Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Yemen

Safely managed sanitation in Yemen in 2024 — 43.1%. Ranked 93 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 8.2 pp.

2024 43.1% +0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 93of 141
Period maximum 43.1%2024
Period minimum 34.9%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Yemen, 2000–202432.53537.54042.5452000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 34.9%2001: 35.1%2002: 35.4%2003: 35.4%2004: 35.5%2005: 35.6%2006: 35.7%2007: 35.9%2008: 36%2009: 36.1%2010: 36.2%2011: 36.4%2012: 36.5%2013: 36.6%2014: 36.8%2015: 36.9%2016: 37.6%2017: 38.3%2018: 39%2019: 39.7%2020: 40.4%2021: 41.1%2022: 41.8%2023: 42.5%2024: 43.1%
Change over the period: +8.2 pp Annual average: 0.34 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Yemen 43.1%
World 58.5%
Western Asia computed 69.3%
Low-income countries computed 18.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 43.1 +0.7 pp
2023 42.5 +0.7 pp
2022 41.8 +0.7 pp
2021 41.1 +0.7 pp
2020 40.4 +0.7 pp
2019 39.7 +0.7 pp
2018 39 +0.7 pp
2017 38.3 +0.7 pp
2016 37.6 +0.7 pp
2015 36.9 +0.1 pp
2014 36.8 +0.1 pp
2013 36.6 +0.1 pp
2012 36.5 +0.1 pp
2011 36.4 +0.1 pp
2010 36.2 +0.1 pp
2009 36.1 +0.1 pp
2008 36 +0.1 pp
2007 35.9 +0.1 pp
2006 35.7 +0.1 pp
2005 35.6 +0.1 pp
2004 35.5 +0.1 pp
2003 35.4 +0.1 pp
2002 35.4 +0.2 pp
2001 35.1 +0.2 pp
2000 34.9

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.