People using safely managed sanitation services in Jordan
Jordan: People using safely managed sanitation services was 80.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed sanitation services in Jordan, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
In 2024, people using safely managed sanitation services in Jordan stood at 80.1%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed sanitation services in Jordan peaked at 80.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 70.1%, in 2001.
Jordan ranks 49th of 146 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
People using safely managed sanitation services in Jordan, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 70.2% | — |
| 2001 | 70.1% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 70.1% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 70.2% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 70.2% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 70.9% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 71.9% | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 72.8% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 73.7% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 74.5% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 75.2% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 75.9% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 76.5% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 77.1% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 77.7% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 77.9% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 78.2% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 78.4% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 78.7% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 79.0% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 79.2% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 79.5% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 79.7% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 79.9% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 80.1% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 71.5% | 70.1% | 74.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.5% | 75.2% | 79.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.7% | 79.2% | 80.1% | 5 |
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More health data for Jordan
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.67 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.9463 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 842.7 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 470 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate -1.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1479 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate -1.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1541 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed sanitation services in Jordan?
- People using safely managed sanitation services in Jordan was 80.1% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 80.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.1% in 2001.
- How does Jordan rank for people using safely managed sanitation services?
- Jordan ranks 49th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.