Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Somalia

Safely managed sanitation in Somalia in 2024 — 16.4%. Ranked 130 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9.2 pp.

2024 16.4% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 130of 141
Period maximum 16.4%2024
Period minimum 7.2%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Somalia, 2000–202457.51012.51517.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 7.2%2001: 7.5%2002: 7.8%2003: 8.1%2004: 8.5%2005: 8.8%2006: 9.2%2007: 9.2%2008: 9.6%2009: 10.1%2010: 10.6%2011: 11%2012: 11.4%2013: 11.7%2014: 12.2%2015: 12.6%2016: 13%2017: 13.4%2018: 13.8%2019: 14.2%2020: 14.7%2021: 15.1%2022: 15.5%2023: 15.9%2024: 16.4%
Change over the period: +9.2 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Somalia 16.4%
World 58.5%
Low-income countries computed 18.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 16.4 +0.4 pp
2023 15.9 +0.4 pp
2022 15.5 +0.4 pp
2021 15.1 +0.4 pp
2020 14.7 +0.4 pp
2019 14.2 +0.4 pp
2018 13.8 +0.4 pp
2017 13.4 +0.4 pp
2016 13 +0.4 pp
2015 12.6 +0.4 pp
2014 12.2 +0.4 pp
2013 11.7 +0.3 pp
2012 11.4 +0.3 pp
2011 11 +0.5 pp
2010 10.6 +0.5 pp
2009 10.1 +0.5 pp
2008 9.6 +0.5 pp
2007 9.2 −0.1 pp
2006 9.2 +0.4 pp
2005 8.8 +0.4 pp
2004 8.5 +0.3 pp
2003 8.1 +0.3 pp
2002 7.8 +0.3 pp
2001 7.5 +0.3 pp
2000 7.2

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.