Safely managed sanitation in Afghanistan

24.8% of people in Afghanistan used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Afghanistan, 2024 24.8% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.6percentage points 2023: 24.2%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 117th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Afghanistan over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period AfghanistanWorld
2024 24.8% 58.5%
2023 24.2% 57.8%
2022 23.6% 57.0%
2021 23.0% 56.1%
2020 22.4% 55.2%
2019 21.9% 54.2%
2018 21.3% 52.8%
2017 20.7% 51.3%
2016 20.1% 49.9%
2015 19.5% 48.4%
2014 18.9% 46.9%
2013 18.3% 45.5%
2012 17.6% 44.1%
2011 17.0% 42.8%
2010 16.4% 41.5%
2009 15.8% 40.2%
2008 15.1% 38.9%
2007 14.4% 37.6%
2006 13.7% 36.3%
2005 13.0% 35.1%
2004 12.3% 34.0%
2003 11.6% 32.8%
2002 10.9% 31.7%
2001 10.1% 31.7%
2000 10.1% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 24.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 18.9%, the figure has changed by +5.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Afghanistan has the 117th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.SMSS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Afghanistan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene