Basic sanitation access in World
82.2% of people in the world used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
82.2%
Change from 2023
+0.6percentage points
European Union, 2024
98.5%
Basic sanitation access in World over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 82.2% | 98.5% |
| 2023 | 81.5% | 98.5% |
| 2022 | 80.4% | 98.4% |
| 2021 | 79.4% | 98.3% |
| 2020 | 78.3% | 98.3% |
| 2019 | 77.2% | 98.3% |
| 2018 | 76.0% | 98.2% |
| 2017 | 74.9% | 98.1% |
| 2016 | 73.8% | 98.1% |
| 2015 | 72.6% | 97.9% |
| 2014 | 71.4% | 97.8% |
| 2013 | 70.2% | 97.7% |
| 2012 | 68.9% | 97.6% |
| 2011 | 67.8% | 97.5% |
| 2010 | 66.7% | 97.4% |
| 2009 | 65.5% | 97.3% |
| 2008 | 64.3% | 97.1% |
| 2007 | 63.1% | 97.0% |
| 2006 | 61.9% | 96.9% |
| 2005 | 60.7% | 96.8% |
| 2004 | 59.6% | 96.7% |
| 2003 | 58.4% | 96.6% |
| 2002 | 57.3% | 96.5% |
| 2001 | 55.6% | 96.4% |
| 2000 | 54.8% | 97.5% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 81.5% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 71.4%, the figure has changed by +10.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 98.5%.