Safely managed sanitation in Tunisia

79.8% of people in Tunisia 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
Tunisia, 2024 79.8% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 79.5%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 51st of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Tunisia 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 TunisiaWorld
2024 79.8% 58.5%
2023 79.5% 57.8%
2022 78.8% 57.0%
2021 77.6% 56.1%
2020 76.4% 55.2%
2019 75.2% 54.2%
2018 74.0% 52.8%
2017 72.8% 51.3%
2016 71.6% 49.9%
2015 69.9% 48.4%
2014 68.2% 46.9%
2013 66.6% 45.5%
2012 65.0% 44.1%
2011 63.4% 42.8%
2010 61.8% 41.5%
2009 60.3% 40.2%
2008 58.7% 38.9%
2007 57.4% 37.6%
2006 56.1% 36.3%
2005 54.8% 35.1%
2004 53.5% 34.0%
2003 52.2% 32.8%
2002 51.0% 31.7%
2001 50.0% 31.7%
2000 49.2% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 79.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 68.2%, the figure has changed by +11.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Tunisia has the 51st 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 Tunisia
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