Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in India
India: Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services was 63 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in India, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
India recorded 63 % for percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 57.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in India peaked at 63 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9 %, in 2000.
That places India 62nd out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 safely managed sanitation services in India, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9 % | — |
| 2001 | 11 % | +22.2% |
| 2002 | 13 % | +18.2% |
| 2003 | 15 % | +15.4% |
| 2004 | 17 % | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 20 % | +17.6% |
| 2006 | 22 % | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 24 % | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 26 % | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 28 % | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 31 % | +10.7% |
| 2011 | 33 % | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 35 % | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 38 % | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 40 % | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 42 % | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 45 % | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 47 % | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 50 % | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 52 % | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 54 % | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 56 % | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 59 % | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 61 % | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 63 % | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.5 % | 9 % | 28 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.3 % | 31 % | 52 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.6 % | 54 % | 63 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 59 Albania 69 % compare
- 59 China, mainland 69 % compare
- 61 Azerbaijan 68 % compare
- 62 Georgia 63 % compare
- 62 Mexico 63 % compare
- 65 Algeria 62 % compare
- 65 Philippines 62 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.23 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.23 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in India?
- Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in India was 63 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 63 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 % in 2000.
- How does India rank for percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services?
- India ranks 62nd out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using safely managed 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.