Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Kenya

Access to basic sanitation in Kenya in 2024 — 40.9%. Ranked 168 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 17.2 pp.

2024 40.9% +0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 168of 193
Period maximum 40.9%2024
Period minimum 23.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Kenya, 2000–20242025303540452000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 23.6%2001: 24.3%2002: 25%2003: 25.8%2004: 26.5%2005: 27.2%2006: 27.9%2007: 28.6%2008: 29.4%2009: 30.1%2010: 30.8%2011: 31.5%2012: 32.2%2013: 33%2014: 33.7%2015: 34.4%2016: 35.1%2017: 35.9%2018: 36.6%2019: 37.3%2020: 38%2021: 38.7%2022: 39.5%2023: 40.2%2024: 40.9%
Change over the period: +17.2 pp Annual average: 0.72 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Kenya 40.9%
World 82.2%
Eastern Africa computed 29.7%
Access to basic sanitation — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 40.9 +0.7 pp
2023 40.2 +0.7 pp
2022 39.5 +0.7 pp
2021 38.7 +0.7 pp
2020 38 +0.7 pp
2019 37.3 +0.7 pp
2018 36.6 +0.7 pp
2017 35.9 +0.7 pp
2016 35.1 +0.7 pp
2015 34.4 +0.7 pp
2014 33.7 +0.7 pp
2013 33 +0.7 pp
2012 32.2 +0.7 pp
2011 31.5 +0.7 pp
2010 30.8 +0.7 pp
2009 30.1 +0.7 pp
2008 29.4 +0.7 pp
2007 28.6 +0.7 pp
2006 27.9 +0.7 pp
2005 27.2 +0.7 pp
2004 26.5 +0.7 pp
2003 25.8 +0.7 pp
2002 25 +0.7 pp
2001 24.3 +0.7 pp
2000 23.6

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.