People using safely managed sanitation services, urban in Ghana
Ghana: People using safely managed sanitation services, urban was 17.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed sanitation services, urban in Ghana, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 17.6% for people using safely managed sanitation services, urban in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed sanitation services, urban in Ghana peaked at 17.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 2000.
Ghana ranks 115th of 124 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, urban in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.3% | — |
| 2001 | 6.3% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 6.9% | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 7.4% | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 8.0% | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 8.6% | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 9.1% | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 9.6% | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 10.2% | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 10.7% | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 11.2% | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 11.7% | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 12.2% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 12.7% | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 13.2% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 13.7% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 14.2% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 14.6% | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 15.1% | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 15.5% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 16.0% | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 16.4% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 16.8% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 17.2% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 17.6% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.3% | 6.3% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.4% | 11.2% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.8% | 16.0% | 17.6% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed sanitation services, urban in Ghana?
- People using safely managed sanitation services, urban in Ghana was 17.6% 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, urban recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 17.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed sanitation services, urban recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 2000.
- How does Ghana rank for people using safely managed sanitation services, urban?
- Ghana ranks 115th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed sanitation services, urban rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.6%. 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, urban (% of urban 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.