Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Libya

Access to basic sanitation in Libya in 2024 — 88.5%. Ranked 119 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.6 pp.

2024 88.5% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 119of 193
Period maximum 91.1%2000
Period minimum 88.5%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Libya, 2000–202488899091922000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 91.1%2001: 91%2002: 90.9%2003: 90.7%2004: 90.6%2005: 90.5%2006: 90.4%2007: 90.3%2008: 90.2%2009: 90.1%2010: 90%2011: 89.9%2012: 89.8%2013: 89.7%2014: 89.6%2015: 89.5%2016: 89.4%2017: 89.2%2018: 89.1%2019: 89%2020: 88.9%2021: 88.8%2022: 88.7%2023: 88.6%2024: 88.5%
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: Libya

Libya 88.5%
World 82.2%
Northern Africa computed 87.9%
Access to basic sanitation — Libya, by year Libya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 88.5 −0.1 pp
2023 88.6 −0.1 pp
2022 88.7 −0.1 pp
2021 88.8 −0.1 pp
2020 88.9 −0.1 pp
2019 89 −0.1 pp
2018 89.1 −0.1 pp
2017 89.2 −0.1 pp
2016 89.4 −0.1 pp
2015 89.5 −0.1 pp
2014 89.6 −0.1 pp
2013 89.7 −0.1 pp
2012 89.8 −0.1 pp
2011 89.9 −0.1 pp
2010 90 −0.1 pp
2009 90.1 −0.1 pp
2008 90.2 −0.1 pp
2007 90.3 −0.1 pp
2006 90.4 −0.1 pp
2005 90.5 −0.1 pp
2004 90.6 −0.1 pp
2003 90.7 −0.1 pp
2002 90.9 −0.1 pp
2001 91 −0.1 pp
2000 91.1

Northern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.