Bhutan vs Iraq: Share of population using safely managed sanitation

Bhutan

49.5%

in 2024

Iraq

50.9%

in 2024

Bhutan rank

89th

Iraq rank

87th

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

Bhutan
Iraq

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 50.9% against 49.5% in Bhutan, a difference of 1.4%.

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

Bhutan ranks 89th and Iraq ranks 87th of 150 countries.

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Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Bhutan
Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Iraq
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share of population using safely managed sanitation
Unit: %
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: 150 places, 3,667 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Proportion of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed in situ or transported and treated off-site.