Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Western Asia

Access to basic sanitation in Western Asia in 2024 — 93.7%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 14 pp.

2024 93.7% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 93.7%2024
Period minimum 79.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Western Asia, 2000–202475808590952000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 79.7%2001: 79.9%2002: 80.4%2003: 80.9%2004: 81.5%2005: 82.2%2006: 83.1%2007: 83.9%2008: 84.7%2009: 85.4%2010: 86.1%2011: 86.8%2012: 87.5%2013: 89.2%2014: 89.9%2015: 90.6%2016: 91.2%2017: 91.8%2018: 92.3%2019: 92.8%2020: 93.2%2021: 93.3%2022: 93.4%2023: 93.6%2024: 93.7%
Change over the period: +14 pp Annual average: 0.58 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Asia 93.7%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 93.7 +0.1 pp
2023 93.6 +0.1 pp
2022 93.4 +0.2 pp
2021 93.3 +0.1 pp
2020 93.2 +0.4 pp
2019 92.8 +0.4 pp
2018 92.3 +0.5 pp
2017 91.8 +0.6 pp
2016 91.2 +0.6 pp
2015 90.6 +0.7 pp
2014 89.9 +0.7 pp
2013 89.2 +1.7 pp
2012 87.5 +0.7 pp
2011 86.8 +0.7 pp
2010 86.1 +0.7 pp
2009 85.4 +0.7 pp
2008 84.7 +0.8 pp
2007 83.9 +0.8 pp
2006 83.1 +0.8 pp
2005 82.2 +0.7 pp
2004 81.5 +0.6 pp
2003 80.9 +0.6 pp
2002 80.4 +0.5 pp
2001 79.9 +0.2 pp
2000 79.7

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.