Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in World
World: Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services was 58 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in World, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
World recorded 58 % 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 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in World peaked at 58 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 31 %, in 2000.
World ranks 16th of 29 groups 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 safely managed sanitation services in World, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 31 % | — |
| 2001 | 32 % | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 32 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 33 % | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 34 % | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 35 % | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 36 % | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 38 % | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 39 % | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 40 % | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 42 % | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 43 % | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 44 % | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 46 % | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 47 % | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 48 % | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 50 % | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 51 % | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 53 % | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 54 % | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 55 % | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 56 % | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 57 % | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 58 % | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 58 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35 % | 31 % | 40 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.8 % | 42 % | 54 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.8 % | 55 % | 58 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in World?
- Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in World was 58 % 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 58 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 31 % in 2000.
- How does World rank for percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services?
- World ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.