Safely managed sanitation in Iraq

50.9% of people in Iraq 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
Iraq, 2024 50.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.2percentage points 2023: 50.7%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 81st of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period IraqWorld
2024 50.9% 58.5%
2023 50.7% 57.8%
2022 50.4% 57.0%
2021 50.2% 56.1%
2020 49.9% 55.2%
2019 48.6% 54.2%
2018 47.3% 52.8%
2017 45.7% 51.3%
2016 44.0% 49.9%
2015 42.4% 48.4%
2014 40.9% 46.9%
2013 39.5% 45.5%
2012 38.1% 44.1%
2011 37.0% 42.8%
2010 36.0% 41.5%
2009 35.0% 40.2%
2008 34.1% 38.9%
2007 33.3% 37.6%
2006 32.5% 36.3%
2005 31.8% 35.1%
2004 31.1% 34.0%
2003 30.1% 32.8%
2002 29.0% 31.7%
2001 28.0% 31.7%
2000 26.9% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 50.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 40.9%, the figure has changed by +10.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Iraq has the 81st 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 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