Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Albania

Safely managed sanitation in Albania in 2024 — 69.3%. Ranked 64 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 46.4 pp.

2024 69.3% +2.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 64of 141
Period maximum 69.3%2024
Period minimum 22.9%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Albania, 2000–20240204060802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 22.9%2001: 23.5%2002: 24%2003: 24.6%2004: 25.1%2005: 25.9%2006: 26.7%2007: 27.4%2008: 28.2%2009: 28.9%2010: 29.6%2011: 30.3%2012: 30.9%2013: 34.3%2014: 37.7%2015: 41.2%2016: 44.6%2017: 48.1%2018: 51.5%2019: 54.8%2020: 58%2021: 61%2022: 63.9%2023: 66.6%2024: 69.3%
Change over the period: +46.4 pp Annual average: 1.93 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Albania 69.3%
World 58.5%
Southern Europe computed 80.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 69.3 +2.7 pp
2023 66.6 +2.7 pp
2022 63.9 +2.9 pp
2021 61 +3 pp
2020 58 +3.2 pp
2019 54.8 +3.3 pp
2018 51.5 +3.5 pp
2017 48.1 +3.4 pp
2016 44.6 +3.4 pp
2015 41.2 +3.4 pp
2014 37.7 +3.4 pp
2013 34.3 +3.4 pp
2012 30.9 +0.7 pp
2011 30.3 +0.7 pp
2010 29.6 +0.7 pp
2009 28.9 +0.7 pp
2008 28.2 +0.7 pp
2007 27.4 +0.8 pp
2006 26.7 +0.8 pp
2005 25.9 +0.8 pp
2004 25.1 +0.5 pp
2003 24.6 +0.5 pp
2002 24 +0.6 pp
2001 23.5 +0.6 pp
2000 22.9

About the indicator

The share of the population with safely managed sanitation — the top rung of the WHO and UNICEF ladder. Having a separate toilet is not enough: the waste must either be treated on the spot or removed and treated elsewhere. It is the second condition that makes the indicator far more demanding than basic sanitation: in many large cities almost everyone has a toilet, but there are no treatment facilities for the whole volume of wastewater, and by this measure a country turns out to be noticeably lower.

Important: It accounts not only for the presence of a toilet but also for the fate of the wastewater, so the values are substantially lower than those of basic sanitation.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.