Basic sanitation access in Türkiye

99.3% of people in Türkiye 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
Türkiye, 2024 99.3% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 99.3%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 99.0% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 44th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Türkiye 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 TürkiyeWorld
2024 99.3% 82.2%
2023 99.3% 81.5%
2022 99.3% 80.4%
2021 99.2% 79.4%
2020 99.2% 78.3%
2019 98.7% 77.2%
2018 98.2% 76.0%
2017 97.6% 74.9%
2016 97.0% 73.8%
2015 96.4% 72.6%
2014 95.8% 71.4%
2013 95.2% 70.2%
2012 94.6% 68.9%
2011 93.9% 67.8%
2010 93.3% 66.7%
2009 92.6% 65.5%
2008 91.9% 64.3%
2007 91.2% 63.1%
2006 90.5% 61.9%
2005 89.8% 60.7%
2004 89.0% 59.6%
2003 88.3% 58.4%
2002 87.5% 57.3%
2001 86.7% 55.6%
2000 86.5% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 99.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 95.8%, the figure has changed by +3.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Türkiye has the 44th 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 Türkiye
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