Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Croatia

Safely managed sanitation in Croatia in 2021 — 74.7%. Ranked 54 in the world out of 144. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.6 pp.

2021 74.7% −0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 54of 144
Period maximum 78.4%2001
Period minimum 74.7%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Croatia, 2000–2021747576777879200020032006200920122015201820212000: 78.3%2001: 78.4%2002: 78.3%2003: 78.2%2004: 78%2005: 77.9%2006: 77.8%2007: 77.6%2008: 77.5%2009: 77.4%2010: 77.2%2011: 76.8%2012: 76.5%2013: 76.1%2014: 75.8%2015: 75.6%2016: 75.5%2017: 75.3%2018: 75.2%2019: 75%2020: 74.9%2021: 74.7%
Change over the period: −3.6 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Croatia 74.7%
World 56.1%
Southern Europe computed 79.9%
High-income countries computed 89.7%
Safely managed sanitation — Croatia, by year Croatia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 74.7 −0.1 pp
2020 74.9 −0.1 pp
2019 75 −0.2 pp
2018 75.2 −0.2 pp
2017 75.3 −0.2 pp
2016 75.5 −0.2 pp
2015 75.6 −0.2 pp
2014 75.8 −0.3 pp
2013 76.1 −0.3 pp
2012 76.5 −0.3 pp
2011 76.8 −0.4 pp
2010 77.2 −0.2 pp
2009 77.4 −0.1 pp
2008 77.5 −0.1 pp
2007 77.6 −0.1 pp
2006 77.8 −0.1 pp
2005 77.9 −0.1 pp
2004 78 −0.1 pp
2003 78.2 −0.1 pp
2002 78.3 −0.1 pp
2001 78.4 +0.1 pp
2000 78.3

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.