Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Kenya

Safely managed sanitation in Kenya in 2024 — 35.8%. Ranked 100 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.6 pp.

2024 35.8% +0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank 100of 141
Period maximum 35.8%2024
Period minimum 20.2%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Kenya, 2000–202420253035402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 20.2%2001: 20.8%2002: 21.5%2003: 22.2%2004: 22.8%2005: 23.5%2006: 24.2%2007: 24.8%2008: 25.5%2009: 26.1%2010: 26.7%2011: 27.3%2012: 28%2013: 28.6%2014: 29.2%2015: 29.8%2016: 30.5%2017: 31.2%2018: 31.9%2019: 32.6%2020: 33.3%2021: 34%2022: 34.7%2023: 35.2%2024: 35.8%
Change over the period: +15.6 pp Annual average: 0.65 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Kenya 35.8%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 35.8 +0.6 pp
2023 35.2 +0.6 pp
2022 34.7 +0.7 pp
2021 34 +0.7 pp
2020 33.3 +0.7 pp
2019 32.6 +0.7 pp
2018 31.9 +0.7 pp
2017 31.2 +0.7 pp
2016 30.5 +0.7 pp
2015 29.8 +0.6 pp
2014 29.2 +0.6 pp
2013 28.6 +0.6 pp
2012 28 +0.6 pp
2011 27.3 +0.6 pp
2010 26.7 +0.6 pp
2009 26.1 +0.6 pp
2008 25.5 +0.6 pp
2007 24.8 +0.7 pp
2006 24.2 +0.7 pp
2005 23.5 +0.7 pp
2004 22.8 +0.7 pp
2003 22.2 +0.7 pp
2002 21.5 +0.7 pp
2001 20.8 +0.6 pp
2000 20.2

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.