Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Palestine

Access to basic sanitation in Palestine in 2024 — 99.4%. Ranked 40 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9.1 pp.

2024 99.4% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 40of 193
Period maximum 99.4%2024
Period minimum 90.3%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Palestine, 2000–20249092.59597.51002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 90.3%2001: 90.3%2002: 90.4%2003: 90.4%2004: 90.9%2005: 91.4%2006: 91.9%2007: 92.4%2008: 92.9%2009: 93.4%2010: 93.8%2011: 94.3%2012: 94.8%2013: 95.3%2014: 95.8%2015: 96.2%2016: 96.7%2017: 97.2%2018: 97.7%2019: 98.2%2020: 98.6%2021: 99.1%2022: 99.4%2023: 99.4%2024: 99.4%
Change over the period: +9.1 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Palestine 99.4%
World 82.2%
Western Asia computed 93.7%
Access to basic sanitation — Palestine, by year Palestine All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.4 +0 pp
2023 99.4 +0 pp
2022 99.4 +0.3 pp
2021 99.1 +0.4 pp
2020 98.6 +0.5 pp
2019 98.2 +0.5 pp
2018 97.7 +0.5 pp
2017 97.2 +0.5 pp
2016 96.7 +0.5 pp
2015 96.2 +0.5 pp
2014 95.8 +0.5 pp
2013 95.3 +0.5 pp
2012 94.8 +0.5 pp
2011 94.3 +0.5 pp
2010 93.8 +0.5 pp
2009 93.4 +0.5 pp
2008 92.9 +0.5 pp
2007 92.4 +0.5 pp
2006 91.9 +0.5 pp
2005 91.4 +0.5 pp
2004 90.9 +0.5 pp
2003 90.4 +0.1 pp
2002 90.4 +0.1 pp
2001 90.3 +0.1 pp
2000 90.3

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.