Basic sanitation access in Senegal

62.5% of people in Senegal 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
Senegal, 2024 62.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.1percentage points 2023: 61.5%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 151st of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Senegal 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 SenegalWorld
2024 62.5% 82.2%
2023 61.5% 81.5%
2022 60.4% 80.4%
2021 59.3% 79.4%
2020 58.3% 78.3%
2019 57.2% 77.2%
2018 56.1% 76.0%
2017 55.1% 74.9%
2016 54.0% 73.8%
2015 52.9% 72.6%
2014 51.8% 71.4%
2013 50.7% 70.2%
2012 49.6% 68.9%
2011 48.5% 67.8%
2010 47.4% 66.7%
2009 46.3% 65.5%
2008 45.2% 64.3%
2007 44.1% 63.1%
2006 43.0% 61.9%
2005 41.9% 60.7%
2004 40.8% 59.6%
2003 39.7% 58.4%
2002 38.6% 57.3%
2001 37.6% 55.6%
2000 36.6% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.1 percentage points from 61.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 51.8%, the figure has changed by +10.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Senegal has the 151st 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 Senegal
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