Safely managed sanitation in Uganda

20.4% of people in Uganda 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
Uganda, 2024 20.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 20.1%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 124th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period UgandaWorld
2024 20.4% 58.5%
2023 20.1% 57.8%
2022 19.8% 57.0%
2021 19.5% 56.1%
2020 19.2% 55.2%
2019 18.9% 54.2%
2018 18.5% 52.8%
2017 18.2% 51.3%
2016 17.9% 49.9%
2015 17.6% 48.4%
2014 17.3% 46.9%
2013 17.0% 45.5%
2012 16.6% 44.1%
2011 16.3% 42.8%
2010 16.0% 41.5%
2009 15.6% 40.2%
2008 15.3% 38.9%
2007 15.0% 37.6%
2006 14.7% 36.3%
2005 14.3% 35.1%
2004 14.0% 34.0%
2003 13.7% 32.8%
2002 13.3% 31.7%
2001 13.0% 31.7%
2000 12.7% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 20.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 17.3%, the figure has changed by +3.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Uganda has the 124th 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 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