Safely managed sanitation in Comoros

49.4% of people in Comoros 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
Comoros, 2024 49.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.8percentage points 2023: 48.5%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 84th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Comoros 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 ComorosWorld
2024 49.4% 58.5%
2023 48.5% 57.8%
2022 47.7% 57.0%
2021 46.8% 56.1%
2020 45.9% 55.2%
2019 45.0% 54.2%
2018 44.1% 52.8%
2017 43.1% 51.3%
2016 42.1% 49.9%
2015 41.1% 48.4%
2014 40.1% 46.9%
2013 39.1% 45.5%
2012 38.1% 44.1%
2011 37.0% 42.8%
2010 36.0% 41.5%
2009 34.9% 40.2%
2008 33.8% 38.9%
2007 32.7% 37.6%
2006 31.6% 36.3%
2005 30.4% 35.1%
2004 29.3% 34.0%
2003 28.1% 32.8%
2002 26.9% 31.7%
2001 25.7% 31.7%
2000 24.2% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 48.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 40.1%, the figure has changed by +9.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Comoros has the 84th 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 Comoros
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