Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Southern Europe

Access to basic sanitation in Southern Europe in 2024 — 99.7%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.9 pp.

2024 99.7% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 99.7%2024
Period minimum 98.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Southern Europe, 2000–202498.598.89999.399.599.82000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 98.7%2001: 98.8%2002: 98.8%2003: 98.8%2004: 98.9%2005: 98.9%2006: 98.9%2007: 99%2008: 99%2009: 99.1%2010: 99.1%2011: 99.1%2012: 99.2%2013: 99.2%2014: 99.3%2015: 99.3%2016: 99.3%2017: 99.4%2018: 99.4%2019: 99.5%2020: 99.6%2021: 99.6%2022: 99.7%2023: 99.7%2024: 99.7%
Change over the period: +0.9 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Europe 99.7%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.7 +0 pp
2023 99.7 +0 pp
2022 99.7 +0.1 pp
2021 99.6 +0 pp
2020 99.6 +0 pp
2019 99.5 +0.1 pp
2018 99.4 +0 pp
2017 99.4 +0 pp
2016 99.3 +0 pp
2015 99.3 +0 pp
2014 99.3 +0 pp
2013 99.2 +0 pp
2012 99.2 +0 pp
2011 99.1 +0 pp
2010 99.1 +0 pp
2009 99.1 +0 pp
2008 99 +0 pp
2007 99 +0 pp
2006 98.9 +0 pp
2005 98.9 +0 pp
2004 98.9 +0 pp
2003 98.8 +0 pp
2002 98.8 +0 pp
2001 98.8 +0 pp
2000 98.7

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.