Safely managed sanitation in Yemen

43.1% of people in Yemen 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
Yemen, 2024 43.1% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 42.5%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 93rd of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period YemenWorld
2024 43.1% 58.5%
2023 42.5% 57.8%
2022 41.8% 57.0%
2021 41.1% 56.1%
2020 40.4% 55.2%
2019 39.7% 54.2%
2018 39.0% 52.8%
2017 38.3% 51.3%
2016 37.6% 49.9%
2015 36.9% 48.4%
2014 36.8% 46.9%
2013 36.6% 45.5%
2012 36.5% 44.1%
2011 36.4% 42.8%
2010 36.2% 41.5%
2009 36.1% 40.2%
2008 36.0% 38.9%
2007 35.9% 37.6%
2006 35.7% 36.3%
2005 35.6% 35.1%
2004 35.5% 34.0%
2003 35.4% 32.8%
2002 35.4% 31.7%
2001 35.1% 31.7%
2000 34.9% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 42.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 36.8%, the figure has changed by +6.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Yemen has the 93rd 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 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