Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Eastern Europe

Access to basic sanitation in Eastern Europe in 2024 — 94.3%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.2 pp.

2024 94.3% +0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 94.3%2024
Period minimum 86%2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Eastern Europe, 2000–20248587.59092.5952000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 92.1%2001: 89.8%2002: 86%2003: 86.1%2004: 86.2%2005: 86.4%2006: 86.6%2007: 87%2008: 87.5%2009: 88%2010: 88.5%2011: 88.9%2012: 89.4%2013: 89.9%2014: 90.3%2015: 90.8%2016: 91.3%2017: 91.7%2018: 92.1%2019: 92.5%2020: 92.9%2021: 93.3%2022: 93.6%2023: 94%2024: 94.3%
Change over the period: +2.2 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Europe 94.3%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 94.3 +0.3 pp
2023 94 +0.4 pp
2022 93.6 +0.3 pp
2021 93.3 +0.4 pp
2020 92.9 +0.4 pp
2019 92.5 +0.4 pp
2018 92.1 +0.4 pp
2017 91.7 +0.4 pp
2016 91.3 +0.5 pp
2015 90.8 +0.5 pp
2014 90.3 +0.5 pp
2013 89.9 +0.5 pp
2012 89.4 +0.5 pp
2011 88.9 +0.5 pp
2010 88.5 +0.5 pp
2009 88 +0.5 pp
2008 87.5 +0.5 pp
2007 87 +0.5 pp
2006 86.6 +0.2 pp
2005 86.4 +0.1 pp
2004 86.2 +0.1 pp
2003 86.1 +0.1 pp
2002 86 −3.8 pp
2001 89.8 −2.3 pp
2000 92.1

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.