People using safely managed sanitation services in Mongolia
Mongolia: People using safely managed sanitation services was 69.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed sanitation services in Mongolia, 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 Mongolia is 69.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed sanitation services in Mongolia peaked at 69.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 41.1%, in 2000.
That places Mongolia 64th out of 146 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.
People using safely managed sanitation services in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 41.1% | — |
| 2001 | 41.6% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 42.1% | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 42.6% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 44.0% | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 45.4% | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 46.9% | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 48.3% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 49.7% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 51.1% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 52.6% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 53.8% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 55.0% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 56.2% | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 57.4% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 58.6% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 59.8% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 61.0% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 62.3% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 63.5% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 64.8% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 66.1% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 67.3% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 68.6% | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 69.9% | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 45.3% | 41.1% | 51.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.0% | 52.6% | 63.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.4% | 64.8% | 69.9% | 5 |
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More health data for Mongolia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.56 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6056 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 847.3 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 63 (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate -0.682 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1534 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate -0.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1622 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed sanitation services in Mongolia?
- People using safely managed sanitation services in Mongolia was 69.9% 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 69.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.1% in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for people using safely managed sanitation services?
- Mongolia ranks 64th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.