Safely managed sanitation in Libya

21.7% of people in Libya used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Libya, 2024 21.7% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 21.8%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 123rd of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Libya 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 LibyaWorld
2024 21.7% 58.5%
2023 21.8% 57.8%
2022 21.9% 57.0%
2021 21.9% 56.1%
2020 22.0% 55.2%
2019 22.1% 54.2%
2018 22.1% 52.8%
2017 22.2% 51.3%
2016 22.2% 49.9%
2015 22.6% 48.4%
2014 22.9% 46.9%
2013 23.2% 45.5%
2012 23.6% 44.1%
2011 23.9% 42.8%
2010 24.2% 41.5%
2009 24.6% 40.2%
2008 24.9% 38.9%
2007 25.2% 37.6%
2006 25.6% 36.3%
2005 25.9% 35.1%
2004 26.2% 34.0%
2003 26.6% 32.8%
2002 26.9% 31.7%
2001 27.2% 31.7%
2000 27.6% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 21.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 22.9%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Libya has the 123rd 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 Libya
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