Basic sanitation access in Ethiopia

10.4% of people in Ethiopia used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ethiopia, 2024 10.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 10.0%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 193rd of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Ethiopia 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 at least basic sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period EthiopiaWorld
2024 10.4% 82.2%
2023 10.0% 81.5%
2022 9.7% 80.4%
2021 9.3% 79.4%
2020 9.0% 78.3%
2019 8.7% 77.2%
2018 8.4% 76.0%
2017 8.0% 74.9%
2016 7.7% 73.8%
2015 7.4% 72.6%
2014 7.1% 71.4%
2013 6.8% 70.2%
2012 6.4% 68.9%
2011 6.1% 67.8%
2010 5.8% 66.7%
2009 5.5% 65.5%
2008 5.2% 64.3%
2007 4.9% 63.1%
2006 4.6% 61.9%
2005 4.3% 60.7%
2004 4.0% 59.6%
2003 3.7% 58.4%
2002 3.5% 57.3%
2001 3.2% 55.6%
2000 3.0% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 10.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 7.1%, the figure has changed by +3.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Ethiopia has the 193rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.

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.BASS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Ethiopia
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