Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Kenya
Kenya: Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services was 36 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Kenya, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Kenya stood at 36 %. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Kenya peaked at 36 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20 %, in 2000.
That places Kenya 96th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20 % | — |
| 2001 | 21 % | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 22 % | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 22 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 23 % | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 24 % | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 24 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 25 % | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 26 % | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 26 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 27 % | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 27 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 28 % | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 29 % | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 29 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 30 % | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 30 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 31 % | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 32 % | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 33 % | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 33 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 34 % | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 35 % | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 35 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 36 % | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.3 % | 20 % | 26 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.6 % | 27 % | 33 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.6 % | 33 % | 36 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 94 Trinidad and Tobago 38 % compare
- 95 Bangladesh 37 % compare
- 96 El Salvador 36 % compare
- 98 Sao Tome and Principe 35 % compare
- 99 Mozambique 34 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.16 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Kenya?
- Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Kenya was 36 % 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 36 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 % in 2000.
- How does Kenya rank for percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services?
- Kenya ranks 96th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.