Safely managed sanitation in Egypt

57.3% of people in Egypt 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
Egypt, 2024 57.3% % of population
Change from 2023 +3.1percentage points 2023: 54.2%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 76th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Egypt 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 EgyptWorld
2024 57.3% 58.5%
2023 54.2% 57.8%
2022 51.0% 57.0%
2021 47.8% 56.1%
2020 44.8% 55.2%
2019 41.9% 54.2%
2018 39.2% 52.8%
2017 36.5% 51.3%
2016 34.1% 49.9%
2015 31.8% 48.4%
2014 31.4% 46.9%
2013 31.0% 45.5%
2012 30.6% 44.1%
2011 30.2% 42.8%
2010 29.8% 41.5%
2009 29.4% 40.2%
2008 29.0% 38.9%
2007 28.6% 37.6%
2006 28.3% 36.3%
2005 27.9% 35.1%
2004 27.5% 34.0%
2003 27.1% 32.8%
2002 27.0% 31.7%
2001 26.9% 31.7%
2000 26.8% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.1 percentage points from 54.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 31.4%, the figure has changed by +26.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Egypt has the 76th 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 Egypt
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