Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Yemen

Access to basic sanitation in Yemen in 2024 — 63.1%. Ranked 150 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 19.7 pp.

2024 63.1% +0.8 pp vs 2023
World rank 150of 193
Period maximum 63.1%2024
Period minimum 43.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Yemen, 2000–20244045505560652000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 43.4%2001: 43.7%2002: 44%2003: 44.9%2004: 45.8%2005: 46.7%2006: 47.6%2007: 48.5%2008: 49.4%2009: 50.3%2010: 51.2%2011: 52.1%2012: 53%2013: 53.9%2014: 54.8%2015: 55.6%2016: 56.5%2017: 57.3%2018: 58.2%2019: 59%2020: 59.8%2021: 60.7%2022: 61.5%2023: 62.3%2024: 63.1%
Change over the period: +19.7 pp Annual average: 0.82 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Yemen 63.1%
World 82.2%
Western Asia computed 93.7%
Low-income countries computed 33.1%
Access to basic sanitation — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 63.1 +0.8 pp
2023 62.3 +0.8 pp
2022 61.5 +0.8 pp
2021 60.7 +0.8 pp
2020 59.8 +0.8 pp
2019 59 +0.8 pp
2018 58.2 +0.8 pp
2017 57.3 +0.9 pp
2016 56.5 +0.9 pp
2015 55.6 +0.9 pp
2014 54.8 +0.9 pp
2013 53.9 +0.9 pp
2012 53 +0.9 pp
2011 52.1 +0.9 pp
2010 51.2 +0.9 pp
2009 50.3 +0.9 pp
2008 49.4 +0.9 pp
2007 48.5 +0.9 pp
2006 47.6 +0.9 pp
2005 46.7 +0.9 pp
2004 45.8 +0.9 pp
2003 44.9 +0.9 pp
2002 44 +0.3 pp
2001 43.7 +0.3 pp
2000 43.4

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.