Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Mongolia
Mongolia: Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population was 77.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Mongolia, 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 Mongolia is 77.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Mongolia peaked at 77.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 54.0%, in 2000.
Mongolia ranks 40th of 124 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 | 56.5% | 54.0% | 60.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.0% | 61.9% | 72.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.5% | 73.2% | 77.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More population data for Mongolia
- World population growth 0.1% (2100)
- Population density 3.54 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 297,893 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development 0.1% (2100)
- Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 2.5 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 2.5 births per woman (2024)
- Refugees by country of asylum 11 people (2024)
- Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 2.5 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Share of people who are religious 2.69 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age 2.63 children per women (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Mongolia?
- Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Mongolia was 77.8% 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 77.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.0% in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population?
- Mongolia ranks 40th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.