Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Finland

Safely managed sanitation in Finland in 2024 — 90.1%. Ranked 37 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.5 pp.

2024 90.1% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 37of 141
Period maximum 90.1%2024
Period minimum 86.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Finland, 2000–20248687888990912000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 86.6%2001: 86.7%2002: 86.9%2003: 87%2004: 87.2%2005: 87.3%2006: 87.5%2007: 87.6%2008: 87.8%2009: 87.9%2010: 88%2011: 88.2%2012: 88.3%2013: 88.5%2014: 88.6%2015: 88.8%2016: 88.9%2017: 89.1%2018: 89.2%2019: 89.4%2020: 89.5%2021: 89.7%2022: 89.8%2023: 90%2024: 90.1%
Change over the period: +3.5 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Finland 90.1%
World 58.5%
Northern Europe computed 95.2%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 90.1 +0.1 pp
2023 90 +0.1 pp
2022 89.8 +0.1 pp
2021 89.7 +0.1 pp
2020 89.5 +0.1 pp
2019 89.4 +0.1 pp
2018 89.2 +0.1 pp
2017 89.1 +0.1 pp
2016 88.9 +0.1 pp
2015 88.8 +0.1 pp
2014 88.6 +0.1 pp
2013 88.5 +0.1 pp
2012 88.3 +0.1 pp
2011 88.2 +0.1 pp
2010 88 +0.1 pp
2009 87.9 +0.1 pp
2008 87.8 +0.1 pp
2007 87.6 +0.1 pp
2006 87.5 +0.1 pp
2005 87.3 +0.1 pp
2004 87.2 +0.1 pp
2003 87 +0.1 pp
2002 86.9 +0.1 pp
2001 86.7 +0.1 pp
2000 86.6

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.