Safely managed sanitation in Türkiye

78.9% of people in Türkiye 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
Türkiye, 2024 78.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.7percentage points 2023: 77.2%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 92.9% Middle value of 37 countries
Position in 2024 52nd of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period TürkiyeWorld
2024 78.9% 58.5%
2023 77.2% 57.8%
2022 75.5% 57.0%
2021 73.9% 56.1%
2020 72.3% 55.2%
2019 70.4% 54.2%
2018 68.6% 52.8%
2017 66.8% 51.3%
2016 65.1% 49.9%
2015 63.3% 48.4%
2014 61.7% 46.9%
2013 60.0% 45.5%
2012 58.5% 44.1%
2011 56.9% 42.8%
2010 55.4% 41.5%
2009 54.0% 40.2%
2008 52.6% 38.9%
2007 51.2% 37.6%
2006 49.9% 36.3%
2005 48.3% 35.1%
2004 46.7% 34.0%
2003 45.2% 32.8%
2002 44.7% 31.7%
2001 44.2% 31.7%
2000 44.2% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.7 percentage points from 77.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 61.7%, the figure has changed by +17.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Türkiye has the 52nd 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 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