Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Palestine

Safely managed sanitation in Palestine in 2024 — 73.5%. Ranked 61 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 41 pp.

2024 73.5% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 61of 141
Period maximum 73.5%2024
Period minimum 32.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Palestine, 2000–2024204060802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 32.5%2001: 32.6%2002: 32.7%2003: 32.8%2004: 33%2005: 33.2%2006: 33.5%2007: 33.7%2008: 34%2009: 34.5%2010: 35.2%2011: 36%2012: 36.8%2013: 37.5%2014: 41.6%2015: 45.7%2016: 49.9%2017: 54.2%2018: 58.5%2019: 62.8%2020: 67.3%2021: 71.7%2022: 72.7%2023: 73.4%2024: 73.5%
Change over the period: +41 pp Annual average: 1.71 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Palestine 73.5%
World 58.5%
Western Asia computed 69.3%
Safely managed sanitation — Palestine, by year Palestine All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 73.5 +0.2 pp
2023 73.4 +0.7 pp
2022 72.7 +1 pp
2021 71.7 +4.4 pp
2020 67.3 +4.4 pp
2019 62.8 +4.4 pp
2018 58.5 +4.3 pp
2017 54.2 +4.2 pp
2016 49.9 +4.2 pp
2015 45.7 +4.1 pp
2014 41.6 +4.1 pp
2013 37.5 +0.8 pp
2012 36.8 +0.8 pp
2011 36 +0.8 pp
2010 35.2 +0.8 pp
2009 34.5 +0.5 pp
2008 34 +0.2 pp
2007 33.7 +0.2 pp
2006 33.5 +0.2 pp
2005 33.2 +0.2 pp
2004 33 +0.2 pp
2003 32.8 +0.1 pp
2002 32.7 +0.1 pp
2001 32.6 +0.1 pp
2000 32.5

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.