Safely managed sanitation in Zimbabwe

23.6% of people in Zimbabwe used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Zimbabwe, 2024 23.6% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 23.6%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 121st of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Zimbabwe 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 ZimbabweWorld
2024 23.6% 58.5%
2023 23.6% 57.8%
2022 23.6% 57.0%
2021 23.6% 56.1%
2020 23.9% 55.2%
2019 24.1% 54.2%
2018 24.6% 52.8%
2017 25.1% 51.3%
2016 25.6% 49.9%
2015 26.1% 48.4%
2014 26.6% 46.9%
2013 27.2% 45.5%
2012 27.8% 44.1%
2011 28.4% 42.8%
2010 29.1% 41.5%
2009 29.4% 40.2%
2008 29.7% 38.9%
2007 30.0% 37.6%
2006 30.3% 36.3%
2005 30.7% 35.1%
2004 31.0% 34.0%
2003 31.0% 32.8%
2002 30.9% 31.7%
2001 30.9% 31.7%
2000 30.9% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 23.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 26.6%, the figure has changed by −3.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Zimbabwe has the 121st 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 Zimbabwe
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