Basic sanitation access in Yemen

63.1% of people in Yemen 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
Yemen, 2024 63.1% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.8percentage points 2023: 62.3%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 150th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Yemen 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 YemenWorld
2024 63.1% 82.2%
2023 62.3% 81.5%
2022 61.5% 80.4%
2021 60.7% 79.4%
2020 59.8% 78.3%
2019 59.0% 77.2%
2018 58.2% 76.0%
2017 57.3% 74.9%
2016 56.5% 73.8%
2015 55.6% 72.6%
2014 54.8% 71.4%
2013 53.9% 70.2%
2012 53.0% 68.9%
2011 52.1% 67.8%
2010 51.2% 66.7%
2009 50.3% 65.5%
2008 49.4% 64.3%
2007 48.5% 63.1%
2006 47.6% 61.9%
2005 46.7% 60.7%
2004 45.8% 59.6%
2003 44.9% 58.4%
2002 44.0% 57.3%
2001 43.7% 55.6%
2000 43.4% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 62.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 54.8%, the figure has changed by +8.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Yemen has the 150th 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 Yemen
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