Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Middle East & North Africa

Access to basic sanitation in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 83.7%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 19.9 pp.

2024 83.7% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 83.7%2024
Period minimum 63.8%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Middle East & North Africa, 2000–20246065707580852000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 63.8%2001: 64%2002: 64.3%2003: 64.6%2004: 65.5%2005: 66.4%2006: 67.4%2007: 68.4%2008: 69.4%2009: 70.4%2010: 71.3%2011: 72.3%2012: 73.3%2013: 75.3%2014: 76.3%2015: 77.3%2016: 78.3%2017: 79.2%2018: 80.1%2019: 80.9%2020: 81.7%2021: 82.4%2022: 83.2%2023: 83.4%2024: 83.7%
Change over the period: +19.9 pp Annual average: 0.83 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 83.7%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 83.7 +0.2 pp
2023 83.4 +0.2 pp
2022 83.2 +0.8 pp
2021 82.4 +0.7 pp
2020 81.7 +0.8 pp
2019 80.9 +0.8 pp
2018 80.1 +0.9 pp
2017 79.2 +0.9 pp
2016 78.3 +1 pp
2015 77.3 +1 pp
2014 76.3 +1 pp
2013 75.3 +2 pp
2012 73.3 +1 pp
2011 72.3 +1 pp
2010 71.3 +1 pp
2009 70.4 +1 pp
2008 69.4 +1 pp
2007 68.4 +1 pp
2006 67.4 +1 pp
2005 66.4 +0.9 pp
2004 65.5 +0.9 pp
2003 64.6 +0.3 pp
2002 64.3 +0.3 pp
2001 64 +0.2 pp
2000 63.8

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.