Safely managed sanitation in Australia in 2024 — 95.8%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2 pp.
2000–2024 · % of population
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 95.8 | +0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 95.7 | +0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 95.6 | +0.1 pp |
| 2021 | 95.5 | +0.1 pp |
| 2020 | 95.4 | +0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 95.3 | +0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 95.3 | +0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 95.2 | +0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 95.1 | +0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 95 | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 94.9 | +0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 94.8 | +0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 94.8 | +0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 94.7 | +0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 94.6 | +0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 94.5 | +0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 94.4 | +0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 94.3 | +0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 94.2 | +0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 94.2 | +0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 94.1 | +0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 94 | +0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 93.9 | +0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 93.8 | +0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 93.7 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Australia
95.8
New Zealand
88.8
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.