Safely managed sanitation in Qatar

99.9% of people in Qatar used safely managed sanitation in 2024.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Qatar, 2024 99.9% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 99.9%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 6th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Qatar 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 QatarWorld
2024 99.9% 58.5%
2023 99.9% 57.8%
2022 99.9% 57.0%
2021 99.2% 56.1%
2020 98.3% 55.2%
2019 97.4% 54.2%
2018 96.5% 52.8%
2017 95.6% 51.3%
2016 94.7% 49.9%
2015 93.8% 48.4%
2014 92.9% 46.9%
2013 92.0% 45.5%
2012 91.1% 44.1%
2011 90.2% 42.8%
2010 89.3% 41.5%
2009 88.4% 40.2%
2008 87.5% 38.9%
2007 87.5% 37.6%
2006 87.5% 36.3%
2005 87.5% 35.1%
2004 87.5% 34.0%
2003 87.5% 32.8%
2002 87.5% 31.7%
2001 87.5% 31.7%
2000 87.5% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 92.9%, the figure has changed by +7.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Qatar has the 6th 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 Qatar
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