People using safely managed sanitation services in Philippines
Philippines: People using safely managed sanitation services was 62.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed sanitation services in Philippines, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 62.2% for people using safely managed sanitation services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed sanitation services in Philippines peaked at 62.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 47.1%, in 2000.
Philippines ranks 72nd of 146 countries on this measure, 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 | 49.1% | 47.1% | 51.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.2% | 52.7% | 59.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.0% | 59.9% | 62.2% | 5 |
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More health data for Philippines
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 1.16 million (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 1.20 million (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 1.16 million (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 1.21 million (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 1.17 million (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 1.20 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 4.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 1.16 million (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 1.17 million (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 1.12 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed sanitation services in Philippines?
- People using safely managed sanitation services in Philippines was 62.2% 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 Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 62.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.1% in 2000.
- How does Philippines rank for people using safely managed sanitation services?
- Philippines ranks 72nd out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Philippines 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.