Safely managed sanitation in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

16.4% of people in Somalia, Fed. Rep. used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2024 16.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.4percentage points 2023: 15.9%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 130th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Somalia, Fed. Rep.World
2024 16.4% 58.5%
2023 15.9% 57.8%
2022 15.5% 57.0%
2021 15.1% 56.1%
2020 14.7% 55.2%
2019 14.2% 54.2%
2018 13.8% 52.8%
2017 13.4% 51.3%
2016 13.0% 49.9%
2015 12.6% 48.4%
2014 12.2% 46.9%
2013 11.7% 45.5%
2012 11.4% 44.1%
2011 11.0% 42.8%
2010 10.6% 41.5%
2009 10.1% 40.2%
2008 9.6% 38.9%
2007 9.2% 37.6%
2006 9.2% 36.3%
2005 8.8% 35.1%
2004 8.5% 34.0%
2003 8.1% 32.8%
2002 7.8% 31.7%
2001 7.5% 31.7%
2000 7.2% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 15.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 12.2%, the figure has changed by +4.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the 130th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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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.SMSS.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