Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Euro area

Access to basic sanitation in the Euro area in 2024 — 98.8%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.3 pp.

2024 98.8% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 98.8%2024
Period minimum 98.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Euro area, 2000–202498.598.698.798.898.92000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 98.5%2001: 98.5%2002: 98.6%2003: 98.6%2004: 98.6%2005: 98.6%2006: 98.6%2007: 98.6%2008: 98.6%2009: 98.6%2010: 98.6%2011: 98.7%2012: 98.7%2013: 98.7%2014: 98.7%2015: 98.7%2016: 98.7%2017: 98.7%2018: 98.7%2019: 98.7%2020: 98.8%2021: 98.8%2022: 98.8%2023: 98.8%2024: 98.8%
Change over the period: +0.3 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Euro area 98.8%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 98.8 +0 pp
2023 98.8 +0 pp
2022 98.8 +0 pp
2021 98.8 +0 pp
2020 98.8 +0 pp
2019 98.7 +0 pp
2018 98.7 +0 pp
2017 98.7 +0 pp
2016 98.7 +0 pp
2015 98.7 +0 pp
2014 98.7 +0 pp
2013 98.7 +0 pp
2012 98.7 +0 pp
2011 98.7 +0 pp
2010 98.6 +0 pp
2009 98.6 +0 pp
2008 98.6 +0 pp
2007 98.6 +0 pp
2006 98.6 +0 pp
2005 98.6 +0 pp
2004 98.6 +0 pp
2003 98.6 +0 pp
2002 98.6 +0 pp
2001 98.5 +0 pp
2000 98.5

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.