Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services was 25 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Afghanistan, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Afghanistan is 25 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Afghanistan peaked at 25 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10 %, in 2000.
Afghanistan ranks 109th of 134 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10 % | — |
| 2001 | 10 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 11 % | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 12 % | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 12 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13 % | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 14 % | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 14 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 15 % | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 16 % | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 16 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 17 % | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 18 % | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 18 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 19 % | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 20 % | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 20 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 21 % | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 21 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 22 % | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 22 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 23 % | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 24 % | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 24 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 25 % | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.7 % | 10 % | 16 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.2 % | 16 % | 22 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.6 % | 22 % | 25 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Afghanistan?
- Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Afghanistan was 25 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 25 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 % in 2000.
- How does Afghanistan rank for percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services?
- Afghanistan ranks 109th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.