Safely managed sanitation in World
58.5% of people in the world used safely managed sanitation 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
58.5%
Change from 2023
+0.7percentage points
Safely managed sanitation in World 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.
| Period | World |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 58.5% |
| 2023 | 57.8% |
| 2022 | 57.0% |
| 2021 | 56.1% |
| 2020 | 55.2% |
| 2019 | 54.2% |
| 2018 | 52.8% |
| 2017 | 51.3% |
| 2016 | 49.9% |
| 2015 | 48.4% |
| 2014 | 46.9% |
| 2013 | 45.5% |
| 2012 | 44.1% |
| 2011 | 42.8% |
| 2010 | 41.5% |
| 2009 | 40.2% |
| 2008 | 38.9% |
| 2007 | 37.6% |
| 2006 | 36.3% |
| 2005 | 35.1% |
| 2004 | 34.0% |
| 2003 | 32.8% |
| 2002 | 31.7% |
| 2001 | 31.7% |
| 2000 | 31.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 57.8% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 46.9%, the figure has changed by +11.6 percentage points.