Safely managed sanitation in Gambia

28.1% of people in Gambia used safely managed sanitation in 2024.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Gambia, 2024 28.1% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 28.0%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 110th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Gambia 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 GambiaWorld
2024 28.1% 58.5%
2023 28.0% 57.8%
2022 28.0% 57.0%
2021 28.6% 56.1%
2020 29.3% 55.2%
2019 29.9% 54.2%
2018 30.5% 52.8%
2017 31.1% 51.3%
2016 31.7% 49.9%
2015 32.3% 48.4%
2014 32.9% 46.9%
2013 33.4% 45.5%
2012 34.0% 44.1%
2011 34.6% 42.8%
2010 35.2% 41.5%
2009 35.7% 40.2%
2008 36.3% 38.9%
2007 36.9% 37.6%
2006 37.5% 36.3%
2005 38.1% 35.1%
2004 38.7% 34.0%
2003 39.7% 32.8%
2002 40.9% 31.7%
2001 42.0% 31.7%
2000 43.2% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 28.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 32.9%, the figure has changed by −4.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Gambia has the 110th 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 Gambia
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