People not using improved sanitation facilities in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: People not using improved sanitation facilities was 22,977 people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People not using improved sanitation facilities in United Arab Emirates, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 22,977 people for people not using improved sanitation facilities in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved sanitation facilities in United Arab Emirates peaked at 22,977 people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,869 people, in 2000.
United Arab Emirates ranks 120th of 232 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9,606 people | 6,869 people | 13,543 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,066 people | 14,046 people | 19,369 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,246 people | 19,551 people | 22,977 people | 5 |
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More reference data data for United Arab Emirates
- Spring temperature anomalies 1.54 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.7516 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.2042 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.8201 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.794 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 123.74 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 0 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using improved sanitation facilities in United Arab Emirates?
- People not using improved sanitation facilities in United Arab Emirates was 22,977 people in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest people not using improved sanitation facilities recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 22,977 people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people not using improved sanitation facilities recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,869 people in 2000.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for people not using improved sanitation facilities?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 120th out of 232 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved sanitation facilities rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of People not using improved sanitation facilities. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
If no improved sanitation facility is available, people might practice open defecation or use unimproved sanitation facilities.