Population using safely managed sanitation services in Bhutan
Bhutan: Population using safely managed sanitation services was 53.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Population using safely managed sanitation services in Bhutan, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2024, population using safely managed sanitation services in Bhutan stood at 53.6%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population using safely managed sanitation services in Bhutan peaked at 53.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 35.3%, in 2000.
That places Bhutan 41st out of 99 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 | 39.6% | 35.3% | 43.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.5% | 44.5% | 50.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.4% | 51.1% | 53.6% | 5 |
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- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 151.05 USD (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value 197.01 SLC (2024)
- Heating Degree Days 5,681 (2024)
- Cooling Degree Days 471.76 (2024)
- Total fisheries production 63 metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 5 metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 58 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.011 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0031 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0028 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population using safely managed sanitation services in Bhutan?
- Population using safely managed sanitation services in Bhutan was 53.6% in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 53.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.3% in 2000.
- How does Bhutan rank for population using safely managed sanitation services?
- Bhutan ranks 41st out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is population using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Population using safely managed sanitation services (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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