Basic sanitation access in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

44.5% of people in Somalia, Fed. Rep. 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
Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2024 44.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.0percentage points 2023: 43.4%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 167th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Somalia, Fed. Rep. 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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.World
2024 44.5% 82.2%
2023 43.4% 81.5%
2022 42.4% 80.4%
2021 41.3% 79.4%
2020 40.3% 78.3%
2019 39.2% 77.2%
2018 38.2% 76.0%
2017 37.2% 74.9%
2016 36.1% 73.8%
2015 35.1% 72.6%
2014 34.1% 71.4%
2013 33.1% 70.2%
2012 32.0% 68.9%
2011 31.0% 67.8%
2010 29.7% 66.7%
2009 28.3% 65.5%
2008 26.9% 64.3%
2007 25.5% 63.1%
2006 25.7% 61.9%
2005 24.6% 60.7%
2004 23.6% 59.6%
2003 22.7% 58.4%
2002 21.7% 57.3%
2001 21.0% 55.6%
2000 20.2% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 43.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 34.1%, the figure has changed by +10.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the 167th highest value.
  • 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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.
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