Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Northern Europe

Access to basic sanitation in Northern Europe in 2024 — 98.4%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.4 pp.

2024 98.4% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 98.4%2023
Period minimum 98%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Northern Europe, 2000–202497.89898.298.498.62000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 98%2001: 98%2002: 98%2003: 98%2004: 98.1%2005: 98.1%2006: 98.1%2007: 98.1%2008: 98.1%2009: 98.2%2010: 98.2%2011: 98.2%2012: 98.2%2013: 98.2%2014: 98.2%2015: 98.3%2016: 98.3%2017: 98.3%2018: 98.3%2019: 98.3%2020: 98.4%2021: 98.4%2022: 98.4%2023: 98.4%2024: 98.4%
Change over the period: +0.4 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern Europe 98.4%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 98.4 −0 pp
2023 98.4 +0 pp
2022 98.4 +0 pp
2021 98.4 +0 pp
2020 98.4 +0 pp
2019 98.3 +0 pp
2018 98.3 +0 pp
2017 98.3 +0 pp
2016 98.3 +0 pp
2015 98.3 +0 pp
2014 98.2 −0 pp
2013 98.2 +0 pp
2012 98.2 +0 pp
2011 98.2 +0 pp
2010 98.2 +0 pp
2009 98.2 +0 pp
2008 98.1 +0 pp
2007 98.1 +0 pp
2006 98.1 +0 pp
2005 98.1 +0 pp
2004 98.1 +0 pp
2003 98 +0 pp
2002 98 +0 pp
2001 98 +0 pp
2000 98

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.