Safely managed sanitation in Kenya

35.8% of people in Kenya 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
Kenya, 2024 35.8% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.6percentage points 2023: 35.2%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 100th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period KenyaWorld
2024 35.8% 58.5%
2023 35.2% 57.8%
2022 34.7% 57.0%
2021 34.0% 56.1%
2020 33.3% 55.2%
2019 32.6% 54.2%
2018 31.9% 52.8%
2017 31.2% 51.3%
2016 30.5% 49.9%
2015 29.8% 48.4%
2014 29.2% 46.9%
2013 28.6% 45.5%
2012 28.0% 44.1%
2011 27.3% 42.8%
2010 26.7% 41.5%
2009 26.1% 40.2%
2008 25.5% 38.9%
2007 24.8% 37.6%
2006 24.2% 36.3%
2005 23.5% 35.1%
2004 22.8% 34.0%
2003 22.2% 32.8%
2002 21.5% 31.7%
2001 20.8% 31.7%
2000 20.2% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 35.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 29.2%, the figure has changed by +6.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Kenya has the 100th 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 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