Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Lebanon

Access to basic sanitation in Lebanon in 2024 — 99.2%. Ranked 47 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 22.3 pp.

2024 99.2% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 47of 193
Period maximum 99.2%2020
Period minimum 76.9%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Lebanon, 2000–20247080901002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 76.9%2001: 76.9%2002: 76.9%2003: 78.2%2004: 79.5%2005: 80.9%2006: 82.2%2007: 83.5%2008: 84.8%2009: 86.1%2010: 87.4%2011: 88.7%2012: 90%2013: 91.3%2014: 92.6%2015: 93.9%2016: 95.3%2017: 96.6%2018: 97.9%2019: 99.1%2020: 99.2%2021: 99.2%2022: 99.2%2023: 99.2%2024: 99.2%
Change over the period: +22.3 pp Annual average: 0.93 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Lebanon 99.2%
World 82.2%
Western Asia computed 93.7%
Access to basic sanitation — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.2 +0 pp
2023 99.2 +0 pp
2022 99.2 +0 pp
2021 99.2 +0 pp
2020 99.2 +0.1 pp
2019 99.1 +1.2 pp
2018 97.9 +1.3 pp
2017 96.6 +1.3 pp
2016 95.3 +1.3 pp
2015 93.9 +1.3 pp
2014 92.6 +1.3 pp
2013 91.3 +1.3 pp
2012 90 +1.3 pp
2011 88.7 +1.3 pp
2010 87.4 +1.3 pp
2009 86.1 +1.3 pp
2008 84.8 +1.3 pp
2007 83.5 +1.3 pp
2006 82.2 +1.3 pp
2005 80.9 +1.3 pp
2004 79.5 +1.3 pp
2003 78.2 +1.3 pp
2002 76.9 +0 pp
2001 76.9 +0 pp
2000 76.9

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.