Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Bulgaria

Access to basic sanitation in Bulgaria in 2024 — 86.1%. Ranked 127 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.2 pp.

2024 86.1% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 127of 193
Period maximum 86.1%2024
Period minimum 85.8%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Bulgaria, 2000–202485.885.98686.12000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 85.8%2001: 85.8%2002: 85.8%2003: 85.9%2004: 85.9%2005: 85.9%2006: 85.9%2007: 85.9%2008: 85.9%2009: 85.9%2010: 85.9%2011: 85.9%2012: 86%2013: 86%2014: 86%2015: 86%2016: 86%2017: 86%2018: 86%2019: 86%2020: 86%2021: 86%2022: 86.1%2023: 86.1%2024: 86.1%
Change over the period: +0.2 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Bulgaria 86.1%
World 82.2%
Eastern Europe computed 94.3%
Access to basic sanitation — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 86.1 +0 pp
2023 86.1 +0 pp
2022 86.1 +0 pp
2021 86 +0 pp
2020 86 +0 pp
2019 86 +0 pp
2018 86 +0 pp
2017 86 +0 pp
2016 86 +0 pp
2015 86 +0 pp
2014 86 +0 pp
2013 86 +0 pp
2012 86 +0 pp
2011 85.9 +0 pp
2010 85.9 +0 pp
2009 85.9 +0 pp
2008 85.9 +0 pp
2007 85.9 +0 pp
2006 85.9 +0 pp
2005 85.9 +0 pp
2004 85.9 +0 pp
2003 85.9 +0 pp
2002 85.8 +0 pp
2001 85.8 +0 pp
2000 85.8

Eastern Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.