Basic sanitation access in Iraq

98.5% of people in Iraq 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
Iraq, 2024 98.5% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 98.5%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 66th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Iraq 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 IraqWorld
2024 98.5% 82.2%
2023 98.5% 81.5%
2022 98.5% 80.4%
2021 98.5% 79.4%
2020 98.5% 78.3%
2019 97.9% 77.2%
2018 97.0% 76.0%
2017 95.5% 74.9%
2016 93.6% 73.8%
2015 91.8% 72.6%
2014 90.0% 71.4%
2013 88.3% 70.2%
2012 86.5% 68.9%
2011 84.7% 67.8%
2010 83.0% 66.7%
2009 81.2% 65.5%
2008 79.5% 64.3%
2007 77.8% 63.1%
2006 76.1% 61.9%
2005 74.4% 60.7%
2004 72.8% 59.6%
2003 72.2% 58.4%
2002 71.6% 57.3%
2001 71.1% 55.6%
2000 70.5% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 98.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 90.0%, the figure has changed by +8.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Iraq has the 66th 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 Iraq
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