Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Iraq

Safely managed sanitation in Iraq in 2024 — 50.9%. Ranked 81 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 24 pp.

2024 50.9% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 81of 141
Period maximum 50.9%2024
Period minimum 26.9%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Iraq, 2000–202420304050602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 26.9%2001: 28%2002: 29%2003: 30.1%2004: 31.1%2005: 31.8%2006: 32.5%2007: 33.3%2008: 34.1%2009: 35%2010: 36%2011: 37%2012: 38.1%2013: 39.5%2014: 40.9%2015: 42.4%2016: 44%2017: 45.7%2018: 47.3%2019: 48.6%2020: 49.9%2021: 50.2%2022: 50.4%2023: 50.7%2024: 50.9%
Change over the period: +24 pp Annual average: 1 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Iraq 50.9%
World 58.5%
Western Asia computed 69.3%
Safely managed sanitation — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 50.9 +0.2 pp
2023 50.7 +0.2 pp
2022 50.4 +0.2 pp
2021 50.2 +0.2 pp
2020 49.9 +1.3 pp
2019 48.6 +1.3 pp
2018 47.3 +1.6 pp
2017 45.7 +1.7 pp
2016 44 +1.6 pp
2015 42.4 +1.5 pp
2014 40.9 +1.4 pp
2013 39.5 +1.4 pp
2012 38.1 +1.1 pp
2011 37 +1 pp
2010 36 +1 pp
2009 35 +0.9 pp
2008 34.1 +0.8 pp
2007 33.3 +0.8 pp
2006 32.5 +0.7 pp
2005 31.8 +0.7 pp
2004 31.1 +1 pp
2003 30.1 +1 pp
2002 29 +1 pp
2001 28 +1 pp
2000 26.9

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.