Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Qatar

Safely managed sanitation in Qatar in 2024 — 99.9%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.4 pp.

2024 99.9% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 6of 141
Period maximum 99.9%2022
Period minimum 87.5%2008

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Qatar, 2000–20248590951002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 87.5%2001: 87.5%2002: 87.5%2003: 87.5%2004: 87.5%2005: 87.5%2006: 87.5%2007: 87.5%2008: 87.5%2009: 88.4%2010: 89.3%2011: 90.2%2012: 91.1%2013: 92%2014: 92.9%2015: 93.8%2016: 94.7%2017: 95.6%2018: 96.5%2019: 97.4%2020: 98.3%2021: 99.2%2022: 99.9%2023: 99.9%2024: 99.9%
Change over the period: +12.4 pp Annual average: 0.52 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Qatar 99.9%
World 58.5%
Western Asia computed 69.3%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Qatar, by year Qatar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.9 +0 pp
2023 99.9 +0 pp
2022 99.9 +0.7 pp
2021 99.2 +0.9 pp
2020 98.3 +0.9 pp
2019 97.4 +0.9 pp
2018 96.5 +0.9 pp
2017 95.6 +0.9 pp
2016 94.7 +0.9 pp
2015 93.8 +0.9 pp
2014 92.9 +0.9 pp
2013 92 +0.9 pp
2012 91.1 +0.9 pp
2011 90.2 +0.9 pp
2010 89.3 +0.9 pp
2009 88.4 +0.9 pp
2008 87.5 −0 pp
2007 87.5 −0 pp
2006 87.5 +0 pp
2005 87.5 +0 pp
2004 87.5 +0 pp
2003 87.5 +0 pp
2002 87.5 +0 pp
2001 87.5 +0 pp
2000 87.5

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.