Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Libya

Safely managed sanitation in Libya in 2024 — 21.7%. Ranked 123 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.8 pp.

2024 21.7% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 123of 141
Period maximum 27.6%2000
Period minimum 21.7%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Libya, 2000–202420222426282000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 27.6%2001: 27.2%2002: 26.9%2003: 26.6%2004: 26.2%2005: 25.9%2006: 25.6%2007: 25.2%2008: 24.9%2009: 24.6%2010: 24.2%2011: 23.9%2012: 23.6%2013: 23.2%2014: 22.9%2015: 22.6%2016: 22.2%2017: 22.2%2018: 22.1%2019: 22.1%2020: 22%2021: 21.9%2022: 21.9%2023: 21.8%2024: 21.7%
Change over the period: −5.8 pp Annual average: -0.24 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Libya 21.7%
World 58.5%
Northern Africa computed 50.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Libya, by year Libya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 21.7 −0.1 pp
2023 21.8 −0.1 pp
2022 21.9 −0.1 pp
2021 21.9 −0.1 pp
2020 22 −0.1 pp
2019 22.1 −0.1 pp
2018 22.1 −0.1 pp
2017 22.2 −0.1 pp
2016 22.2 −0.3 pp
2015 22.6 −0.3 pp
2014 22.9 −0.3 pp
2013 23.2 −0.3 pp
2012 23.6 −0.3 pp
2011 23.9 −0.3 pp
2010 24.2 −0.3 pp
2009 24.6 −0.3 pp
2008 24.9 −0.3 pp
2007 25.2 −0.3 pp
2006 25.6 −0.3 pp
2005 25.9 −0.3 pp
2004 26.2 −0.3 pp
2003 26.6 −0.3 pp
2002 26.9 −0.3 pp
2001 27.2 −0.3 pp
2000 27.6

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.