People using safely managed sanitation services, urban in Kiribati
Kiribati: People using safely managed sanitation services, urban was 25.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed sanitation services, urban in Kiribati, 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
Kiribati recorded 25.3% for people using safely managed sanitation services, urban in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed sanitation services, urban in Kiribati peaked at 25.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 20.5%, in 2000.
Kiribati ranks 103rd 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 Kiribati, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.5% | — |
| 2001 | 20.8% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 21.1% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 21.7% | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 22.3% | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 22.8% | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 23.3% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 23.8% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 24.0% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 24.2% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 24.4% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 24.5% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 24.6% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 24.8% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 24.9% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 25.0% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 25.1% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 25.1% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 25.2% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 25.3% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 25.3% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 25.3% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 25.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 25.3% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 25.3% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.5% | 20.5% | 24.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.9% | 24.4% | 25.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.3% | 25.3% | 25.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
More health data for Kiribati
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7209 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,076 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 34 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.3672 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0576 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.3464 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed sanitation services, urban in Kiribati?
- People using safely managed sanitation services, urban in Kiribati was 25.3% 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 Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 25.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed sanitation services, urban recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.5% in 2000.
- How does Kiribati rank for people using safely managed sanitation services, urban?
- Kiribati ranks 103rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed sanitation services, urban rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.