Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Somalia
Somalia: Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services was 16 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Somalia, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 16 % for percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Somalia peaked at 16 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 7 %, in 2000.
That places Somalia 123rd out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7 % | — |
| 2001 | 8 % | +14.3% |
| 2002 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9 % | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 9 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10 % | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 10 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11 % | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 11 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12 % | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 12 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13 % | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 13 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 13 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 14 % | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 14 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 15 % | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 15 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 16 % | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 16 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 16 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.6 % | 7 % | 10 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.4 % | 11 % | 14 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.6 % | 15 % | 16 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 121 Papua New Guinea 17 % compare
- 121 Sierra Leone 17 % compare
- 123 Benin 16 % compare
- 125 Central African Republic 14 % compare
- 126 Madagascar 13 % compare
- 126 Togo 13 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 575.39 million current US$ (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Somalia?
- Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Somalia was 16 % 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 16 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 % in 2000.
- How does Somalia rank for percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services?
- Somalia ranks 123rd out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.