Basic sanitation access in Oman

99.3% of people in Oman 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
Oman, 2024 99.3% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 99.3%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 42nd of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Oman 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 Oman
2024 99.3%
2023 99.3%
2022 99.3%
2021 99.3%
2020 99.3%
2019 99.3%
2018 99.3%
2017 99.3%
2016 99.3%
2015 99.3%
2014 99.0%
2013 98.5%
2012 97.8%
2011 97.0%
2010 96.2%
2009 95.5%
2008 94.7%
2007 93.9%
2006 93.1%
2005 92.3%
2004 91.5%
2003 90.7%
2002 89.9%
2001 89.2%
2000 89.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 99.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 99.0%, the figure has changed by +0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Oman has the 42nd 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 Oman
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