Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services was 95 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Sri Lanka, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Sri Lanka is 95 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Sri Lanka peaked at 95 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 77 %, in 2000.
Sri Lanka ranks 85th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 77 % | — |
| 2001 | 78 % | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 78 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 79 % | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 80 % | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 81 % | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 82 % | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 82 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 83 % | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 84 % | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 85 % | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 86 % | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 87 % | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 87 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 88 % | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 89 % | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 90 % | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 91 % | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 92 % | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 92 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 93 % | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 94 % | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 95 % | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 95 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 95 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 80.4 % | 77 % | 84 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.7 % | 85 % | 92 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.4 % | 93 % | 95 % | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.36 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.36 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Sri Lanka?
- Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Sri Lanka was 95 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 95 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 77 % in 2000.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services?
- Sri Lanka ranks 85th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.