Syria vs Yemen: People using at least basic sanitation facilities

Syria

23.60 million people

in 2024

Yemen

25.60 million people

in 2024

Syria rank

44th

Yemen rank

41st

People using at least basic sanitation facilities over time

Yemen currently reports 25.60 million people against 23.60 million people in Syria, a difference of 2.00 million people.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Syria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Syria ahead.

Syria ranks 44th and Yemen ranks 41st of 232 countries.

Indicator: People using at least basic sanitation facilities
Unit: people
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 232 places, 5,597 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households.