Basic sanitation access in Middle East and North Africa

83.7% of people in Middle East and North Africa 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
Middle East and North Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Middle East and North Africa, 2024 83.7% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.2percentage points 2023: 83.4%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate

Basic sanitation access in Middle East and North Africa 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 Middle East and North AfricaWorld
2024 83.7% 82.2%
2023 83.4% 81.5%
2022 83.2% 80.4%
2021 82.4% 79.4%
2020 81.7% 78.3%
2019 80.9% 77.2%
2018 80.1% 76.0%
2017 79.2% 74.9%
2016 78.3% 73.8%
2015 77.3% 72.6%
2014 76.3% 71.4%
2013 75.3% 70.2%
2012 73.3% 68.9%
2011 72.3% 67.8%
2010 71.3% 66.7%
2009 70.4% 65.5%
2008 69.4% 64.3%
2007 68.4% 63.1%
2006 67.4% 61.9%
2005 66.4% 60.7%
2004 65.5% 59.6%
2003 64.6% 58.4%
2002 64.3% 57.3%
2001 64.0% 55.6%
2000 63.8% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 83.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 76.3%, the figure has changed by +7.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.

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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 Middle East and North Africa
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