People using safely managed sanitation services in Ghana
Ghana: People using safely managed sanitation services was 18.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed sanitation services in Ghana, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people using safely managed sanitation services in Ghana is 18.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 53.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed sanitation services in Ghana peaked at 18.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 2000.
Ghana ranks 130th of 146 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
People using safely managed sanitation services in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.7% | — |
| 2001 | 3.7% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 4.4% | +17.0% |
| 2003 | 5.0% | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 5.7% | +12.9% |
| 2005 | 6.3% | +11.5% |
| 2006 | 7.0% | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 7.6% | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 8.3% | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 8.9% | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 9.6% | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 10.3% | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 10.9% | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 11.6% | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 12.3% | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 12.9% | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 13.6% | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 14.2% | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 14.9% | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 15.5% | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 16.2% | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 16.8% | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 17.5% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 18.1% | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 18.8% | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.1% | 3.7% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 9.6% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.5% | 16.2% | 18.8% | 5 |
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More health data for Ghana
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.37 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6224 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 986.1 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 8,361 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 75-79, female, annual growth rate 3.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, female, per capita 0.0036 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, annual growth rate 3.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, per capita 0.0027 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed sanitation services in Ghana?
- People using safely managed sanitation services in Ghana was 18.8% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 18.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 2000.
- How does Ghana rank for people using safely managed sanitation services?
- Ghana ranks 130th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.