Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Somalia
Somalia: Share of population using safely managed sanitation was 16.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Somalia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of population using safely managed sanitation in Somalia is 16.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 34.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population using safely managed sanitation in Somalia peaked at 16.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 2000.
Somalia ranks 138th of 150 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.6% | 7.2% | 10.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.4% | 10.6% | 14.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.5% | 14.7% | 16.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 135 Colombia 18.7% compare
- 136 Sierra Leone 16.8% compare
- 137 Papua New Guinea 16.7% compare
- 139 Benin 16.4% compare
- 140 Central African Republic 13.5% compare
- 141 Democratic Republic of Congo 13.1% compare
More reference data data for Somalia
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.06 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.3971 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.484 °C (2026)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 0 (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Elected parliament 0 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 7 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.6624 °C (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population using safely managed sanitation in Somalia?
- Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Somalia was 16.4% 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 share of population using safely managed sanitation recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of population using safely managed sanitation recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 2000.
- How does Somalia rank for share of population using safely managed sanitation?
- Somalia ranks 138th out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population using safely managed sanitation rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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 Share of population using safely managed sanitation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.