Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — France

Safely managed sanitation in France in 2024 — 90%. Ranked 38 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.2 pp.

2024 90% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 38of 141
Period maximum 90%2024
Period minimum 88.7%2011

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — France, 2000–202488.58989.5902000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 88.8%2001: 88.8%2002: 88.8%2003: 88.8%2004: 88.8%2005: 88.8%2006: 88.7%2007: 88.7%2008: 88.7%2009: 88.7%2010: 88.7%2011: 88.7%2012: 88.8%2013: 88.9%2014: 89%2015: 89.1%2016: 89.2%2017: 89.3%2018: 89.4%2019: 89.5%2020: 89.6%2021: 89.7%2022: 89.8%2023: 89.9%2024: 90%
Change over the period: +1.2 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

France 90%
World 58.5%
Western Europe computed 94.6%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — France, by year France All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 90 +0.1 pp
2023 89.9 +0.1 pp
2022 89.8 +0.1 pp
2021 89.7 +0.1 pp
2020 89.6 +0.1 pp
2019 89.5 +0.1 pp
2018 89.4 +0.1 pp
2017 89.3 +0.1 pp
2016 89.2 +0.1 pp
2015 89.1 +0.1 pp
2014 89 +0.1 pp
2013 88.9 +0.1 pp
2012 88.8 +0.1 pp
2011 88.7 −0 pp
2010 88.7 −0 pp
2009 88.7 −0 pp
2008 88.7 −0 pp
2007 88.7 −0 pp
2006 88.7 −0 pp
2005 88.8 −0 pp
2004 88.8 −0 pp
2003 88.8 −0 pp
2002 88.8 +0 pp
2001 88.8 +0 pp
2000 88.8

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.