People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 was 5.4% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
5.4%
Change on year
up 3.6%
World rank
90th
of 97 countries
All-time high
5.4%
in 2017
All-time low
2.2%
in 2000
Years of data
18
2000–2017

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 in Ethiopia, 2000–2017

02462000200820172000: 2.22001: 2.32002: 2.52003: 2.72004: 2.92005: 3.12006: 3.32007: 3.52008: 3.72009: 3.92010: 4.12011: 4.22012: 4.42013: 4.62014: 4.82015: 52016: 5.22017: 5.4

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

Analysis

Ethiopia recorded 5.4% for people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q2 in 2017. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.

The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 54.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q2 in Ethiopia peaked at 5.4% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2000.

Ethiopia ranks 90th of 97 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 in Ethiopia, year by year

Annual values for People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 in Ethiopia, 2000 to 2017.
Year Value Change
2000 2.2%
2001 2.3% +8.8%
2002 2.5% +8.0%
2003 2.7% +7.4%
2004 2.9% +6.9%
2005 3.1% +6.5%
2006 3.3% +6.1%
2007 3.5% +5.7%
2008 3.7% +5.4%
2009 3.9% +5.1%
2010 4.1% +4.9%
2011 4.2% +4.7%
2012 4.4% +4.5%
2013 4.6% +4.3%
2014 4.8% +4.1%
2015 5.0% +3.9%
2016 5.2% +3.8%
2017 5.4% +3.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 3.0% 2.2% 3.9% 10
2010s 4.7% 4.1% 5.4% 8

Countries ranked near Ethiopia

  1. 87 Namibia 10.6% compare
  2. 88 Sudan 8.8% compare
  3. 89 Sierra Leone 5.4% compare
  4. 91 Central African Republic 4.2% compare
  5. 92 Niger 3.7% compare
  6. 93 Liberia 3.6% compare

See the full ranking of 97 places →

More health data for Ethiopia

All data for Ethiopia →

Frequently asked questions

What is people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q2 in Ethiopia?
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q2 in Ethiopia was 5.4% in 2017, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).
What is the highest people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q2 recorded in Ethiopia?
The highest recorded value was 5.4% in 2017.
What is the lowest people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q2 recorded in Ethiopia?
The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2000.
How does Ethiopia rank for people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q2?
Ethiopia ranks 90th out of 97 countries with data for 2017.
Is people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q2 rising or falling in Ethiopia?
Over the last ten years it is up 54.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org), published as part of People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 18 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 in Ethiopia. Statizoid, drawing on WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org). Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/stat/people-using-at-least-basic-sanitation-services-percent-of-population-q2/ethiopia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/stat/people-using-at-least-basic-sanitation-services-percent-of-population-q2/ethiopia/">People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 in Ethiopia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
97 places, 1,672 data points, 2000–2017
Last refreshed