Basic sanitation access in Uganda

23.9% of people in Uganda used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Uganda, 2024 23.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.4percentage points 2023: 23.5%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 183rd of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Uganda 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 at least basic sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Uganda
2024 23.9%
2023 23.5%
2022 23.2%
2021 22.8%
2020 22.4%
2019 22.0%
2018 21.7%
2017 21.3%
2016 20.9%
2015 20.5%
2014 20.1%
2013 19.8%
2012 19.4%
2011 19.0%
2010 18.6%
2009 18.2%
2008 17.8%
2007 17.4%
2006 17.1%
2005 16.7%
2004 16.3%
2003 15.9%
2002 15.5%
2001 15.1%
2000 14.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 23.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 20.1%, the figure has changed by +3.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Uganda has the 183rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.

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.BASS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Uganda
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