Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Türkiye

Access to basic sanitation in Türkiye in 2024 — 99.3%. Ranked 44 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.7 pp.

2024 99.3% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 44of 193
Period maximum 99.3%2024
Period minimum 86.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Türkiye, 2000–20248590951002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 86.5%2001: 86.7%2002: 87.5%2003: 88.3%2004: 89%2005: 89.8%2006: 90.5%2007: 91.2%2008: 91.9%2009: 92.6%2010: 93.3%2011: 93.9%2012: 94.6%2013: 95.2%2014: 95.8%2015: 96.4%2016: 97%2017: 97.6%2018: 98.2%2019: 98.7%2020: 99.2%2021: 99.2%2022: 99.3%2023: 99.3%2024: 99.3%
Change over the period: +12.7 pp Annual average: 0.53 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Türkiye 99.3%
World 82.2%
Western Asia computed 93.7%
Access to basic sanitation — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.3 +0 pp
2023 99.3 +0 pp
2022 99.3 +0 pp
2021 99.2 +0 pp
2020 99.2 +0.5 pp
2019 98.7 +0.5 pp
2018 98.2 +0.6 pp
2017 97.6 +0.6 pp
2016 97 +0.6 pp
2015 96.4 +0.6 pp
2014 95.8 +0.6 pp
2013 95.2 +0.6 pp
2012 94.6 +0.6 pp
2011 93.9 +0.7 pp
2010 93.3 +0.7 pp
2009 92.6 +0.7 pp
2008 91.9 +0.7 pp
2007 91.2 +0.7 pp
2006 90.5 +0.7 pp
2005 89.8 +0.7 pp
2004 89 +0.8 pp
2003 88.3 +0.8 pp
2002 87.5 +0.8 pp
2001 86.7 +0.2 pp
2000 86.5

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.