Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Syria

Access to basic sanitation in Syria in 2024 — 95.6%. Ranked 91 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.2 pp.

2024 95.6% +0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 91of 193
Period maximum 95.6%2024
Period minimum 88.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Syria, 2000–202488909294962000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 88.4%2001: 88.6%2002: 88.7%2003: 88.9%2004: 89.1%2005: 89.4%2006: 89.7%2007: 90.1%2008: 90.4%2009: 90.8%2010: 91.1%2011: 91.4%2012: 91.6%2013: 91.9%2014: 92.2%2015: 92.5%2016: 92.9%2017: 93.3%2018: 93.6%2019: 94%2020: 94.3%2021: 94.6%2022: 95%2023: 95.3%2024: 95.6%
Change over the period: +7.2 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Syria 95.6%
World 82.2%
Western Asia computed 93.7%
Low-income countries computed 33.1%
Access to basic sanitation — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 95.6 +0.3 pp
2023 95.3 +0.3 pp
2022 95 +0.3 pp
2021 94.6 +0.3 pp
2020 94.3 +0.3 pp
2019 94 +0.3 pp
2018 93.6 +0.4 pp
2017 93.3 +0.4 pp
2016 92.9 +0.4 pp
2015 92.5 +0.4 pp
2014 92.2 +0.3 pp
2013 91.9 +0.3 pp
2012 91.6 +0.3 pp
2011 91.4 +0.3 pp
2010 91.1 +0.3 pp
2009 90.8 +0.3 pp
2008 90.4 +0.3 pp
2007 90.1 +0.3 pp
2006 89.7 +0.3 pp
2005 89.4 +0.3 pp
2004 89.1 +0.2 pp
2003 88.9 +0.2 pp
2002 88.7 +0.2 pp
2001 88.6 +0.2 pp
2000 88.4

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.