Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Albania

Access to basic sanitation in Albania in 2024 — 99.3%. Ranked 43 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9.8 pp.

2024 99.3% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 43of 193
Period maximum 99.3%2024
Period minimum 89.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Albania, 2000–202487.59092.59597.51002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 89.5%2001: 90%2002: 90.6%2003: 91.2%2004: 91.7%2005: 92.3%2006: 92.9%2007: 93.5%2008: 94.1%2009: 94.6%2010: 95.2%2011: 95.7%2012: 96.2%2013: 96.7%2014: 97.2%2015: 97.7%2016: 98.1%2017: 98.5%2018: 99%2019: 99.2%2020: 99.3%2021: 99.3%2022: 99.3%2023: 99.3%2024: 99.3%
Change over the period: +9.8 pp Annual average: 0.41 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Albania

Albania 99.3%
World 82.2%
Southern Europe computed 99.7%
Access to basic sanitation — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.3 +0 pp
2023 99.3 +0 pp
2022 99.3 +0 pp
2021 99.3 +0 pp
2020 99.3 +0.1 pp
2019 99.2 +0.2 pp
2018 99 +0.4 pp
2017 98.5 +0.4 pp
2016 98.1 +0.5 pp
2015 97.7 +0.5 pp
2014 97.2 +0.5 pp
2013 96.7 +0.5 pp
2012 96.2 +0.5 pp
2011 95.7 +0.5 pp
2010 95.2 +0.5 pp
2009 94.6 +0.6 pp
2008 94.1 +0.6 pp
2007 93.5 +0.6 pp
2006 92.9 +0.6 pp
2005 92.3 +0.6 pp
2004 91.7 +0.5 pp
2003 91.2 +0.6 pp
2002 90.6 +0.6 pp
2001 90 +0.5 pp
2000 89.5

About the indicator

The share of the population using improved sanitation facilities not shared with other households: sewerage, septic tanks, improved pit latrines. Alongside access to clean water this is the basic condition for reducing child mortality from intestinal infections.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.