Iraq vs Nepal: Share of population using safely managed sanitation

Iraq

50.9%

in 2024

Nepal

53.4%

in 2024

Iraq rank

87th

Nepal rank

85th

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

Iraq
Nepal

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 53.4% against 50.9% in Iraq, a difference of 2.5%.

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

Iraq ranks 87th and Nepal ranks 85th of 150 countries.

Individual pages

Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Iraq
Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Nepal
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.