Basic sanitation access in Kenya

40.9% of people in Kenya 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
Kenya, 2024 40.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 40.2%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 168th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Kenya 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 KenyaWorld
2024 40.9% 82.2%
2023 40.2% 81.5%
2022 39.5% 80.4%
2021 38.7% 79.4%
2020 38.0% 78.3%
2019 37.3% 77.2%
2018 36.6% 76.0%
2017 35.9% 74.9%
2016 35.1% 73.8%
2015 34.4% 72.6%
2014 33.7% 71.4%
2013 33.0% 70.2%
2012 32.2% 68.9%
2011 31.5% 67.8%
2010 30.8% 66.7%
2009 30.1% 65.5%
2008 29.4% 64.3%
2007 28.6% 63.1%
2006 27.9% 61.9%
2005 27.2% 60.7%
2004 26.5% 59.6%
2003 25.8% 58.4%
2002 25.0% 57.3%
2001 24.3% 55.6%
2000 23.6% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 40.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 33.7%, the figure has changed by +7.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Kenya has the 168th 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 Kenya
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