People using safely managed sanitation services in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: People using safely managed sanitation services was 16.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed sanitation services in Papua New Guinea, 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 Papua New Guinea is 16.7%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed sanitation services in Papua New Guinea peaked at 16.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.7%, in 2004.
That places Papua New Guinea 133rd out of 146 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.7% | — |
| 2001 | 10.7% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 10.7% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 10.7% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 10.7% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 11.0% | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 11.4% | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 11.8% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 12.1% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 12.4% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 12.7% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 13.0% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 13.3% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 13.6% | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 13.9% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 14.1% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 14.4% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 14.7% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 15.0% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 15.3% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 15.5% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 15.8% | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 16.1% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 16.4% | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 16.7% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.2% | 10.7% | 12.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.0% | 12.7% | 15.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.1% | 15.5% | 16.7% | 5 |
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More health data for Papua New Guinea
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.77 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.3741 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,127 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2,501 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per capita 0.0535 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, annual growth rate 0.7486 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per capita 0.0574 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, annual growth rate 1.34 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed sanitation services in Papua New Guinea?
- People using safely managed sanitation services in Papua New Guinea was 16.7% 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 16.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.7% in 2004.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for people using safely managed sanitation services?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 133rd out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.