Share of the population using safely managed sanitation services. Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Retrieved 15 Oct 2026.
| Period | Safely Managed Sanitation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 73.8% |
| 2023 | 73.2% |
| 2022 | 71.7% |
| 2021 | 69.5% |
| 2020 | 67.4% |
| 2019 | 65.3% |
| 2018 | 63.2% |
| 2017 | 61.2% |
| 2016 | 59.3% |
| 2015 | 57.3% |
| 2014 | 55.4% |
| 2013 | 54.9% |
35 countries carry a recent access to safely managed sanitation figure. Each opens its own page with the history, the source and the API request.
170 of 207 indicators carry a figure for South Africa, grouped by topic.