People using safely managed sanitation services in Comoros
Comoros: People using safely managed sanitation services was 49.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed sanitation services in Comoros, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
In 2024, people using safely managed sanitation services in Comoros stood at 49.4%. 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 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed sanitation services in Comoros peaked at 49.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 24.2%, in 2000.
That places Comoros 86th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.8% | 24.2% | 34.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.6% | 36.0% | 45.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.6% | 45.9% | 49.4% | 5 |
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More health data for Comoros
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 8,751 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 8,208 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 8,886 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 8,463 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 9,157 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 9,039 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 9,308 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 9,669 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 4.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 9,422 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed sanitation services in Comoros?
- People using safely managed sanitation services in Comoros was 49.4% 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 49.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.2% in 2000.
- How does Comoros rank for people using safely managed sanitation services?
- Comoros ranks 86th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.