Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Egypt

Safely managed sanitation in Egypt in 2024 — 57.3%. Ranked 76 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 30.5 pp.

2024 57.3% +3.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 76of 141
Period maximum 57.3%2024
Period minimum 26.8%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Egypt, 2000–202420304050602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 26.8%2001: 26.9%2002: 27%2003: 27.1%2004: 27.5%2005: 27.9%2006: 28.3%2007: 28.6%2008: 29%2009: 29.4%2010: 29.8%2011: 30.2%2012: 30.6%2013: 31%2014: 31.4%2015: 31.8%2016: 34.1%2017: 36.5%2018: 39.2%2019: 41.9%2020: 44.8%2021: 47.8%2022: 51%2023: 54.2%2024: 57.3%
Change over the period: +30.5 pp Annual average: 1.27 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Egypt 57.3%
World 58.5%
Northern Africa computed 50.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Egypt, by year Egypt All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 57.3 +3.1 pp
2023 54.2 +3.3 pp
2022 51 +3.1 pp
2021 47.8 +3 pp
2020 44.8 +2.9 pp
2019 41.9 +2.8 pp
2018 39.2 +2.6 pp
2017 36.5 +2.4 pp
2016 34.1 +2.3 pp
2015 31.8 +0.4 pp
2014 31.4 +0.4 pp
2013 31 +0.4 pp
2012 30.6 +0.4 pp
2011 30.2 +0.4 pp
2010 29.8 +0.4 pp
2009 29.4 +0.4 pp
2008 29 +0.4 pp
2007 28.6 +0.4 pp
2006 28.3 +0.4 pp
2005 27.9 +0.4 pp
2004 27.5 +0.4 pp
2003 27.1 +0.1 pp
2002 27 +0.1 pp
2001 26.9 +0.1 pp
2000 26.8

Northern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population with safely managed sanitation — the top rung of the WHO and UNICEF ladder. Having a separate toilet is not enough: the waste must either be treated on the spot or removed and treated elsewhere. It is the second condition that makes the indicator far more demanding than basic sanitation: in many large cities almost everyone has a toilet, but there are no treatment facilities for the whole volume of wastewater, and by this measure a country turns out to be noticeably lower.

Important: It accounts not only for the presence of a toilet but also for the fate of the wastewater, so the values are substantially lower than those of basic sanitation.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.