Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — NATO

Access to basic sanitation in NATO in 2024 — 99%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.4 pp.

2024 99% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 99%2024
Period minimum 97.1%2001

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — NATO, 2000–20249797.59898.59999.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 97.6%2001: 97.1%2002: 97.2%2003: 97.3%2004: 97.4%2005: 97.5%2006: 97.6%2007: 97.7%2008: 97.9%2009: 98%2010: 98.1%2011: 98.2%2012: 98.3%2013: 98.4%2014: 98.5%2015: 98.6%2016: 98.7%2017: 98.8%2018: 98.8%2019: 98.9%2020: 99%2021: 99%2022: 99%2023: 99%2024: 99%
Change over the period: +1.4 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

NATO 99%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99 +0 pp
2023 99 +0 pp
2022 99 +0 pp
2021 99 +0 pp
2020 99 +0.1 pp
2019 98.9 +0.1 pp
2018 98.8 +0.1 pp
2017 98.8 +0.1 pp
2016 98.7 +0.1 pp
2015 98.6 +0.1 pp
2014 98.5 +0.1 pp
2013 98.4 +0.1 pp
2012 98.3 +0.1 pp
2011 98.2 +0.1 pp
2010 98.1 +0.1 pp
2009 98 +0.1 pp
2008 97.9 +0.1 pp
2007 97.7 +0.1 pp
2006 97.6 +0.1 pp
2005 97.5 +0.1 pp
2004 97.4 +0.1 pp
2003 97.3 +0.1 pp
2002 97.2 +0.1 pp
2001 97.1 −0.5 pp
2000 97.6

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.