Iraq's people using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) was 52.23% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 9.72 percentage points from 42.51% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 52.23% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 49.91% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 42.51% | 2014 |
| Highest | 52.23% | 2024 |
| Lowest | 28.65% | 2000 |
| Average since 2015 | 49.39% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 28.65% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Iraq's people using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) rose 0.3 percentage points on 2023 (from 51.93% to 52.23%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +1.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.41 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.65 percentage points in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.9 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 90% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Iraq had the 66th highest value of the 121 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 52.23% | 2024 |
| World | 65.83% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 69.87% | 2024 |
Closest to Iraq in the 2024 ranking
- Mozambique — 62nd of 121: 53.33%
- Cambodia — 63rd of 121: 52.83%
- Myanmar — 64th of 121: 52.69%
- Paraguay — 66th of 121: 51.28%
- Panama — 67th of 121: 50.29%
- Trinidad and Tobago — 68th of 121: 46.41%
What this measures
The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.
Limitations: There are three main ways to meet the criteria for having a safely managed sanitation service (People should use improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households, and the excreta produced should either be: treated and disposed of in situ; stored temporarily and then emptied, transported and treated off-site, or transported through a sewer with wastewater and then treated off-site). Many countries lack information on either wastewater treatment or the management of on-site sanitation. A national estimate is produced if information is available for the dominant type of sanitation system. If no information is available, it is assumed that 50 percent is safely managed.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 52.23 |
| 2023 | 51.93 |
| 2022 | 51.63 |
| 2021 | 51.33 |
| 2020 | 51.03 |
| 2019 | 49.91 |
| 2018 | 48.82 |
| 2017 | 47.31 |
| 2016 | 45.66 |
| 2015 | 44.06 |
People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 24.94% (2024)
- Algeria — 64.57% (2024)
- Djibouti — 44.76% (2023)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 68.97% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 75.33% (2024)
- Israel — 97.36% (2024)
- Jordan — 82.54% (2024)
- Kuwait — 100% (2024)
More health data for Iraq
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 11.8% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 12.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 8.26 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 35.28% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 8.68 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 36.77% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 16.94 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 36.03% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 11.45% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Iraq's people using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population)?
- 52.23% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 23.58 percentage points from 28.65% in 2000. The highest value was 52.23% in 2024 and the lowest 28.65% in 2000.
- How does Iraq rank?
- 66th highest of 121 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in people using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) unusual for Iraq?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.STA.SMSS.UR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: washdata.org, note: Aggregate data by groups are computed based on the groupings for the World Bank fiscal year in which the data was released by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitorin… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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