Safely managed sanitation in Viet Nam

45.4% of people in Viet Nam 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
Viet Nam, 2024 45.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.0percentage points 2023: 44.4%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 89th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Viet Nam 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 Viet NamWorld
2024 45.4% 58.5%
2023 44.4% 57.8%
2022 43.8% 57.0%
2021 43.3% 56.1%
2020 42.8% 55.2%
2019 42.3% 54.2%
2018 41.8% 52.8%
2017 41.3% 51.3%
2016 40.8% 49.9%
2015 40.3% 48.4%
2014 39.8% 46.9%
2013 39.2% 45.5%
2012 38.7% 44.1%
2011 38.2% 42.8%
2010 37.6% 41.5%
2009 37.0% 40.2%
2008 36.5% 38.9%
2007 35.9% 37.6%
2006 35.3% 36.3%
2005 34.7% 35.1%
2004 34.1% 34.0%
2003 33.6% 32.8%
2002 33.1% 31.7%
2001 32.5% 31.7%
2000 31.1% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 44.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 39.8%, the figure has changed by +5.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Viet Nam has the 89th 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 Viet Nam
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