Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Jordan

Access to basic sanitation in Jordan in 2024 — 96.4%. Ranked 87 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.6 pp.

2024 96.4% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 87of 193
Period maximum 99%2000
Period minimum 96.4%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Jordan, 2000–2024969798991002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 99%2001: 98.9%2002: 98.8%2003: 98.6%2004: 98.5%2005: 98.4%2006: 98.3%2007: 98.2%2008: 98.1%2009: 98%2010: 97.9%2011: 97.8%2012: 97.7%2013: 97.6%2014: 97.5%2015: 97.4%2016: 97.3%2017: 97.2%2018: 97.1%2019: 96.9%2020: 96.8%2021: 96.7%2022: 96.6%2023: 96.5%2024: 96.4%
Change over the period: −2.6 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Jordan

Jordan 96.4%
World 82.2%
Western Asia computed 93.7%
Access to basic sanitation — Jordan, by year Jordan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 96.4 −0.1 pp
2023 96.5 −0.1 pp
2022 96.6 −0.1 pp
2021 96.7 −0.1 pp
2020 96.8 −0.1 pp
2019 96.9 −0.1 pp
2018 97.1 −0.1 pp
2017 97.2 −0.1 pp
2016 97.3 −0.1 pp
2015 97.4 −0.1 pp
2014 97.5 −0.1 pp
2013 97.6 −0.1 pp
2012 97.7 −0.1 pp
2011 97.8 −0.1 pp
2010 97.9 −0.1 pp
2009 98 −0.1 pp
2008 98.1 −0.1 pp
2007 98.2 −0.1 pp
2006 98.3 −0.1 pp
2005 98.4 −0.1 pp
2004 98.5 −0.1 pp
2003 98.6 −0.1 pp
2002 98.8 −0.1 pp
2001 98.9 −0.1 pp
2000 99

About the indicator

The share of the population using improved sanitation facilities not shared with other households: sewerage, septic tanks, improved pit latrines. Alongside access to clean water this is the basic condition for reducing child mortality from intestinal infections.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.