Safely managed sanitation in Lebanon

25.7% of people in Lebanon used safely managed sanitation in 2024.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2024 25.7% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 25.7%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 115th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Lebanon 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 LebanonWorld
2024 25.7% 58.5%
2023 25.7% 57.8%
2022 25.7% 57.0%
2021 25.7% 56.1%
2020 26.0% 55.2%
2019 26.2% 54.2%
2018 25.8% 52.8%
2017 25.3% 51.3%
2016 24.8% 49.9%
2015 24.3% 48.4%
2014 23.8% 46.9%
2013 23.3% 45.5%
2012 22.8% 44.1%
2011 22.3% 42.8%
2010 21.8% 41.5%
2009 21.3% 40.2%
2008 20.8% 38.9%
2007 20.3% 37.6%
2006 19.8% 36.3%
2005 19.3% 35.1%
2004 18.8% 34.0%
2003 18.3% 32.8%
2002 17.9% 31.7%
2001 17.9% 31.7%
2000 17.9% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 23.8%, the figure has changed by +1.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Lebanon has the 115th 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 Lebanon
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