Safely managed sanitation in Bahrain

93.4% of people in Bahrain 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
Bahrain, 2024 93.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 93.0%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 28th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Bahrain 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 BahrainWorld
2024 93.4% 58.5%
2023 93.0% 57.8%
2022 92.7% 57.0%
2021 92.4% 56.1%
2020 92.1% 55.2%
2019 91.8% 54.2%
2018 91.5% 52.8%
2017 91.2% 51.3%
2016 90.9% 49.9%
2015 90.6% 48.4%
2014 90.3% 46.9%
2013 90.0% 45.5%
2012 89.7% 44.1%
2011 89.4% 42.8%
2010 89.1% 41.5%
2009 88.8% 40.2%
2008 88.5% 38.9%
2007 88.2% 37.6%
2006 87.9% 36.3%
2005 87.6% 35.1%
2004 87.3% 34.0%
2003 87.0% 32.8%
2002 86.6% 31.7%
2001 86.3% 31.7%
2000 86.0% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 93.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 90.3%, the figure has changed by +3.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Bahrain has the 28th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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 Bahrain
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