People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5 in Somalia
Somalia: People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5 was 51.4% in 2017. ▲ Rising
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5 in Somalia, 2000–2017
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org). Measured in highest.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 51.4% for people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q5 in 2017. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q5 in Somalia peaked at 51.4% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 44.6%, in 2000.
Somalia ranks 83rd 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): Q5 in Somalia, year by year
| Year | highest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 44.6% | — |
| 2001 | 44.6% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 44.6% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 44.6% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 44.6% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 45.1% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 45.6% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 46.2% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 46.7% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 47.2% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 47.7% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 48.3% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 48.8% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 49.3% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 49.8% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 50.4% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 50.9% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 51.4% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 45.4% | 44.6% | 47.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.6% | 47.7% | 51.4% | 8 |
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More health data for Somalia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8681 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 987.7 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 32,421 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 3.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.2294 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 3.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.2361 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q5 in Somalia?
- People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q5 in Somalia was 51.4% 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): q5 recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 51.4% in 2017.
- What is the lowest people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q5 recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.6% in 2000.
- How does Somalia rank for people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q5?
- Somalia ranks 83rd out of 97 countries with data for 2017.
- Is people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q5 rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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): Q5 (highest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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