Safely managed sanitation in Tuvalu

39.7% of people in Tuvalu used safely managed sanitation in 2024.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Tuvalu, 2024 39.7% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 39.7%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 96th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Tuvalu 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 TuvaluWorld
2024 39.7% 58.5%
2023 39.7% 57.8%
2022 39.7% 57.0%
2021 40.0% 56.1%
2020 40.3% 55.2%
2019 40.6% 54.2%
2018 41.0% 52.8%
2017 41.3% 51.3%
2016 41.7% 49.9%
2015 42.0% 48.4%
2014 42.4% 46.9%
2013 42.9% 45.5%
2012 43.3% 44.1%
2011 43.7% 42.8%
2010 44.2% 41.5%
2009 43.9% 40.2%
2008 43.7% 38.9%
2007 43.4% 37.6%
2006 43.1% 36.3%
2005 42.9% 35.1%
2004 42.6% 34.0%
2003 42.3% 32.8%
2002 42.0% 31.7%
2001 41.7% 31.7%
2000 41.4% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 39.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 42.4%, the figure has changed by −2.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Tuvalu has the 96th 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 Tuvalu
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