.2% | 60.7% |
| 2004 | 23.6% | 59.6% |
| 2003 | 23.1% | 58.4% |
| 2002 | 22.6% | 57.3% |
| 2001 | 22.2% | 55.6% |
| 2000 | 21.9% | 54.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 36.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 30.1%, the figure has changed by +7.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.