Share of the population using improved sanitation facilities in Kuwait
Kuwait: Share of the population using improved sanitation facilities was 100.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of the population using improved sanitation facilities in Kuwait, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 100.0% for share of the population using improved sanitation facilities in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population using improved sanitation facilities in Kuwait peaked at 100.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 100.0%, in 2000.
Kuwait ranks 1st of 232 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 5 |
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More population data for Kuwait
- World population growth 0.8% (2100)
- Population density 538.83 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 563,011 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development 0.8% (2100)
- Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 1.56 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 1.56 births per woman (2024)
- Refugees by country of asylum 488 people (2024)
- Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 1.56 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Share of people who are religious 1.52 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age 1.51 children per women (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population using improved sanitation facilities in Kuwait?
- Share of the population using improved sanitation facilities in Kuwait was 100.0% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population using improved sanitation facilities recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of the population using improved sanitation facilities recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 100.0% in 2000.
- How does Kuwait rank for share of the population using improved sanitation facilities?
- Kuwait ranks 1st out of 232 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population using improved sanitation facilities rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population using improved sanitation facilities. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people using improved sanitation facilities, such as toilets or latrines, regardless of whether they are shared with other households.