Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Senegal

Safely managed sanitation in Senegal in 2024 — 30.1%. Ranked 108 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.4 pp.

2024 30.1% +0.9 pp vs 2023
World rank 108of 141
Period maximum 30.1%2024
Period minimum 14.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Senegal, 2000–20241015202530352000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 14.6%2001: 15%2002: 15.4%2003: 15.7%2004: 16.1%2005: 16.5%2006: 16.9%2007: 17.2%2008: 17.6%2009: 18%2010: 18.7%2011: 19.4%2012: 20.1%2013: 20.9%2014: 21.7%2015: 22.4%2016: 23.2%2017: 24%2018: 24.9%2019: 25.7%2020: 26.6%2021: 27.4%2022: 28.3%2023: 29.2%2024: 30.1%
Change over the period: +15.4 pp Annual average: 0.64 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Senegal 30.1%
World 58.5%
Western Africa computed 26.8%
Safely managed sanitation — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 30.1 +0.9 pp
2023 29.2 +0.9 pp
2022 28.3 +0.9 pp
2021 27.4 +0.9 pp
2020 26.6 +0.8 pp
2019 25.7 +0.8 pp
2018 24.9 +0.8 pp
2017 24 +0.8 pp
2016 23.2 +0.8 pp
2015 22.4 +0.8 pp
2014 21.7 +0.8 pp
2013 20.9 +0.8 pp
2012 20.1 +0.7 pp
2011 19.4 +0.7 pp
2010 18.7 +0.7 pp
2009 18 +0.4 pp
2008 17.6 +0.4 pp
2007 17.2 +0.4 pp
2006 16.9 +0.4 pp
2005 16.5 +0.4 pp
2004 16.1 +0.4 pp
2003 15.7 +0.4 pp
2002 15.4 +0.4 pp
2001 15 +0.3 pp
2000 14.6

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.