Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Austria

Safely managed sanitation in Austria in 2024 — 98.5%. Ranked 11 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.5 pp.

2024 98.5% −0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 11of 141
Period maximum 100%2002
Period minimum 98.5%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Austria, 2000–202498.59999.51002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 100%2001: 100%2002: 100%2003: 100%2004: 100%2005: 100%2006: 100%2007: 100%2008: 100%2009: 100%2010: 100%2011: 100%2012: 100%2013: 100%2014: 100%2015: 100%2016: 100%2017: 99.9%2018: 99.7%2019: 99.5%2020: 99.3%2021: 99.1%2022: 98.9%2023: 98.7%2024: 98.5%
Change over the period: −1.5 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Austria 98.5%
World 58.5%
Western Europe computed 94.6%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Austria, by year Austria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 98.5 −0.2 pp
2023 98.7 −0.2 pp
2022 98.9 −0.2 pp
2021 99.1 −0.2 pp
2020 99.3 −0.2 pp
2019 99.5 −0.2 pp
2018 99.7 −0.2 pp
2017 99.9 −0.1 pp
2016 100 −0 pp
2015 100 −0 pp
2014 100 −0 pp
2013 100 −0 pp
2012 100 −0 pp
2011 100 −0 pp
2010 100 −0 pp
2009 100 −0 pp
2008 100 −0 pp
2007 100 −0 pp
2006 100 −0 pp
2005 100 −0 pp
2004 100 −0 pp
2003 100 −0 pp
2002 100 +0 pp
2001 100 +0 pp
2000 100

Western Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.