Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in India
India: Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population was 55.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in India, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in India is 55.8%, measured in 2024. 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 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in India peaked at 55.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.5%, in 2000.
That places India 60th out of 124 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 | 33.2% | 29.5% | 37.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.0% | 38.6% | 49.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.4% | 50.8% | 55.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 57 Peru 60.1% compare
- 58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 58.1% compare
- 59 Brazil 56.6% compare
- 61 Montenegro 55.4% compare
- 62 Philippines 54.1% compare
- 63 Mozambique 53.3% compare
More population data for India
- World population growth -0.5% (2100)
- Population density 506.27 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 66.77 million people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.5% (2100)
- Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 1.96 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 1.96 births per woman (2024)
- Refugees by country of asylum 236,763 people (2024)
- Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 1.96 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Share of people who are religious 1.98 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age 1.89 children per women (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in India?
- Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in India was 55.8% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 55.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.5% in 2000.
- How does India rank for using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population?
- India ranks 60th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed in situ or transported and treated off-site.