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South Africa: Population using at least basic sanitation services

77percent · 2024+8.5% since 2014

Population using at least basic sanitation services (%). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator WSH_SANITATION_BASIC. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202477
202377
202276
202176
202075
201974
201874
201773
201672
201572
201471
201370
201270
201169
201068
200967
200867
200766
200665
200564
200464
200363
200262
200161
200060

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Health Organization (2026). Population using at least basic sanitation services. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-wsh-sanitation-basic (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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