People not using improved sanitation facilities, annual growth rate in El Salvador
El Salvador: People not using improved sanitation facilities, annual growth rate was -16.55 % change on previous year in 2024. ▼ Falling
People not using improved sanitation facilities, annual growth rate in El Salvador, 2001–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people not using improved sanitation facilities, annual growth rate in El Salvador is -16.55 % change on previous year, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.5% on the previous year and down 99.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved sanitation facilities, annual growth rate in El Salvador peaked at -0.5345 % change on previous year in 2001 and was at its lowest, -16.55 % change on previous year, in 2024.
El Salvador ranks 167th of 213 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
People not using improved sanitation facilities, annual growth rate in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -0.5345 % change on previous year | — |
| 2002 | -0.6435 % change on previous year | +20.4% |
| 2003 | -4.71 % change on previous year | +632.4% |
| 2004 | -4.98 % change on previous year | +5.6% |
| 2005 | -5.24 % change on previous year | +5.2% |
| 2006 | -5.5 % change on previous year | +5.1% |
| 2007 | -5.64 % change on previous year | +2.4% |
| 2008 | -6.25 % change on previous year | +10.8% |
| 2009 | -6.52 % change on previous year | +4.3% |
| 2010 | -6.8 % change on previous year | +4.3% |
| 2011 | -7.09 % change on previous year | +4.4% |
| 2012 | -7.43 % change on previous year | +4.7% |
| 2013 | -7.82 % change on previous year | +5.3% |
| 2014 | -8.3 % change on previous year | +6.1% |
| 2015 | -8.89 % change on previous year | +7.1% |
| 2016 | -9.54 % change on previous year | +7.3% |
| 2017 | -10.3 % change on previous year | +8.0% |
| 2018 | -11.21 % change on previous year | +8.8% |
| 2019 | -10.57 % change on previous year | -5.7% |
| 2020 | -11.2 % change on previous year | +6.0% |
| 2021 | -12.03 % change on previous year | +7.3% |
| 2022 | -13.15 % change on previous year | +9.4% |
| 2023 | -14.58 % change on previous year | +10.9% |
| 2024 | -16.55 % change on previous year | +13.5% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's -16.55 % change on previous year is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is -3.99 % change on previous year, 4.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's -16.55 % change on previous year is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -2.1 % change on previous year, 7.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where People not using improved sanitation facilities, annual growth rate in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -632.4% | -0.6435 % change on previous year | -4.71 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -4.45 % change on previous year | -6.52 % change on previous year | -0.5345 % change on previous year | 9 |
| 2010s | -8.79 % change on previous year | -11.21 % change on previous year | -6.8 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | -13.5 % change on previous year | -16.55 % change on previous year | -11.2 % change on previous year | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 164 Bangladesh -12.91 % change on previous year compare
- 165 Laos -15.5 % change on previous year compare
- 166 Uruguay -16.09 % change on previous year compare
- 168 East Timor -17.38 % change on previous year compare
- 169 Ecuador -17.38 % change on previous year compare
- 170 Samoa -17.53 % change on previous year compare
More reference data data for El Salvador
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2714 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6267 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0909 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3176 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4948 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using improved sanitation facilities, annual growth rate in El Salvador?
- People not using improved sanitation facilities, annual growth rate in El Salvador was -16.55 % change on previous year in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest people not using improved sanitation facilities, annual growth rate recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was -0.5345 % change on previous year in 2001.
- What is the lowest people not using improved sanitation facilities, annual growth rate recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was -16.55 % change on previous year in 2024.
- How does El Salvador rank for people not using improved sanitation facilities, annual growth rate?
- El Salvador ranks 167th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved sanitation facilities, annual growth rate rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of People not using improved sanitation facilities, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in People not using improved sanitation facilities. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- People not using improved sanitation facilities WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in People not using improved sanitation facilities. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.