Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Belgium

Safely managed sanitation in Belgium in 2024 — 94.9%. Ranked 25 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 23.7 pp.

2024 94.9% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 25of 141
Period maximum 94.9%2024
Period minimum 71.2%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Belgium, 2000–20247080901002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 71.2%2001: 71.2%2002: 71.2%2003: 71.2%2004: 72.2%2005: 73.3%2006: 74.3%2007: 75.4%2008: 76.5%2009: 77.8%2010: 79.1%2011: 80.4%2012: 81.8%2013: 83.1%2014: 84.5%2015: 85.8%2016: 87.2%2017: 88.6%2018: 90%2019: 91.4%2020: 92.8%2021: 94.2%2022: 94.9%2023: 94.9%2024: 94.9%
Change over the period: +23.7 pp Annual average: 0.99 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Belgium 94.9%
World 58.5%
Western Europe computed 94.6%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 94.9 +0 pp
2023 94.9 +0 pp
2022 94.9 +0.7 pp
2021 94.2 +1.4 pp
2020 92.8 +1.4 pp
2019 91.4 +1.4 pp
2018 90 +1.4 pp
2017 88.6 +1.4 pp
2016 87.2 +1.4 pp
2015 85.8 +1.4 pp
2014 84.5 +1.4 pp
2013 83.1 +1.3 pp
2012 81.8 +1.3 pp
2011 80.4 +1.3 pp
2010 79.1 +1.3 pp
2009 77.8 +1.3 pp
2008 76.5 +1.1 pp
2007 75.4 +1.1 pp
2006 74.3 +1.1 pp
2005 73.3 +1 pp
2004 72.2 +1 pp
2003 71.2 +0 pp
2002 71.2 +0 pp
2001 71.2 +0 pp
2000 71.2

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.