Safely managed sanitation in Tanzania

28.5% of people in Tanzania used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Tanzania, 2024 28.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.0percentage points 2023: 27.5%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 109th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Tanzania 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 TanzaniaWorld
2024 28.5% 58.5%
2023 27.5% 57.8%
2022 26.5% 57.0%
2021 25.5% 56.1%
2020 24.6% 55.2%
2019 23.6% 54.2%
2018 22.7% 52.8%
2017 21.8% 51.3%
2016 20.9% 49.9%
2015 20.0% 48.4%
2014 19.1% 46.9%
2013 18.2% 45.5%
2012 17.3% 44.1%
2011 16.3% 42.8%
2010 15.2% 41.5%
2009 14.1% 40.2%
2008 12.9% 38.9%
2007 11.7% 37.6%
2006 10.4% 36.3%
2005 9.1% 35.1%
2004 7.9% 34.0%
2003 6.6% 32.8%
2002 5.4% 31.7%
2001 4.1% 31.7%
2000 2.9% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 27.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 19.1%, the figure has changed by +9.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Tanzania has the 109th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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 Tanzania
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