Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Germany

Safely managed sanitation in Germany in 2024 — 96.8%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.7 pp.

2024 96.8% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 18of 141
Period maximum 96.8%2024
Period minimum 96.1%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Germany, 2000–20249696.296.496.696.82000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 96.1%2001: 96.1%2002: 96.1%2003: 96.1%2004: 96.1%2005: 96.2%2006: 96.2%2007: 96.3%2008: 96.3%2009: 96.4%2010: 96.4%2011: 96.4%2012: 96.5%2013: 96.5%2014: 96.5%2015: 96.5%2016: 96.6%2017: 96.6%2018: 96.6%2019: 96.7%2020: 96.7%2021: 96.7%2022: 96.7%2023: 96.8%2024: 96.8%
Change over the period: +0.7 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Germany 96.8%
World 58.5%
Western Europe computed 94.6%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 96.8 +0 pp
2023 96.8 +0 pp
2022 96.7 +0 pp
2021 96.7 +0 pp
2020 96.7 +0 pp
2019 96.7 +0 pp
2018 96.6 +0 pp
2017 96.6 +0 pp
2016 96.6 +0 pp
2015 96.5 +0 pp
2014 96.5 +0 pp
2013 96.5 +0 pp
2012 96.5 +0 pp
2011 96.4 +0 pp
2010 96.4 +0 pp
2009 96.4 +0 pp
2008 96.3 +0 pp
2007 96.3 +0 pp
2006 96.2 +0 pp
2005 96.2 +0 pp
2004 96.1 +0 pp
2003 96.1 +0 pp
2002 96.1 +0 pp
2001 96.1 +0 pp
2000 96.1

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.