Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Western Asia

Safely managed sanitation in Western Asia in 2024 — 69.3%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 26.5 pp.

2024 69.3% +0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 69.3%2024
Period minimum 42.8%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Western Asia, 2000–2024405060702000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 42.8%2001: 43.1%2002: 43.6%2003: 44.2%2004: 45.2%2005: 46.2%2006: 47.3%2007: 48.5%2008: 49.6%2009: 50.6%2010: 51.5%2011: 52.4%2012: 53.3%2013: 58%2014: 59%2015: 60.2%2016: 61.5%2017: 62.7%2018: 63.8%2019: 64.9%2020: 66.1%2021: 66.9%2022: 67.7%2023: 68.5%2024: 69.3%
Change over the period: +26.5 pp Annual average: 1.1 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Asia 69.3%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 69.3 +0.7 pp
2023 68.5 +0.8 pp
2022 67.7 +0.9 pp
2021 66.9 +0.7 pp
2020 66.1 +1.2 pp
2019 64.9 +1.1 pp
2018 63.8 +1.1 pp
2017 62.7 +1.2 pp
2016 61.5 +1.3 pp
2015 60.2 +1.2 pp
2014 59 +1 pp
2013 58 +4.7 pp
2012 53.3 +0.9 pp
2011 52.4 +0.9 pp
2010 51.5 +0.9 pp
2009 50.6 +1 pp
2008 49.6 +1.1 pp
2007 48.5 +1.2 pp
2006 47.3 +1.2 pp
2005 46.2 +1 pp
2004 45.2 +1 pp
2003 44.2 +0.5 pp
2002 43.6 +0.5 pp
2001 43.1 +0.3 pp
2000 42.8

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.